âMuch like the prison staff, they think that inmates can be beaten, tortured and humiliated without consequenceâ
Photo: Mikhail Metzel / TASS “Much like the prison staff, they think that inmates can be beaten, tortured and humiliated without consequence†Why public oversight committees in Russian regions are pushing out human rights lawyers and replacing them with ex-siloviki and businesspeople loyal to prison admin On 31 March 2021, Russian opposition politician Aleksey Navalny, while serving his sentence in Vladimir Oblast, went on a hunger strike that lasted till 23 April.