Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny has been placed in a punitive solitary confinement cell for the 15th time since August last year, his Telegram channel said on May 11. Navalny was sent to solitary confinement "as a person who is not capable of following correctional guidance," one day after he finished his previous stint in punitive confinement. Navalny's Telegram channel said after serving his new solitary confinement punishment, the Kremlin critic, who has called all of his placements in punitive confinement "politically motivated," will have served 165 days in isolation. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Russian Service, click here.
Russia's Navalny Put In Punitive Solitary Confinement For 15th Time Since August
Aleksei Navalny and his supporters have called all of his placements in solitary "politically motivated."