Ambassador Antonov Visited Russian Seleznev In US Prison
Fahad Shabbir (@FahadShabbir) Published November 15, 2022 | 05:10 AM
BUTNER (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 15th November, 2022) Russian Ambassador Anatoly Antonov has visited Russian national Roman Seleznev, who is serving sentences in a US prison, and called the conditions of his detention unacceptable.
"I held a meeting with Roman Valeryevich Seleznev, who has been in the American prison under very harsh conditions for eight years out of 27. Just think about it out of 27. He has to stay here for another 19 years," Antonov told reporters after the visit on Monday. "The conditions are very harsh, I would say unacceptable."
Antonov explained that in the Federal Prison in Butner in North Carolina, Seleznev does not get any medical care.
"One doctor prescribes some medicine, another cancels it, and in the end he gets nothing," he said. "With regards to food, to say it's extremely meager, is to say nothing. In fact, there is no catering facility there. Expired food is brought from other prisons."
Moreover, Antonov said, Roman is forced to check in every two hours, they don't give him work, and they consider him some kind of dangerous criminal who poses a threat.
"I don't know, I can't tell you what it's about," he noted.
"But the conditions of detention there are very difficult, he lost weight, he began to wear glasses, and all this is connected, of course, and is a side effect of taking certain medications which he was prescribed."
Antonov went on to say that, obviously, Seleznev is in a very bad state of health, and has a lot of different kinds of illnesses.
"He is suffering," the envoy shared. "But he met us with a smile, he holds on, he was glad to see not me personally, but simply a Russian citizen, a person who speaks Russian. He doesn't have anyone to speak with. He even says that he began to forget some words."
Antonov added that the Embassy sends Seleznev newspapers and magazines, but books can't be sent to him.
"He is grateful for all this, but of course there is not enough normal communication," he said.
Roman Seleznev was detained by US special services in the Maldives in 2014 and was transferred to the United States. His defense, his father and the Russian Foreign Ministry called the incident a kidnapping and a violation of international law. In 2016, Seleznev was convicted of cyber fraud and was sentenced to 27 years in prison the following year.
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