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A Garbage response. Russian prison sends Shirley Manson bureaucratic boilerplate, omitting name of hunger‑striking activist she appealed for

he administration of Penal Colony No. 5 (IK-5) in Russia’s Oryol region has issued a formal, two-page response to a letter from Garbage lead singer Shirley Manson regarding the treatment of imprisoned Russian activist Mikhail Kriger. The letter never mentions Kriger by name—nor does it address the specific allegations of mistreatment that have led the […]