Navalny’s life as a prisoner: “To re-educate myself they force me to stare at Putin’s portrait for hours”

Kaliningrad (Russia) – The day of Russia’s most famous prisoner begins at six in the morning. Ten minutes scarce to make the bed, shave, wash, “etc”. Gym. Breakfast. Search. And then off: seven hours of sewing – which becomes five on Saturdays – “sitting on a stool lower than the knee”. We have lunch at 10.20. When he doesn’t work, Alexey Navalny he is forced to “sit” for hours on a bench, under a portrait of Putin“.