He introduces himself as Father Frost, a kind of Russian Santa Claus, after 20 long days that he didn’t shave because he was taken via a tortuous route to the damn cold Arctic penal camp “Polar Wolf”. From there, Alexei Navalny has now contacted us with a letter that was published through a lawyer. The journey to Russia’s far north took the prisoner from Vladimir via Moscow, Chelyabinsk, Kirov, Vorkuta to the town of Charp, where the nearest town has “the beautiful name” Labytnangi.