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Imprisoned Russian politician Alexei Navalny shared a series of messages on social media on Monday, in which he claimed he was moved from prison cell to cell.
More than a dozen messages posted on the account of 46-year-old Navalny, an outspoken critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, described his current imprisonment in a special detention center (SHU) as “unbearable and illegal.” and described it as “the most severe punishment”. In the legal prison hierarchy. ”
“SHU is the most severe punishment in the legal prison hierarchy. Torture and murder are also the most common in the illegal prison hierarchy,” Navalny wrote.
“The SHU is a 2.5×3 meter concrete kennel. Most of the time it’s cold and damp and I can’t stand there. Water collects on the floor. I got the beach version It’s very hot and there’s almost no air.”
It is not immediately clear how the information in the message was passed from Navalny to the person who posted the message. The account said in a post that Navalny does not allow visitors, only mugs and books.
“Greetings from my cell,” Navalny began a series of posts.
“There are only mugs and books in the cell. When eating, there are only spoons and plates. They took away my prison clothes and gave me something temporary. Now I have huge white letters SHU on my back.” account is explained. Added. Written: “I am the epitome of conscious consumption.”
Mr Navalny, who is serving an 11.5-year sentence after being convicted of parole violation, fraud and contempt of court charges, continues to resist wrongful imprisonment and denounces fellow prisoners who oppose the tyrannical government. said it continues to rally
“The Kremlin would like to see concentration camps made up of quiet slaves. ,” his account wrote.
On why he was transferred to SHU, Navalny writes: The robe is too small for me). ”
“This, of course, characterizes me as an unrepentant and unruly villain, which is why the decision was made to place me in a special housing unit,” he added.
Navalny has been in solitary confinement for three days, where he was instructed to use the new conditions to “reconsider” his attitude.
“SHU is forbidden to visit, so it is said that unless you ‘change your attitude,’ you will be a permanent resident.” “It’s not clear what attitudes should be reconsidered. To slave labor or to Putin?”
Imprisoned critics have suggested that his captors may leave him in a confined cell for longer than the usual 15 days.
“Usually you can’t spend more than 15 days in a SHU, but this rule is easy to bypass. They lock you in for 15 days, release you, and put you back there for another 15 days,” his account wrote. .
And “The window is small, but the walls are too thick, there is no air flow. Even the spider web does not move. There is no ventilation. I lie there at night and feel like a fish on the shore. The bunk is fixed. It hangs on the wall like a train, but the lowering lever is outside.”
“No visits, no letters, no parcels,” he continued. “This is the only place in prison where even smoking is prohibited. Pen and paper he is only given one hour and fifteen minutes a day.”
“It’s okay. It can get worse,” he added optimistically.
Navalny denies any wrongdoing and claims the charges against him are hoaxes.
He returned to Russia from Germany last year and was hospitalized after an attempted poisoning with a Soviet-era nerve agent in Siberia. Navalny and the United States and its allies claim the poisoning was orchestrated by the Russian government, which Moscow denies.