"Navalny's Arctic Ordeal: From Siberian Prison Messages to Gulag Legacy"
Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, currently serving a 19-year prison sentence in Siberia, shared a New Year's Eve message expressing his good spirits and lack of loneliness, despite missing his family and normal human interactions. He humorously mentioned using artificial intelligence to be included in his family's New Year photo and sent "Arctic hugs and polar greetings" to his supporters. Navalny's imprisonment is widely seen as a political move by the Kremlin to silence his criticism and anti-corruption efforts against President Putin's regime.