Zakhar Zaripov, who is in a pretrial detention center in Khabarovsk Krai, was diagnosed with an oncological disease - cancer of the salivary glands. In the pretrial detention center, he is not receiving treatment, and due to the growth of the tumor, the man cannot fully consume solid food.

In April, mathematics teacher Zakhar Zaripov was sentenced to five years in prison on charges of calling for terrorism. In fact, he addressed the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov on social media with an appeal not to send his fellow countrymen to fight in Ukraine. In addition to this, he recalled how Chechnya tried to achieve its independence.

A linguistic examination found in the publication signs of "incitement to an armed seizure of power with the aim of violating the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation." Human rights project "Support for political prisoners. Memorial recognized Zaripov as a political prisoner.

"We believe that the man's actions do not constitute a crime, and the case against him was fabricated for political reasons as a tool to intimidate critics of the Russian authorities. The text, for which a criminal case was opened against him, does not pose a public danger," the human rights activists noted.