“First Department” spoke about the condition of its 81-year-old client, accused of treason. He cannot walk or care for his bedridden wife.
The condition of Corresponding Member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Engineering, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, President of the Arctic Academy of Sciences, 81-year-old Valery Mitko, accused of high treason, is rapidly deteriorating. This was reported by his lawyers from the "First Department". According to them, Mitko, who has been under house arrest for more than two years, cannot walk or even sit. He had to call an ambulance three times in the last month.