Jailed Pussy Riot band member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova is on her way to a new penal colony in Siberia, her husband said today, following fears after two weeks without information about her whereabouts. 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. Penal Colony No. 50, in the town of Nizhny Ingash, lies about 185 miles from the regional center Krasnoyarsk, four time zones away from Moscow and sitting on Russias Trans-Siberian railway. Essentially, she is transferred 2,800 miles from central Russia to the heart of Siberia as punishment for the resonance of her letter that alleged abuses, Verzilov added.
Posted on: Tue, 05 Nov 2013 19:15:42 +0000
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