Document #2102272

RFE/RL – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (Author)

Lawmakers Urge Putin To Provide Imprisoned Moscow City Council Member With Medical Assistance

 

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More than 70 regional lawmakers across Russia urged President Vladimir Putin and the presidential Council on Human Rights on December 14 to secure medical assistance for Moscow municipal lawmaker Aleksei Gorinov, who was handed a seven-year prison term in July for his stance opposing Russia's aggression against Ukraine. According to the lawmakers, Gorinov, 62, has a medical condition, but prison administrators have deprived him of his medicine and regularly force him to clean snow outside the barracks. Hundreds of Russian physicians also urged Putin to intervene into Gorinov’s situation last weekend saying that he has tuberculosis. 

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ecoi.net description:
Aleksei Gorinov, a Moscow municipal lawmaker who was handed a 7-year prison term in July 2023 for opposing Russia's invasion of Ukraine and who has a medical condition, is being deprived of his medicine, lawmakers say
Country:
Russian Federation
Source:
RFE/RL – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (Author)
Published:
14 December 2023
Original link:
https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-gorinov-medical-assistance-putin-lawmakers-urge/32730942.html
Document type:
Media Report
Language:
English
Available on ecoi.net since:
22 December 2023
Document ID:
2102272

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