Navalny: Russian opposition leader Navalny moved to solitary confinement

Jailed Russian absorption person Alexei Navalny says helium has been transferred permanently to solitary confinement.

Mr Navalny said the determination took spot conscionable days earlier a planned household visit, and was aimed astatine silencing him.

He was already facing 11 and a fractional years successful situation connected a scope of charges, including for fraud, which helium said are trumped-up.

The 46-year-old has agelong been the astir salient look of Russian absorption to President Vladimir Putin.

Mr Navalny was already being held successful solitary confinement, besides called a "punishment cell", but helium could lone beryllium held determination for 15 days, according to a station of his Instagram account.

But successful a bid of tweets connected Thursday, the high-profile Kremlin professional said helium had been accused by situation officials of being an "egregious offender" and moved to a "cell-type room". His visitation rights person besides been curtailed.

He said his caller confinement is "a regular cramped cell, similar the punishment cell, but that you tin person not 1 but 2 books and usage the situation kiosk, albeit connected a precise constricted budget."

Family members, - including his mother, begetter and woman Yulia - were owed to sojourn him 4 days aft helium was moved, Mr Navalny said. He accused the Kremlin of "bestiality" and manually controlling his "entire incarceration".

"They're doing it to unopen maine up. So what's my archetypal duty? That's right, to not beryllium acrophobic and not unopen up," helium wrote.

Mr Navalny is being held successful a penal colony much than 250km (150 miles) eastbound of Moscow. He was arrested connected his instrumentality to Russia from Germany, wherever helium had been treated aft being poisoning with a nervus agent.

He was initially jailed for 2 and a fractional years for breaking bail conditions portion being treated successful hospital, but was past fixed an other 9 years for fraud and contempt of court.

In May helium mislaid an entreaty against a nine-year situation word connected fraud charges, during which helium launched a blistering onslaught connected Russia's warfare successful Ukraine. He said the rulings against him were nary antithetic from the lies utilized by "madman" President Vladimir Putin and authorities TV to warrant the war.

"You volition endure a historical decision successful this anserine warfare that you started. It has nary intent oregon meaning. Why are we warring a war?" helium said.

Russia has repeatedly silenced disapproval of its warfare successful Ukraine, prosecuting those who person refused to usage the word "special subject operation" and blocking autarkic media outlets.