A defendant in the “Moscow case” Lesnykh fell ill in a pre-trial detention center with influenza of an “unknown strain”

Yegor Lesnykh, who was sentenced to three years in the Moscow case, fell ill in a pre-trial detention center with influenza of an “unknown strain”. He is not receiving the necessary medical care. This was reported to OVD-Info by the fiancée of the convict Daria Blinova.

“On Tuesday, I received a letter, in which Egor says that he has been with a fever for 10 days, he is given antipyretics, she goes astray, but immediately rises. Dry cough becomes wet. They didn’t give normal medicines, ”said Blinova.

She also added that in the last letter, which arrived on March 11, Lesnykh said that his condition improved after he was given the medicines transferred to the pre-trial detention center on March 6.

The acting head of the pre-trial detention center told Blinova that Lesnykh "is under 'special control', as he is involved in a high-profile case" and the treatment "is being effective." At the same time, as the bride of the convict notes, earlier Lesnykh was given only “the cheapest paracetamol”.

As lawyer Eldar Garoz, representing the interests of the Lesnys, told MBKh Media, the defense is preparing a complaint to the Federal Penitentiary Service, the pre-trial detention center, the prosecutor's office for supervision of correctional institutions, demanding the hospitalization of the Lesnys.

On March 18, Yegor Lesnykh was tested for coronavirus in the pre-trial detention center, reports . the human rights organization Public Verdict

• On December 6, 2019, the Meshchansky District Court sentenced Yegor Lesnykh to three years in a penal colony, Maksim Martintsov to two and a half years in a penal colony, Alexander Mylnikov to two years of suspended imprisonment on charges of using violence against a government official by a group of persons (part 1 article 318 of the Criminal Code). Their criminal cases were combined into one proceeding. All three pleaded not guilty.
• On July 27, protests were held in Moscow in support of independent candidates in the elections to the Moscow City Duma, during which, according to OVD-Info, were detained 1,373 people . Three days after the action, the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case on the riots. Several people have already been sentenced to real terms on charges of using violence against the police and the National Guard.