Jailed Putin Critic "Found" In Arctic Penal Colony 2 Weeks After He Vanished

Authorities transferred Russia's most prominent opposition politician, Alexei Navalny, to an isolated penal colony three months before a presidential vote expected to easily hand Vladimir Putin a fifth term.

Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been moved to a penal colony in the Arctic, allies said on Monday after over two weeks during which his whereabouts were unknown.

Authorities transferred Russia's most prominent opposition politician to an isolated penal colony three months before a presidential vote expected to easily hand Vladimir Putin a fifth term.

"We have found Alexei Navalny," his ally, Kira Yarmysh, said on social media.