Jailed Russian leader Navalny found near the Arctic Circle

Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been located at a prison colony above the Arctic Circle after three weeks of no contact with him, his associates said. Navalny, the most prominent foe of Russian President Vladimir Putin, is serving a 19-year sentence on charges of extremism. He had been imprisoned in the Vladimir region of central Russia, about 230 kilometers (140 miles) east of Moscow, but his lawyers said they had not been able to reach him since Dec. 6.

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