Russian opposition politician. Alexey Navalny, serving a sentence in correctional colony No. 1, No. 6 in Melehovo, Vladimir Region, was transferred to an indoor unit with separate cells. This was reported in the Russian politician’s Telegram channel, which, according to him, is our prison inside the colony.

“This is an ordinary cramped cell, like a punishment cell, only you can carry not one book, but two, and use the prison canteen, albeit with a very limited amount of money,” Navalny said.

According to him, long visits with relatives of prisoners are not provided for in this section.

“I had the right to a long-term visit with relatives as soon as I arrived in the zone, but they didn’t give me it, saying to wait four months. I expected. Three days before the meeting, I was told that I would be transferred to a strict security cell and would be visited once every six months. You will have to wait. I expected. Mom and dad had already packed their bags, one of the children, Yulia, was about to come. It was four days before the visit, and I was told that I would be transferred to a correctional facility. There are no long visits.

So I won’t have any more visits, and the administration is satisfied, and the authorities are satisfied,” the politician said.

A cell-type room is a special prison cell that contains convicts who have been transferred there for a crime. This is a special lockable room where convicts live while serving their sentence (up to six months). Those who belong to this sphere are not released from work, but work separately from others.

Convicts in this area are entitled to 30 minutes on the day of the trial and receive a package every six months.

^{Source: Novaya Gazeta.Europe, APE-OIE}