Alexei Navalny Confirms Transfer To Remote Arctic Prison In Joke-Filled Letter—After Weeks-Long Disappearance

Topline Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny wrote an open letter posted to social media Tuesday describing his transfer to a penal colony in the Arctic with humor, calling himself the “new Santa Claus” due to his beard and telling supporters not to worry about him, after the Kremlin critic disappeared from a Russian prison for