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- Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was moved to a new prison above the Arctic Circle.
- Navalny was missing for nearly three weeks before a spokesperson confirmed his whereabouts.
- On Tuesday, he issued his first statement since his disappearance.
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has spoken out for the first time after disappearing for nearly three weeks.
Navalny, who is a vehement critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, was serving a 19-year sentence at a prison around 140 miles east of Moscow when his lawyers lost contact with him at the beginning of the month.