Alexei Navalny discovered in remote Arctic penal colony

Jailed Russian opposition leader doing well', according to aides, nearly three weeks after going missing

The jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been located in a remote prison colony above the Arctic Circle after going missing for nearly three weeks, his aides have said.

Navalny was tracked down to the IK-3 penal colony in Kharp in the Yamal-Nenets region, about 1,200 miles north-east of Moscow, his spokesperson Kira Yarmysh said on Monday. We have found Alexei Navalny," she wrote on X.