Political prisoner Vadym Siruk suffers from kidney pain – spouse

October 23, 2020

The defendant in the so-called Yalta Hizb ut-Tahrir case Vadim Siruk made an official call to his wife from the colony for the first time, during which he said that he was worried about inflammation in the kidneys after a long stay in damp cells. This was announced by the wife of the political prisoner Anna Bohachova via her Facebook page.

“After the stage from the Rostov pre-trial detention center, Vadim called the Bashkir correctional facility for the first time – either quarantine or the documents for the call will be issued for now. Also, he was place to the punishment cell 17 days upon arrival. A strict regime colony in Salavat, not far from Ufa. After Crimea, and even Rostov it is unusually cold outside, but during the walk you can see the sun, and, unlike the pre-trial detention center, you can stay outside for a long time”,- the message says.

The spouse noted that Vadim Siruk is worried about inflammation in the kidneys after a long stay in damp cells, but tests have already been taken, treatment has been prescribed, and medicines have been given. However, there is no ultrasound machine in the colony, and it is unlikely that it will be possible to do an examination in a third-party hospital.

We remind that Emir-Husein Kuku, Vadim Siruk, Muslim Aliiev, Enver Bekirov, Arsen Dzhepparov and Refat Alimov are accused of participation in the organization Hizb ut-Tahrir, which is banned in the Russian Federation. They are charged with Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“organization of the activities of a terrorist organization and participation in it”). Later they began to impute Article 278 of the Criminal Code ("Forced seizure of power or forcible retention of power"). On October 11, during a court session in the Southern District Military Court of Rostov-on-Don, the prosecutor requested 13 to 20 years in prison for the so-called Yalta Hizb ut-Tahrir case defendants. On November 12, the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don announced the sentence. Muslim Aliiev and Enver Bekirov were sentenced to 19 and 18 years in a maximum security penal colony, Emir-Husein Kuku and Vadim Siruk – to 12 years, Refat Alimov – to 8 years, Arsen Dzhepparov – to 7 years.