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. To read the original story by Current Time, click here.
Lawmakers Urge Putin To Provide Imprisoned Moscow City Council Member With Medical Assistance
Moscow municipal lawmaker Aleksei Gorinov (file photo)