Convicted Crimean Tatar activist denied urgent treatment
60-year-old Crimean Tatar Ruslan Nagaev is kept in the dark about the date of his operation. The man, recently sentenced to 13 years, was transferred from the Verkhneuralsk prison to IK-21 in the village of Iksa in the Arkhangelsk region. From there he was almost immediately taken to the hospital at the Federal Penitentiary Service, where he has already spent a week.
Doctors tell the prisoner that they will make a final decision about the operation early next week, although doctors in Chelyabinsk said that he needed urgent medical intervention.
Earlier, Ruslan Nagaev's family, commenting on his health, did not specify the diagnosis, stating only that it is a "chronic disease that has progressed to an inflammatory stage." Since at least January 2023, the Crimean Tatar has suffered from high blood pressure and kidney pain and has not received the necessary treatment in prison.
In August 2021, the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don found Ruslan Nagaev and three other defendants in the case - Eldar Kantimirov, Lenur Khalilov and Ruslan Mesutov - guilty under articles on ties to a terrorist organization (Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code) and preparation for the violent overthrow of the government (Part 1 of Article 278 of the Criminal Code). They were charged with participation in the Islamic party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which is banned in the Russian Federation but operates legally in Ukraine and other countries in Europe and the world.
