The Federal Penitentiary Service called a prisoner’s story about bullying in a Novosibirsk pre-trial detention center “demonstrative blackmail” behavior

The Main Directorate of the Federal Penitentiary Service for the Novosibirsk Region called the story of prisoner Sergei Kobets about bullying as “demonstrative and blackmailing” behavior. this with reference to the department’s press service. reports Taiga.info

“At present, the facts of violations of the rights of the convicted Kobets have not been confirmed, and his behavior is demonstrative and blackmailing in nature,” a representative of the Federal Penitentiary Service assured.

At the end of December, prisoners Kobets, Dmitry Klementyev and Mikhail Semenov spoke about beatings and denial of medical care. The FSIN responded that “the arguments of the convicted Klementyev were not confirmed.” Semenov, according to the department, admitted that he “received injuries due to his own negligence at home.”