Vladimir Putin promotes ‘sadist’ deputy chief of Russia’s prison system three days after Alexei Navalny’s death

Vladimir Putin promoted the deputy head of the country’s prison service — described as a “sadist” who allegedly tormented Alexei Navalny — just three days after the opposition leader’s unexplained death in a Russian penal colony. Valery Boyarinev, deputy director of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN), was awarded the special rank of colonel general by...