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The bill would honor the late Russian opposition leader, Alexey Navalny, who died almost exactly a year ago in a remote Arctic penal colony at the age of 47.
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Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 18 Feb. 2025
Earlier on Monday, a Russian court sentenced another American citizen, former marine Robert Gilman, to seven years and one month in a maximum-security penal colony for assaulting law enforcement officers, according to Russian state media RIA Novosti.
—Lauren Kent, CNN, 7 Oct. 2024
Nearly four years ago, amid rising tensions, a history teacher named Mark Fogel was detained in Russia and sentenced to 14 years at a penal colony.
—CBS News, 5 Mar. 2025
The Goli Otok penal colony was opened in 1949, mainly to hold political prisoners accused of being sympathetic to Joseph Stalin, after Tito resisted the Soviet leader’s push in 1948 to exert control over the country.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 3 Dec. 2024
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Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 18 Feb. 2025
Earlier on Monday, a Russian court sentenced another American citizen, former marine Robert Gilman, to seven years and one month in a maximum-security penal colony for assaulting law enforcement officers, according to Russian state media RIA Novosti.
—Lauren Kent, CNN, 7 Oct. 2024
Nearly four years ago, amid rising tensions, a history teacher named Mark Fogel was detained in Russia and sentenced to 14 years at a penal colony.
—CBS News, 5 Mar. 2025
The Goli Otok penal colony was opened in 1949, mainly to hold political prisoners accused of being sympathetic to Joseph Stalin, after Tito resisted the Soviet leader’s push in 1948 to exert control over the country.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 3 Dec. 2024
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“Penal colony.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/penal%20colony. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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