Alexei Navalny: ‘I’m fine’ says Kremlin critic from remote Arctic penal colony

Writing on X, jailed Russian opposition leader said he was ‘still in a good mood’ after an exhausting transfer to the ‘Polar Wolf’ prison

The jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said he was “fine” after a “pretty exhausting” 20-day transfer to a penal colony beyond the Arctic Circle.

The Kremlin critic’s whereabouts had been unknown for more than two weeks, but he is in a penal colony in Russia’s far north and has been visited by his lawyer, his supporters have said.