‘I Am Your New Santa Claus,’ Imprisoned Russian Dissident Alexei Navalny Quips, Resurfacing at an Arctic Prison Colony
‘I don’t say ‘Ho-ho-ho,’ but I do say ‘Oh-oh-oh’ when I look out of the window,’ the opposition later jokes, ‘where I can see night, then the evening, and then the night again.’

MOSCOW — Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Tuesday released a sardonic statement about his transfer to a Arctic prison colony nicknamed the “Polar Wolf,” his first appearance since associates lost contact with him three weeks ago.
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