Prisoner Yevgeny Makarov, beaten in a Yaroslavl colony, fears for his life
Prisoner Evgeny Makarov, whose video of torture in Yaroslavl correctional colony No. 1 was published by Novaya Gazeta, fears for his life and health. Interfax reports this with reference to the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Yaroslavl Region, Sergei Baburkin. “I received an appeal from Evgeny Makarov, in which he expresses fears for his life and health in connection with the release of the torture video. He believes that he can be killed, presenting it as suicide.