"Minus 9 kg, sand, blood": Scientist and political survey Kachin stopped a dry hunger strike after 3.5 days due to health problems 18+. This material (information) is produced, distributed and (or) directed by a foreign agent of "New Gas" or concerned with the activities of a foreign agent of "New Gas". Scientist-geodesist Valery Kachin stopped a dry hunger strike after 3.5 days, according to the human rights project "The First Class" * referring to a letter from a political prisoner published in one of the volunteer chats. Kachin said he spent 17 days in solitary confinement. From October 18 to October 21 - 3.5 days - there was a hunger strike without water or food, minus 9 kg during this period. This time the hunger strike affected the urine and intestines. Sand, blood, writes the scientist. The fact that Kachin announced a dry hunger strike, it became known on October 21. He alleged violence and abuse by prison staff. In particular, the scientist claimed that he had to raise and lower a heavy bed, and came to it with night tests, and took personal belongings. According to human rights activists, the scientist was exhausted and weighed only 60 kg with a height of 182 cm. In 2025, a Kachin was sentenced to 14 years in a harsh regime colony on charges of treason. Before his arrest, he worked as a junior researcher at the Bastiak Nature Reserve in Bibione. ▪️ Last September Kaichin held a dry hunger strike in Udmurt IK-8 "Khokhryaki" - after 60 days in prison. The Ministry of Justice entered the "foreign agents" registry.