Kremlin critic Navalny moved from jail, whereabouts unknown - Navalny's Twitter cites lawyers

[March 12, 2021]    MOSCOW (Reuters) - Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has been moved from a jail in Russia's Vladimir region and his whereabouts are currently unknown, according to a post on Friday on Navalny's Twitter account, citing his lawyers.

Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny attends a hearing to consider an appeal against an earlier court decision to change his suspended sentence to a real prison term, in Moscow, Russia February 20, 2021. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo

Navalny was on his way to a penal colony to serve his prison sentence, a public commission said on Feb. 28, weeks after he returned to Russia after being poisoned.

(Reporting by Anton Kolodyazhnyy; Writing by Alexander Marrow; Editing by Alison Williams)

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