The human rights activist Ponomarev arrested for 16 days complained about smoking and stuffiness in the cells

Members of the Public Supervisory Commission (PMC) visited in the special receptionist of the head of the Lev Ponomarev Movement Movement, arrested for 16 days for calling for the campaign in defense of the young defendants in the affairs of "new greatness" and "network".

“It is contained in a cell with ten cellmates, eight of which smokers. I complained that it was difficult for him to breathe both because of smoke and because of strong stuffiness in the cell,” the ONK Secretary Ivan Melnikov told Interfax .

He noted that the leadership of the special reception did not comply with the recommendations of the PM on the separate contents of the smoking and non -smoking prisoners, motivating this by the fact that "the law does not have a clear indication of this, only if there is an opportunity, but there is no possibility." The leadership does not include the hood so that the room is not cold.

"Ponomarev’s neighbors complained to us a lack of nutrition. For example, yesterday for lunch they received a small portion of soup, pasta and cabbage salad. Of course, this is not enough," Melnikov said. Also, many complained about the "torture" beds and disposable bedding and towels that cannot be used. The leadership of the special receiver explained the use of disposable towels and linen in that the usual is in washing. In the near future, the PMC will contact the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Moscow with a request to replace mattresses and beds in the special reception and issuing temporary substrates arrested.

The Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation Tatyana Moskalkova also promised to contact the Minister of the Interior with a request to transfer Ponomarev into a camera for non -smokers or to another special receiver for administratively detained, TASS reports. “Right today I will send an appeal with a request to transfer it to another special receiver,” she said, adding that she supports the initiative of the Moscow PMS members on the introduction of a mandatory norm for separate content in places of imprisonment of smoking and non -smokers.

On December 11, Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting of the Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights said that he intends to entrust the Prosecutor General to Yuri Chaika Ponomarev , but was not ready to question the justice of the court.

“There is a court, he made a decision, then the second decision,” the president said, adding that in the case of Ponomarev, “it was about calls for unauthorized rallies, processions.” "But we do not want events similar to Paris, where they disassemble the paving stones and burn everything in a row, the country is then immersed in a state of emergency," Putin emphasized

Recall, on December 5, the Tver court of Moscow found Ponomarev guilty of repeated violation of the Promotion Procedure and appointed 25 days of arrest for calls to participate in the inconsistent campaign "For our children" at the FSB building on Lubyanka. On December 7, the Moscow City Court reduced the arrest period to 16 days. Ponomareva was also not released in parting with the head of the Moscow Helsinki group Lyudmila Alekseeva, who was his long -standing ally.

Ponomarev’s defense insists on the absence of an offense in his actions. According to his lawyer Henry Reznik, the human rights activist did not express any ideas, did not discuss any ideas or political platforms.