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Opposition figure Navalny says 'fine' after transfer to Arctic prison colony Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said he was "fine" Tuesday after a "pretty exhausting" 20-day transfer to a penal colony beyond the Arctic Circle. The Kremlin critic's whereabouts had been unknown for more than two weeks, but he is now in a penal colony in Russia's far north and has been visited by his lawyer, his supporters said. "Don't worry about me. I'm fine. I'm totally relieved that I've finally made it," Navalny wrote on X after arriving at the colony nicknamed "Polar Wolf". "I'm still in a good mood, as befits a Santa Claus," he said, referring to his winter clothing of sheepskin coat and fur hat and the beard he grew out during his transportation.