Opposition leader’s lawyer was told at jail ‘there is no such convict here’, according to close ally Leonid Volkov

Allies of the imprisoned Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny have sounded the alarm, saying the Kremlin critic is missing from the prison where he was serving his time.

Most likely he is being transferred to another prison, his close associates say, but in Russia prison transfers can take days, if not weeks, and are shrouded in secrecy.

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