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Several Russian political prisoners, including septuagenarian activist Oleg Orlov, have disappeared after being transferred from prison, human rights groups reported yesterday.
According to the organization honoring the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize, Orlov’s lawyers lost track of their client in a preventive prison in the city of Sizran in the Samara region.
Prison authorities have refused to inform lawyers of the whereabouts of the activist, who was sentenced to two and a half years in prison in February for writing against Russia’s military action in Ukraine.
Memorial argued that the prison transfer should not take place until the appeal process is complete. Ksenia Fadeyeva, a former municipal deputy in the Siberian city of Tomsk and a collaborator of late opposition leader Alexei Navalny, is also missing.
Fadeeva was sentenced to nine years in prison for coordinating the activities of an extremist organization and was transferred to a prison in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk. Lilia Chánisheva faces a similar situation, serving nine and a half years in prison for extremism after serving for many years as Navalny’s representative in the Bashkiria region.
Unusual crime
Chanisheva is the first activist to face criminal trial for extremism in 2021 due to her links to Navalny.
The Medusa portal reported that artist Sasha Skolichenko was transferred to an unknown destination on Sunday from a St. Petersburg prison, where she was serving a seven-year sentence.
She was arrested for changing price tags in a St Petersburg supermarket and for publishing information about Russia’s alleged war crimes in Ukraine, and Amnesty International has designated her a political prisoner. The process of transferring to another Russian prison, known as “etapirovanie,” can take weeks and does not allow contact with detainees.
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