Ruslan Nagaev needs counselling due to his health condition

August 13, 2024
Political prisoner Ruslan Nagaev needs consultations with specialised doctors. This was reported by lawyer Yevgeny Goroshko after a meeting with him in prison.

‘The meeting was held through the glass – the order of the prison director. Earlier meetings took place in person,’ – the lawyer said.

According to him, the political prisoner applied for medical help, but his requests were not paid attention to.

‘The doctor came to the prison, but did not accept Nagayev,’ – added Goroshko.

We will remind, on 27 March 2019, Russian security forces in the occupied Crimea conducted mass searches in 26 houses of Crimean Tatars. From some activists seized literature, which, according to Crimean Solidarity, the law enforcers  planted themselves. In addition to books and brochures, people were confiscated phones, tablets, laptops and passports. The law enforcers behaved rudely. It is reported that they used physical force against the detainees. They entered the houses with shoes on. Lawyers, who came to the place of searches, were not allowed to the defendants. As a result, 20 people were detained, who are suspected of involvement in the organisation ‘Hizb ut-Tahrir’, which is banned in Russia. On 28 March, three more Crimean Tatar activists were detained and their homes were searched in their absence. On 27-28 March, the occupation court arrested all 23 Crimean Tatar activists detained after the searches. They were given a measure of restraint in the form of detention. Subsequently, all the defendants in the ‘case’ were repeatedly extended the term of arrest.