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In a first interview from prison, the Russian opposition leader told the New York Times that he was undergoing "psychological violence." He compared the secure facility where he is being held to a Chinese labor camp

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Nabalani: I'm forced to watch state television 8 hours a day

In a first interview from prison, the Russian opposition leader told the New York Times that he was undergoing "psychological violence."

He compared the secure facility where he is being held to a Chinese labor camp

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Thursday, 26 August 2021, 10:06

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Alexei Navalny seen at court hearing, April (Photo: Official Website, Twitter)

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny gave his first interview from the prison where he is being held, comparing him to a Chinese labor camp. He said he was forced to watch state television eight hours a day.

Harpster, who built his political career corruption scandals in Russia, held in penal colony Bfokrob, about a hundred miles east of Moscow. He told the New York Times that the hard labor that characterized the life of the Soviet Gulag prisoners were exchanged Psychological Violence "of brainwashing and propaganda.

" You can imagine muscular tattooed men with steel teeth struggling with knives to grab the best bed by the window, "Navalny said." But you have to imagine something like a Chinese labor camp, where everyone is lining up and surveillance cameras are installed everywhere. There is constant control and a culture of whistleblowing. "

According to him, the guards are watching them as they watch hours of propaganda broadcasts on state television, do not allow them to read or write and wake up sleeping prisoners.