Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny, who is serving a total of 19 years in prison on extremism and other charges, has been placed in punitive solitary confinement for the 22nd time since August 2022. A post on Navalny's Telegram account said on November 7 that he was placed in solitary confinement for 15 days for protesting guards' decision to confiscate his writing items last month. Navalny finished his previous solitary confinement the day before. Together with the latest solitary confinement, he has faced 251 days in punitive incarceration since August last year. To read the original story by Current Time, click here.
Russia's Navalny In Solitary Again, Day After Release
Aleksei Navalny as he appears in a video link from prison during a hearing at the Russian Supreme Court in Moscow in August.