In Russian correctional facilities, up to three-quarters of the funds received by inmates in the form of money transfers from relatives can now be withheld.

In Correctional Facility No. 2, located in the city of Yelets in the Lipetsk region, up to three-quarters of the funds received via money transfers are now being withheld from convicts. This information was disseminated by the support group for St. Petersburg dissident Alexander Skobov. He is serving his sentence in this Yelets prison under a verdict related to charges of "justifying terrorism."