2023-12-16 06:55:32
A former Moscow local politician who was sentenced to seven years in prison last year for criticizing the Russian offensive in Ukraine has been missing from his supporters for days. Alexei Gorinov is no longer in the penal colony in Pokrov, around 200 kilometers east of Moscow, where he was previously imprisoned, his support group announced yesterday via Telegram.
AP/Alexander Zemlianichenko
Gorinov’s lawyers had been trying in vain all week to obtain information about his whereabouts and health, the group said. She was concerned about the 62-year-old’s health. “We assume and hope that Alexei Gorinov has been transferred to a hospital,” the statement said.
In “very poor health”
According to supporters, one of the lawyers visited Gorinov on December 8 and discovered that he was in “very poor health” and did not have the strength to sit in a chair and speak. Gorinow suffered from bronchitis and had breathing problems. He was denied necessary medication. The ex-local politician has suffered from chronic lung problems since having one of his lungs removed in 2016.
Gorinov was sentenced to seven years in prison in July 2022 after publicly criticizing the Russian offensive in Ukraine. A court in Moscow found him guilty of “knowingly spreading false information” about the Russian army.
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