lost touch with him<\/a> for more than two weeks while he was in transit with no information about where he was being taken, prompting expressions of concern from Western politicians.<\/p>\nHis spokeswoman said on Monday that Navalny, 47, was tracked down to the IK-3 penal colony north of the Arctic Circle located in Kharp in the Yamal-Nenets region about 1,900 kilometres northeast of Moscow.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am your new Father Frost,\u201d Navalny wrote jokingly in his first post from his new prison, a reference to the harsh weather conditions there.<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, I now have a sheepskin coat, an ushanka hat (a fur hat with ear-covering flaps), and soon I will get valenki (traditional Russian winter footwear).<\/p>\n
\u201cThe 20 days of the transfer were quite tiring, but I\u2019m still in an excellent mood, as Father Frost should be.\u201d<\/p>\n
Navalny\u2019s new home, known as \u201cthe Polar Wolf\u201d colony, is considered to be one of the toughest prisons in Russia. Most prisoners there have been convicted of grave crimes. Winters are harsh and temperatures are due to drop to around minus 28 degrees Celsius there over the next week.<\/p>\n
About 60km north of the Arctic Circle, the prison was founded in the 1960s as part of what was once the GULAG system of forced Soviet labour camps, according to the Moskovsky Komsomolets<\/em> newspaper.<\/p>\nNavalny, who thanked his supporters and everyone else for their concern about his welfare during his long transfer, said he had seen guards with machineguns and guard dogs and had gone for a walk in the exercise area which he said was located in a neighbouring cell, the floor of which he said was covered with snow.<\/p>\n
Otherwise, he said he had just seen the perimeter fence out of a cell window.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnyway, don\u2019t worry about me. I\u2019m fine. I\u2019m awfully glad I finally made it here,\u201d said Navalny.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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