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I don't understand the balance of civil rights and government power in Russia. It's obviously not a free state, and the government has a pretty free hand to arr

I don't understand the balance of civil rights and government power in Russia. It's obviously not a free state, and the government has a pretty free hand to arrest protesters, suppress the press, etc. But Navalny is somehow still able to communicate from jail? Wouldn't it be easy to prevent that, for Putin or whoever else he annoys? Does his high profile make it harder to keep him incommunicado (ed: or heavily censor his comms)? Or should we assume that "from his Instagram" doesn't necessarily require the actual man's input, as long as the account is controlled by people who (even approximately) agree with him?

prostoalex 5y ago
From my understanding, to protect themselves and claim that they were "just following orders" Russian corrections officers follow the letter of the law, which (as of now) still allows personal attorney visits. The state might not make it easy, and move the prisoner to a facility in some remote part of Siberia, but unless rule books are re-written, the corrections officers have to reluctantly comply.