Crimean political prisoner from Kherson region partially lost his hearing in the colony

The health of Crimean Tatar Rustem Gugurik, an illegally convicted resident of Kherson region, has deteriorated significantly in the conditions of detention in a colony in Buryatia.

This was reported to the Crimean Tatar Resource Center by the wife of the Kremlin prisoner, Victoria Guguryk.

Despite serious health problems and numerous appeals from the family and lawyers, the administration of the institution and medical staff ignore the prisoner's condition, denying him basic medical care. The systemic lack of medical care has led to the fact that the man has almost completely lost hearing in one ear, and due to constant inflammatory processes, the second ear is under the threat of complete deafness.

In addition, Rustem suffers from uncontrolled hypertension and constant shortness of breath, but the occupation administration conceals the results of the cardiac examination, limiting them to the issuance of drugs that only thin the blood. The conditions in the overcrowded cell for 80 people and the inability to receive parcels from home due to the long distance only worsen the situation.

The man is forced to solve even complex dental problems on his own, which makes eating much more difficult. Despite the physical exhaustion and constant pressure, Rustem Guguryk showed great courage by officially renouncing his Russian passport and reaffirming his loyalty to Ukrainian citizenship. Now his life depends on publicity and pressure on the aggressor country, as every day in such conditions without treatment can be fatal for him.

In particular, Oleksandr Sizikov, who is completely blind and is being held in the case of Crimean Muslims, arrived at the place of serving his sentence in Minusinsk, Russia.

Currently, the man is in quarantine, and those who are not indifferent are urged to support him by correspondence through specialized communication services with penitentiary institutions. This event was a continuation of a long legal confrontation, as recently the Russian Court of Cassation refused to consider the defense's appeal against the decision to return the Crimean to the place of detention.

Катерина Глушко