Radar Telegram alerts Open Radar

"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.

Новая газета · · Source

"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.

"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.

More on Radar

Want to see every report in real time?

Hundreds of sources worldwide, translated into your language, with alerts for what matters to you.

Sign up free
Share on WhatsApp Get alerts on Telegram