A prisoner reveals what happened in the penal prison hours before Navalny's death: “Mysterious noise and very unusual procedures” | Navalny died

The newspaper was able to speak to one of Navalny’s fellow prisoners in the IK-3 penal colony, nicknamed the “Arctic Wolf,” in the Arctic. According to the man, a “mysterious commotion” broke out in the detention center on Thursday evening, a few hours before the death of Putin’s main opponent was announced.

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“It all started when they accelerated the search in the evening,” the man testified. “This is common on holidays, when the guards are in a rush to celebrate.” But on Thursday and Friday there was no official holiday at all.

“Then they locked us up and tightened security measures. “We heard cars heading toward the prison grounds late at night, but we couldn’t see who or what was through the windows of our cells,” the prisoner says.

The next morning, guards searched the cells and confiscated phones and card games, among other items. The guards gave the impression that an external inspection was imminent.

According to the prisoner, the fact that this happened suddenly is “highly unusual” because usually the administration and prisoners are informed of such searches about a month in advance. The reason for this is that neither of them has an interest in inspectors being able to identify violations. And now it suddenly became clear that there had been an inspection. “Something must have happened,” the prisoner explains.

News of Navalny's death spread like wildfire among prisoners around 10 a.m. on Friday.

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But then there was another strange observation. When Navalny died on Friday morning, according to Russian authorities, “there was no ambulance at all in the penal colony.” He only appeared when the death of the opposition member was announced. “So I think he died long before it was officially announced – perhaps the night before,” the inmate suspects. “Otherwise why would they lock us up and search us so carefully?”

According to the prisoner, the prison director and the head of the penal camp appeared distraught after the announcement of Navalny's death. Furthermore, inspectors are said to have arrived at the prison immediately after the death was announced. The newspaper's informant believes that this is evidence that Navalny actually died before the date claimed by the authorities.

Moreover, the Kremlin still refuses to release Navalny's body. “The investigation into the death of Alexei Navalny is still ongoing and has not reached any results at this time.” This was announced by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Monday.

According to Russian authorities, Navalny suddenly became ill and lost consciousness while walking through the prison center. Resuscitation attempts were said to have failed.

However, it also became known that his body would show bruises. Several Western countries accused the Russian regime of responsibility for Navalny's death. Peskov responded: “In such circumstances, and in the absence of information, we believe that it is absolutely impermissible to make such hateful statements.”

Navalny's body is in the Salekhard morgue in the far north of Siberia. Peskov said that the Kremlin does not have any information about when the body will be handed over to the family after the necessary procedures are completed. “This question should not be directed to us. We are not concerned with this. This is not the duty of the presidential administration.”