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Kharp (Russian: Харп; Nenets: Харп, lit. ' aurora ') is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement ) in the Priuralsky District of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug , Russia, on the bank of the Sob River near the Polar Urals .
Dec 27, 2023 · Human rights activists say the prison holds serial killers, rapists, pedophiles, repeat offenders, and others convicted of the most serious crimes and serving sentences of 20 years or more. In ...
Feb 20, 2024 · Located in the Yamal-Nenets region, about 1,900km north-east of Moscow and 60km north of the Arctic Circle, Kharp itself was built by Gulag prisoners. There are around 700 such penal colonies across the country that are part of "an incredibly brutal system," Robert Horvath, a specialist on Russian politics at LaTrobe University, told the ABC.
- Annika Burgess
Dec 25, 2023 · Navalny’s spokeswoman said he had been found at the IK-3 prison colony in Kharp, a settlement in the Yamal-Nenets autonomous district some 2,000 kilometers northeast of Moscow.
Feb 21, 2024 · Inside the Polar Wolf penal colony in Kharp where Alexai Navalny died. The oppositon leader has been in jail since returning to Russia in 2021
Dec 28, 2023 · The IK-3 penal colony, located in Kharp in the Yamalo-Nenets region about 1,900 km (1200 miles) northeast of Moscow, is considered to be one of the toughest prisons in Russia.
Dec 25, 2023 · Kharp, in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District, is almost 2,000 miles from Moscow, where Navalny had previously been held.
