The US pilot Yaroshenko cannot walk after a sudden operation.

The Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko, who was serving time in the American prison, cannot go and is tormented by pain after a sudden operation conducted at night, his lawyer Alexei Tarasov said on the Russia 24 television channel. Russian diplomats were notified of the current situation.

According to the lawyer, Yaroshenko woke up the guards in the middle of the night, he was taken to the hospital with a neighboring Fort Dix prison, the city of Trenton. “They did not conduct any preparation, did not do analyzes. He was done a proctological operation under general anesthesia, it lasted 45 minutes,” Tarasov said.

"After Yaroshenko woke up from anesthesia on a hospital bed in Trenton, the guards came to him, put on handcuffs and said: enough to lie, come with us. Yaroshenko was taken back to prison, placed in an ordinary camera - to where he was. His cellmates at night, seeing how bad it became of Konstantin, took him in a prison one. A medical unit, ”said the lawyer.

Now Yaroshenko is in the cell, after the operation he “cannot walk, experiences terrible pains, says that he was not so painful for a very long time,” Tarasov said.

In the United States, the Russian was delivered from Liberia, where he was arrested on May 28, 2010. The guides of the US agents for combating drugs allegedly convicted the pilot in criminal intentions to transport a large batch of cocaine.

This case was the first when the American intelligence services captured a Russian citizen in the third country and secretly took him to the United States. The incident outraged the Russian authorities, which protested against the actions of the Americans.

Yaroshenko’s verdict was passed on September 7, 2011. Yaroshenko’s defense regularly tries to appeal his conclusion, stating that he was unfairly sentenced to 20 years. The Commissioner of the Russian Foreign Ministry on human rights, democracy and the rule of law Konstantin Dolgov noted that the Russian case is "politicized".

The Foreign Ministry is concerned

Moscow is seriously concerned about the health status of the pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko, who underwent an unscheduled operation, the Russian Consulate General to the United States, takes steps to clarify the situation with the American authorities, said RIA Novosti, the Russian Foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation, the supremacy of law and democracy Konstantin Dolgov.

“The Russian Consulate General in New York checks this information, they are in contact with a lawyer and take steps to get official information from the American authorities. The situation is under our most close control and attention,” said Dolgov. “If it is confirmed that anesthetics are not given, this is extremely serious and is the next gross non -fulfillment of their international obligations.”

The diplomat recalled that Yaroshenko "was generally refused treatment for a long time." “And if some actions are carried out now, which are half -hearted, then this creates additional risks for the life and health of a Russian citizen,” said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.