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What do we know about the conditions under which Ukrainian sailors are detained? What is the attitude towards them? Were able to communicate freely with representatives of the Ukrainian consulate? About Voice of America interviewed lawyers, Russian observers and human rights defenders.
Lefortovo in Moscow, the prison, which was subordinated to the KGB in the Soviet era, and now to the FSB, holds 21 Ukrainian soldiers.
"Lefortovo" is the only one in the country. The Federal Service for the Execution of Sentences (19459007)
Three wounded sailors are at the SIZO Hospital "The Silence of the Sailor" .
Prosecutor Mykola Polozov
Legal Protection of the Commander of the Division of Ukrainian Ships Denis Gritsenko took over the lawyer Nikolai Polozov . He confirmed that all Ukrainian sailors in Lefortovo had visited Ukrainian consuls.
"Unfortunately, the communication with the consuls is not confidential, it is of a general nature and the conversation is under control.But nevertheless, the sailors communicated the position of their country and told them that they were struggling, "said the lawyer.
All Ukrainian sailors went to Lefortovo, Ukrainian consuls
Polozov also reported that sailors wounded in the "Matrosskoy silence" on December 12, 2018, they visited their lawyers and were able to communicate with them confidentially.
"All the sailors with whom the investigations were carried out declared to be prisoners of war, Roman Mokryak in particular stated that since he commanded the ship Berdyansk and that he was a prisoner of war with his subordinates he would not testify until his subordinates had been released because they would have executed his orders.The investigators themselves are still the following: the investigator presents to the seafarers the decisions relating to the appointment of several examinations and conduct a small interrogation in which sailors declare to be prisoners of war and not criminals who try to present them to the Russian authorities, "said Nikolai Polozov.
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All sailors declared themselves prisoners of war
According to Nikolai Polozov, the current main task defenders of the Rupite Ukrainian sailors – make each lawyer meet with his client. Lefortovo is a "closed institution" and everything is organized so that it is very difficult for lawyers to perform their tasks. For example, Lefortovo illegally requires that lawyers get permission from an investigator on the first visit of a defendant in an isolator. In addition, lawyers are required to meet with the offices of detained investigators
An artificial waiting line is created, so that five or six lawyers at most can enter the SIZO per day.
"The time of a confidential communication is not expected in the investigator's office of the isolator, but in the office of the investigator of the department FSB investigations, which closely adjoins Lefortovo and where the prisoners are taken in. In this mode, it will always be at least next week and possibly until December 25. We expect that all lawyers will see their customers before the New Year ", – hopes Nikolai Polozov.
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Member of GSK [19659020] Kogherzhin Sagheyev
In addition to lawyers, seamen Ukrainians visited members of the Commission of Public Observation two weeks ago – a public body created to monitor the rights of prisoners in places of deprivation of liberty.
journalist Kogeshina Sagheev went to the United Kingdom a raion sailor, came to them in the camera "Lefortovo". In his interview with the Russian Voice of America service
he was treated with respect to sailors. It may be because they were arrested by the army of another country
"I saw 21 sailors detained in the" Lefortovo "prison and I went to their cell. are kept in cameras called "quarantine", that is to say temporary: they keep people there while they check their documents.These cameras are double, but the sailors were there one by one in cell In the "quarantine" cells, arrests are usually carried out in prison robots and they were also dressed with a dove.In general, we often argue with "Lefortovo" because it is illegal – it is not written anywhere that a person should wear prison clothes while in prison, but we were told this time that the Ukrainian army could not be in shape in "Russian object, in fact military object", – said Sagheev.
According to her, in the prison wing, which houses military Ukrainian military prisoners, no hot water. They received electric kettles. There are iron beds, white sheets, wool blankets. In addition, the sailors received a fckfayki.
"I found that the staff of" Lefortovo "was very attentive and respectful towards the sailors.This may be because it is understood that they are under arrest in the army of another country, "says Kokershin Sagheev.
Olga Romanova, director of the organization Rus seated
The founder and executive director of the "Rus sits" organization Olga Romanova explained that "Lefortovo" detains persons arrested for political affairs, in cases of espionage, and that the provocative security services also sit there. [19659004] "Cameras for two people, it is not only that: if there are two, then the second is, as a rule, a staff member or an intelligence specialist. These people are sometimes allowed to walk in prison safely, without escort, "says Romanova.
The influence on" Lefortovo "is not only about the FSVP, but also the Russian courts.
" All judge in Russia appointed to this post to a post that is actually occupied by the administration of the President of Russia, signs a paper that gives his consent to the listening and, in general, full control by the services information. In this situation, can a judge come into conflict with these special services?
Romanova claims that, despite the official transfer of the detention center "Lefortovo" to the Russian Ministry of Justice in 2005, the FSB's control over this prison has not disappeared.
Russia, despite pressure from the United States and the EU, continues to cling to the sailors of the Ukrainian army and complicate communication in any way possible. Despite the fact that the international community has condemned the act of aggression against Ukraine in the region of Azov, the Kremlin is trying to convict captured prisoners as criminals.
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