The condition of the Crimean political prisoner Osadchiy deteriorated in the Simferopol detention center

The health condition of Ukrainian political prisoner, a native of Kirovohrad region, Oleksandr Osadchiy, who is being held in the Simferopol pre-trial detention center, has deteriorated significantly. His relatives, who saw him in court, noted that the 62-year-old man had lost a lot of weight during his detention.

This was reported by the manager of the Crimean Tatar Resource Center Zarema Barieva.

Osadchiy, who is of Bulgarian origin and has lived in Feodosia for more than 40 years, is accused by Russian security forces of three articles of the Criminal Code, including "espionage" and "high treason," for which he faces up to 20 years in prison.

Oleksandr Osadchiy was detained on August 24, 2023, after a search in his home, after which he remained in the status of "incommunicado" for almost a year, and his family had no information about his whereabouts. It was only in June 2024 that it became known that he was alive and in the Simferopol pre-trial detention center.

Human rights activists managed to identify the man from a video published by the occupiers, where he allegedly "confesses" to cooperating with the Ukrainian special services and passing on information about the location of military facilities and infrastructure of the Feodosia seaport with his face covered.

It should be noted that the Ukrainian prisoner had previously prepared a whole program to restore sheep breeding in Crimea, was one of the developers of the 'Reykobus' program for Kirovohrad region, published a book translated from Armenian about his favorite marine painter Ivan Aivazovsky and much more with his own money.

The court found former Representative of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea <b>Leonid Zhunko</b> guilty of treason and sentenced him to 11 years in prison.

Prosecutors proved that in March 2014, Zhunko actively contributed to the occupation of Crimea. He took part in a meeting of the Sevastopol City Council and voted in favor of the so-called 'all-Crimean referendum'.

Also, Zhunko, contrary to the Constitution of Ukraine, cast his vote for the adoption of the 'Declaration of Independence of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol'. This illegal document provided for the peninsula's accession to the Russian Federation as a subject of the Federation.

Катерина Глушко