Translated material
Meanwhile in the special detention center
where Solidarity members Ilya Yashin, Seva Chernozub and Igor Gukovsky, among others, are serving administrative arrest, everything is generally fine. All “political” prisoners are provided with parcels, sweets, cigarettes, and fruit. They joke that it’s time to send it back. They are taken out into the courtyard for a walk. There are radios, everyone is quite alert, cheerful, and aware of the events happening in the wild. When I walked to the reception desk, I saw a car parked in the visibility range from the windows with a banner: “You are taking the seats of the Central Election Commission members.”
Things are worse for Sergei Udaltsov. He, however, is also joking, asking to be told that he is not giving up, although he is not dying yet (in the sense of “I’m dying, but I’m not giving up”), but his health leaves much to be desired. He looks pale and haggard. He has not taken food or water in protest against the illegal detentions since December 4, with the exception of intravenous injections that were given to him while Sergei was in the hospital. Half-jokingly, he asks if his comrades will come to the walls of the special detention center after the rally on the 24th to demand his release. In general, it all looks disgusting, as if they were going to rot him under arrest. The jailers also notice that Sergei has changed a lot, and they have known him since 2006. Then he was cheerful and cheerful, but now he lies on the bed almost all the time, because he no longer has the strength to walk. In general, jokes aside, but it seems to me that we must more actively and consistently demand the release of Sergei Udaltsov.