INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said Monday he had been placed in a punishment cell following his efforts to create a labor union in
jail.Navalny is serving a nine-year prison sentence in a strict regime penal colony near the Russian town of Vladimir on embezzlement
saying that officially he was placed in an isolation cell for breaking the dress code and unbuttoning the top button of his prison robe.He
said he will remain in confinement for three days, but prison authorities warned that it could "become my permanent residence" unless "I
only a mug and a book in my cell
serving two-and-a-half years for violating parole on old fraud charges but in March his jail time was extended to nine years after he was
poisoning attack with Novichok, a Soviet-designed military-grade nerve agent
Navalny has accused Russian authorities, but the Kremlin has denied any involvement.He was arrested last year on his return from treatment
in Germany, sparking widespread condemnation abroad and sanctions from Western capitals.
