Important (for English, scroll right): Yesterday, the administration of the penal colony where Navalny is imprisoned carried out the provocation that one of the staff had warned him was being prepared. Lawyer Vadim Kobzev wrote about this on April 11. As Navalny was being moved from the work cell to his regular one, he discovered that his permanent cellmate, a “homeless man,” had once again been placed there, this time reduced to a completely animal-like state. The stench in the cell was so overwhelming that it was impossible to enter. Navalny refused to go into the cell and stated to the administration (on video) that a provocation was being carried out against him. The administration, knowing that under prison rules he would be expected to use violence against his cellmate, was deliberately provoking him in order to create grounds for opening a criminal case. Navalny said that he did not want to use violence against the inmate Tatarchenkov, because he himself was merely a tool in the hands of the prison authorities, but that if he were forced into the cell, he would be compelled to do so immediately, and he was stating this on camera right then. He demanded that, in accordance with the law, the assistant to the colony chief be informed of the threat to the inmate’s health and move him to a safe place. Instead, the deputy head of the colony who arrived at the scene, along with a group of operatives, first threatened Navalny and then called in a response team in body armor and helmets. Force was then used against Navalny, and he was dragged into the cell. During this, Navalny—who offered no resistance whatsoever—was struck in the groin with a knee (also captured on video). Once inside the cell, Navalny did not use violence against his cellmate; however, he grabbed him by the collar and dragged him toward the exit. He was then restrained and pinned against the wall by the response team. After that, the colony officials present happily informed Navalny that a criminal case would be opened against him under Article 321 of the Russian Criminal Code (disrupting the operation of institutions that enforce isolation from society; punishable by up to 5 years), and went off to process the paperwork, taking the unfortunate “homeless man” with them. Navalny’s defense team is outraged by this blatant, cynical provocation and demands an immediate response from the leadership of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) and the prosecutor’s office.