16:24 27.11.2017

Russian ombudsman informs Ukrainian counterpart on health of Ukrainian citizen Hryb in detention in Krasnodar

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Russian ombudsman informs Ukrainian counterpart on health of Ukrainian citizen Hryb in detention in Krasnodar

The health of Ukrainian citizen Pavlo Hryb, arrested in Russia, has been evaluated as satisfactory by doctors and he is receiving outpatient treatment, Russian Human Rights Commissioner Tatyana Moskalkova said in a letter to her Ukrainian counterpart Valeria Lutkovska.

Hryb was examined by doctors, who registered his chronic illnesses, upon arrival in the Federal Penitentiary Service's Detention Facility No. 5, Lutkovska's press service said on Monday, citing Moskalkova's letter.

According to Moskalkova, Hryb underwent a medical checkup in the Krasnodar Clinical Hospital on September 18, 2017, which showed that he had no grave illnesses that, according to Russian legislation, might prevent his detention.

"Pavlo Hryb's general state of health has now been evaluated by specialists as satisfactory, he is under medical workers' dynamic observation, he is being treated as an outpatient. He is receiving medications in accordance with doctors' recommendations and his illnesses," the Russian human rights commissioner said in her letter.

According to Moskalkova's information, Hryb was granted a visit with officials from the Ukrainian General Consulate on September 18, 2017, during which he made no complaints regarding his living conditions, his health or observance of his lawful rights and interests.

Ex-Ukrainian State Border Guard Service official Ihor Hryb said on August 28 that Russian special services had abducted his 19-year-old son Pavlo during a visit to Gomel, Belarus, where he went on August 24 to meet a girl whom he had met and talked to only on social-networking sites. It was agreed that Pavlo would return the same day. After he failed to return the next day, Ihor Hryb travelled to Gomel to look for him.

He said that in Belarus he had learned that Pavlo was on a Russian list of wanted persons in connection with a terrorist attack, and that a search had been initiated by the Russian Federal Security Service's Directorate for the Krasnodar region in Sochi.

It was reported on September 7 that Hryb was in a detention facility in Krasnodar, Russia.

On September 15, Pavlo Hryb's sister Olha Hryb said her brother was transferred from jail to hospital. According to her, neither Ukrainian consuls, nor Ukrainian doctors were allowed to see the detainee.

Ukrainian doctors arrived in Russia on October 12 to examine Hryb, who is being held in a pretrial detention center in Krasnodar and does not receive the necessary medical care, but the Russian side didn't allow them to examine the Ukrainian.

On October 18, the Oktyabrsky District Court of Krasnodar (Russia) extended detention term for Ukrainian Pavlo Hryb until January 4, 2018.

The next hearing of the Krasnodar court is scheduled for December 24.

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