Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny failed to make an appearance in court today, and aides say they haven’t heard from the staunch Kremlin critic for almost a week.
Navalny, who is currently serving a 19-year prison term on charges of extremism, was scheduled to appear in court Monday via video link but didn’t, spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh said.
Yarmysh said prison officials cited electricity problems. Navalny’s lawyers also haven’t been able to access the anti-Putin firebrand in recent days, according to Yarmysh.
“It is already the sixth straight day that we don’t know where Alexei is and what is happening to him,” she wrote on X.
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