The judge called an ambulance for the artist Sasha Skochilenko, who was being persecuted in the case of “fakes” (clause “d”, part 2 of article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). It turned out that the girl had not eaten for two days. this . reports Mediazona
During a hearing in the Vasileostrovsky District Court of St. Petersburg, Skochilenko asked to take a break to take a painkiller. Judge Oksana Demyasheva decided to call an ambulance, although the defendant did not ask for it.
After the doctors’ visit, it turned out that due to the court schedule, Skochilenko had not eaten anything for two days: she was escorted from the pre-trial detention center before breakfast and returned after dinner; due to diagnosed celiac disease, the girl was not given a packed ration. Due to her late return to the pre-trial detention center, the accused also did not receive her prescribed antipsychotic medications and psychotherapist assistance on time. The judge's forced call for an ambulance delayed the hearing for an hour.
“I am forced to consider the behavior of the presiding officer as pressure on me,” Skochilenko said and petitioned to adjourn the meeting. “I don’t understand why you are starving me? I hope for your humanity,” she addressed the judge.
Despite the fact that the court's working day had already ended, Demyasheva refused to postpone the hearing. Skochilenko's lawyers asked the judge to recuse himself and asked the prosecutor to give them time to prepare a petition for a reasoned recusal of the judge. As a result, the meeting was postponed to October 2, ignoring the lawyers’ objections that this was not a previously agreed upon date and that a doctor should come to see Skochilenko on that day.
The artist was detained on April 11, 2022, and two days later she was taken into custody. According to investigators, she replaced price tags in the Perekrestok store with leaflets with information about the shelling of the Mariupol drama theater and the death of civilians. The girl admitted distributing the leaflets, but does not consider herself guilty and denies that she disseminated false information.
Since childhood, Sasha Skochilenko has suffered from celiac disease - gluten intolerance. The detention center staff refused to hand over suitable food, but later they provided her with the necessary food. However, it is necessary to organize a separate kitchen for patients with celiac disease, but this is impossible in a pre-trial detention center.
In August 2022, the girl experienced a depressive episode, and after being detained and arrested, she was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder. In addition, the girl was previously diagnosed with bipolar affective disorder. Doctors prescribed her prescription drugs, but in the pre-trial detention center they refuse to give them to her from time to time, without explaining the reasons.
The prisoner was also diagnosed with mitral valve prolapse and severe arrhythmia. In April, a cardiologist who examined Skochilenko in a pre-trial detention center stated that the girl’s life was under threat - there was a risk of cardiac arrest.
In addition, the prisoner's gums festered after tooth extraction. The operation was performed on her in the pre-trial detention center, but the doctors did not have the necessary material to suture. The artist was not given painkillers. Finally, the girl was diagnosed with a cyst in her right ovary.
- Since February 24, 2022—the first day of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine—residents of Russian cities have been holding anti-war protests every day and talking about the tragedy online. Anti-war speeches and statements become grounds for criminal prosecution. At the moment, more than 700 people have become defendants in criminal cases initiated due to protest against the war with Ukraine. Read more about this in our infographic .
- Article 207.3 (Public dissemination of knowingly false information about the use of the armed forces of the Russian Federation) was included in the Criminal Code in March 2022 - in this way the authorities responded to anti-war speeches and statements, as well as the dissemination of information about the war that does not come from official Russian sources. The maximum penalty under this article is 15 years in prison.