Imprisoned for 2 years – Navalny tortured in penal camp by “psychopath”.

600 doctors signed an open letter of protest to Putin asking him to stop “beating” his opponent, who was in solitary confinement. Despite his poor health, Russia’s best-known political prisoner and leader of Russia’s opposition groups, most of whom work from abroad, is belligerent. And this despite the fact that relatives and supporters have often feared for the life of Navalny, who has been sentenced to a total of nine years in prison. According to his lawyer Vadim Kobsev, he was initially not treated in solitary confinement despite coughing, chills and fever.

But now, according to Kobsev, he is receiving an antibiotic and was visited by the head doctor of a clinic where he had already been treated after a life-threatening hunger strike (see tweet below). The lawyer keeps running into Navalny in penal colony 6 in Melekhovo near the town of Kovrov, about 260 kilometers northeast of Moscow.

Constant fear for Navalny’s life
Putin, who is the guarantor of Russia’s constitution, must ensure that Navalny has the right to medical treatment, the letter said. This worked. A little later, the Kremlin forwarded the case to criminal justice. Navalny’s wife Julia had also written to the criminal justice system asking if anyone was still working. She and her two children have been in constant fear for Navalny’s life since he narrowly survived a poison attack with the chemical warfare agent Novichok in August 2020. Navalny himself had described Putin as a “murderer”.

Navalny subject to particularly severe penalties
It was two years ago, on January 17, that Navalny returned to Russia from treatment in the Berlin Charité and in the Black Forest, despite the foreseeable imprisonment. He stated at the time that he wanted to fight Putin in the country – not from afar as a critic abroad. The performances, mostly broadcast via video from the prison camp, showed an emaciated prisoner.

Navalny has been locked up in a punishment cell 10 times, a total of 105 days, his spokeswoman Kira Jarmysch said. She deplores the total dehumanization of the system. The politician has to accept these particularly harsh punishments again and again for messing with guards and claiming rights.

“Sleep deprivation one of the most effective torture methods”
In a post posted to Instagram on the second anniversary of his imprisonment, Navalny wrote that a month ago, a mentally ill man was placed in a cell opposite him in solitary confinement. “He screams 14 hours a day and three hours at night,” Navalny said. The man also growled for hours. It is impossible to sleep at night. “It is common knowledge that sleep deprivation is one of the most effective torture methods.” He has experienced and read a lot. But I’ve never seen or heard anything like it. The “psychopath” was purposely transferred to him so that he “didn’t get bored”. An idea that works.

Prison system run by “really sick perverts”.
“Everything you read about the horrors and fascist crimes of our prison system is the truth. With one correction: the reality is even worse,” he wrote. There are the well-known mop rapes – things that normal people would never think about “The prison system is not just run by a real collection of thugs, but real sick perverts.”

No release in sight
Navalny’s team accuses the Kremlin of continuing to do everything it can to eliminate Putin’s main opponent. The opposition hopes that Putin will be defeated in his war against Ukraine and will have to resign. Navalny, who has made a name for himself as a fighter against corruption, has also shown that he is ready to take power as leader of the unauthorized Party of the Future of Russia. But neither a political leadership role in Russia nor his release are in sight.

Source: dpa