You may have heard last last week that Nadya Tolokonnikova, member of Pussy Riot jailed for her "punk prayer," had "gone missing."Turns out, she was just transferred. To a Siberian Penal Colony. Here's the Huff Post on it:
Tolokonnikova, 23, who alleged major prison abuses in her previous colony in central Russia, is on her way to a new prison colony deep in the Krasnoyarsk region, her husband Pyotr Verzilov wrote on Twitter, saying the information comes from a reliable source.The penal colony number 50 in the town of Nizhny Ingash lies about 300 kilometres (185 miles) from the regional centre Krasnoyarsk, four time zones away from Moscow and sitting on Russia's Trans-Siberian railway."Essentially, she is transferred 4,500 kilometres (2,800 miles) from central Russia to the heart of Siberia as punishment for the resonance of her letter" that alleged abuses, Verzilov added.
Tolokonnikova had previously been on a hunger strike to protest prison conditions. And, with two months left on her sentence had demanded to be transferred. To add to the Stalinist weirdness, evidently it takes months to get to Siberia, only by train, and the Russian government does not inform on whereabouts until the person shows up in their new "home."
For good measure and to keep it out there, here's what Tolokonnikova and the other members of Pussy Riot in trouble in the first place:
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