UK sanctions ‘Polar Wolf’ penal colony chiefs over ‘brutal’ murder of Putin enemy Alexei Navalny
BRITAIN has sanctioned six Russian goons who run the Arctic penal colony where Alexi Navalny was killed.
The Kremlin henchmen will be slapped with asset freezes and travel bans following global fury at the death of Putin’s arch critic.
They include top brass like Colonel Vadim Konstantinovich Kalinin – Head of IK-3 Arctic Penal Colony Polar Wolf.
Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron today ramped up demands for Navalny’s body to be released to his family.
He said: “It’s clear that the Russian authorities saw Navalny as a threat and they tried repeatedly to silence him.
“FSB operatives poisoned him with Novichok in 2020, they imprisoned him for peaceful political activities, and they sent him to an Arctic penal colony.
“No-one should doubt the oppressive nature of the Russian system.
“That’s why we’re today sanctioning the most senior prison officials responsible for his custody in the penal colony where he spent his final months.
“Those responsible for Navalny’s brutal treatment should be under no illusion – we will hold them accountable.”
Inmates at the hellhole ‘Polar Wolf’ prison have spoken about a “mysterious commotion” the night before Alexei Navalny died.
Prisoners at the brutal Siberian jail spoke of an “out-of-the-blue” search of the cells, a tight lockdown and the noise of cars the night before the death of the Russian opposition leader was reported.
The outspoken Putin critic, 47, collapsed and died in jail on Friday with Russian authorities later stating his death was caused by “sudden death syndrome” amid widespread claims he was “murdered” by the Russian despot.
It was later alleged his body had been found covered in bruises, fuelling the theory he was killed with a “hallmark of the KGB” method – one punch to the heart after being forced to spend hours in freezing temperatures.
An inmate at the brutal jail described the unusual circumstances of the night before Navalny’s death and explained why he is certain the Putin enemy had died much earlier than it was reported by Russia.
He told Novaya Europe: “It all started when they really sped up our evening search. This usually happens on holidays when the guards are in a hurry to go and celebrate, but yesterday wasn’t a holiday.