Oleksiy Navalny’s opponent probably died much earlier than the Federal Penitentiary Service stated, an inmate of the IK-3 “Polar Wolf” correctional colony told “Novaya Gazeta Europa” on the condition of anonymity, writes The Moscow Times, reports News.ro.

According to the detainee’s testimony, “from the evening of February 15, an inexplicable commotion began in the colony”: the evening inspection, which takes place from 8:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., “was very accelerated.” Then everyone was locked in the barracks, warned not to move, and security was increased.

“It was heard how late in the evening and at night some cars drove into the pre-trial detention center three times, but what kind of cars they were, I couldn’t see through the window,” said the detainee.

The Polar Wolf colony learned about the death of Oleksiy Navalny on February 16 at 08:00 Moscow time.

According to the convict, the morning of February 16 began with a total search: the colony employees seized several mobile phones, books, as well as teapots that had been missed earlier. From the words of the guards, the prisoners concluded that an inspection was expected in the colony.

The interlocutor of the opposition newspaper “Novaya gazeta Evropa”, which reports from abroad about the ban in Russia, said that the administration usually learns about such inspections a month in advance and prepares for them in advance.

He said that he found out about the death of Oleksiy Navalny in the colony around 10:00 (08:00 Moscow time).

The solitary cell in which the politician was kept is located far from the barracks, but there were no ambulances near it. The ambulance arrived only after learning of the opponent’s death.

“I believe that Navalny died much earlier than the announced time. Most likely, it was already in the evening. Otherwise, why would they shut us tightly in the barracks, and in the morning arrange a roundup?” – said the detainee.

At the same time, he specified that Navalny’s death was a surprise for the colony’s leadership.

“From the very morning, both the “master” (the head of the colony) and the “kum” (the head of the operative part of the colony) walked around like they were wearing a bag on their heads,” the interlocutor said. publication.

He also reported that around 1:00 p.m. Moscow time, several vehicles arrived at the office: one from IC-18 “Polarna Sova” – a correctional colony for life convicts, two more from Labitnangi – the nearest settlement to the settlement. Arfa – and one from Salekhard – the capital of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District. The detainee suggested that the participants of the meeting “worked out a joint position before the commission in Moscow.”

The arrival of the commission from the central office of the Federal Penitentiary Service in the colony was learned about the same time as Navalny’s death. According to the detainee, this was another proof that the politician died much earlier than was claimed.

The mystery surrounding the location of the body of Alexei Navalny

According to official information, on February 16, Oleksiy Navalny became ill after a walk, after some time he lost consciousness, and then died. “Resuscitation measures” did not yield positive results, and “ambulance doctors declared death.”

According to the Russian website Baza, which has connections with Russian special services, Navalny fell ill on Friday, around 1:00 p.m. local time (11:00 a.m. Moscow time). An ambulance was called to him, doctors tried to resuscitate the politician, but he died at 14:17 local time.

Two high-ranking sources from the Investigative Committee told SOTA (an opposition media channel – no) that Navalny was “slowly poisoned in the pre-trial detention center since August to cause his death”, and the main “instigator” would be the boss of the Investigative Committee Oleksandr Bastrykin himself, who had a personal offense to the politician through his investigation.

The mother of Alexei Navalny was told on Saturday that the leading Russian opposition leader had suffered from “sudden death syndrome” and that his body would not be released to his family until an investigation was completed, the opposition team said. This is after an employee of the colony stated that Navalny’s body is in Salekhard. When he arrived at the morgue, it was closed.

When Navalny’s lawyer contacted the morgue, it said it did not have the opponent’s body, Navalny’s press secretary Kira Yarmis said.