Kremlin opponent Navalny reappears in new jail after two-week silence
Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, stands in front of a projection of a portrait of jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny as she presents him with the Bambi in the Courage category at the 75th Bambi Awards at Bavaria Film Studios. Kremlin opponent Navalny is now in a penal camp in northern Russia after going missing for more than two weeks, his spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh says on X. Peter Kneffel/dpa

Kremlin opponent Alexei Navalny is now in a penal camp in northern Russia after going missing for more than two weeks, his spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh says on X. He had once again failed to appear at a court hearing via video link on December 18, aides said, heightening fears about his fate. President Vladimir Putin's most outspoken critic had not been seen by his lawyers for almost two weeks prior to the planned hearing. Russian government authorities had refused to disclose where he was or fully explain his absence. It now transpires he has been transferred from the IK-6 penal colony east of Mo...