State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said during a briefing Monday that the United States has no information on the whereabouts of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is no longer at the IK-6 penal colony in the region. of Vladimir.
Recall that earlier on Monday, Navalny’s press secretary, Kira Yarmysh, reported that employees of the IK-6 penal colony in the city of Melekhovo told his lawyer, who was waiting on the street, that the opponent “no longer “was listed” among the prisoners and refused to say where he had been taken.
“We are deeply concerned about Navalny after his lawyers said they had not been able to contact him for almost a week and after he did not appear in court as scheduled today,” Miller said. “We have made it clear to the Russian government that it is responsible for what happens to Navalny while he is in custody, and that he will be held accountable to the international community.”
“We have repeatedly joined Navalny’s family, his colleagues and his supporters around the world in demanding his immediate release without conditions and an end to the repression of independent voices in Russia who are constantly harassed and intimidated for exercising their rights. human rights, and we will continue to monitor the cases of all those who were illegally detained in Russia,” emphasized the press secretary of the State Department.
Earlier on Monday, the United States had already expressed concern about developments around Navalny, and National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby called for his immediate release.
“In the first place, it was not necessary to put him in prison,” he emphasized.
