Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny fears that he is to be sent to a “torture” prison notorious for sexual violence when his new sentence comes into force.
The strict regime maximum security penal colony at Melekhovo is known for brutal beatings and the rape of male inmates.
Navalny - a leading Vladimir Putin foe who is currently in another less harsh prison - posted: “My [new] verdict has not yet entered into force, but prisoners from Melekhovo maximum security colony write that they are equipping a 'prison in prison' for me there.”
