Russian political prisoner says he was was beaten, electrocuted, and threatened with rape at prison in Yamalo-Nenets Anarchist and mathematician Azat Miftakhov says he was tortured after being transferred to Prison Colony No. 18 “Polyarnaya Sova” in the settlement of Kharp in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District, the independent Russian investigative outlet The Insider reported, having received the political prisoner’s account “through its own channels.”