Russian dissident Alexei Navalny is missing from prison, spokeswoman says

Alexei Navalny, the jailed Russian opposition leader, has disappeared from prison and his whereabouts are unknown, his allies said Monday.

Navalny was supposed to appear in court via video link on Monday ahead of a transfer to a "special security" penal colony but never did, spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh wrote on X.

Yarmysh said prison officials blamed electrical problems and that lawyers have been unable to access Navalny for nearly a week.

"It is already the sixth straight day that we don't know where Alexei is and what is happening to him," Yarmysh wrote.