Putin Critic Says He's Fine After 20-Day Transfer To Arctic Penal Colony

He has spent most of his detention at the IK-6 penal colony in the Vladimir region, some 250 kilometers (155 miles) east of Moscow.

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Tuesday said he was "fine" after a "pretty exhausting" 20-day transfer to a penal colony beyond the Arctic Circle.

Navalny's supporters said on Monday that the Kremlin critic, whose whereabouts had been unknown for more than two weeks, was now in the penal colony in Russia's far north and had been visited by his lawyer.

"Don't worry about me. I'm fine. I'm totally relieved that I've finally made it," Navalny wrote on X.