Political scientist Alexander Kinev* in a pre-trial detention center does not receive packages and does not go on a trip due to a cast and lack of outerwear.
"Some things improve, some things deteriorate - dialectic. The cell, yes, got better, but some problems that are hard to explain started with the transfers, I haven't had food from outside for almost a week, and it's hard to live in a prison cell. Why this is happening is unclear," he wrote in the letter.
According to volunteers, Kinev does not accept food packages; According to them, the packages were brought to the old cell, from which the man had already been transferred. Naturally, Kinev was not there, and the packages were taken back. In addition, money was spent on the transfers, which no one returned.
Also, a political prisoner cannot go on trips: "It's getting cold outside, neighbors are taken out for trips. But I still can't. First, because it's a cast and shoes won't fit on it. Second, because I still don't have any outer clothes (there is no way to transfer it from the house to the detention center). In general, waiting."
Alexander Kinev is a Russian political scientist and election expert. He was arrested on September 25 in a case of attempted drug trafficking (up to 20 years in prison); He pleaded not guilty. After his arrest he was diagnosed with two fractures of the tibia. The defense claims that he did not object, and the lack of medical treatment threatens him with disability.
The criminal case is related to his plans to publish extensive material on the scope of fraud in the 2026 elections.
Recently, after extensive complaints, Kinev was transferred to a new cell - while in the old cell he stopped eating, because in plaster he could not use the "hole in the floor" toilet.
- recognized by the Russian authorities as a foreign agent.