Viktor BoutMOSCOW, May 21. Victor Bout serving a 25-year prison sentence in the United States , is experiencing serious health problems in an American prison, he is not being provided with medical assistance, the wife of a Russian businessman, Alla Bout, told RIA Novosti on Saturday. Six months ago, Bout had serious complaints about a sudden skin disease that affected some areas of the skin, including in the immediate proximity to the eyes, the Russian's wife reported.Viktor Bout's wife said she did not know about her husband's exchange plans»There is still no diagnosis. Viktor is getting worse, but in the prison either a lockdown due to covid, or a special security regime due to an incident in another prison, or the administration Russian diplomats and Viktor's lawyer have repeatedly demanded an urgent consultation with a specialist, but so far there has been no response to these demands,» she said. «Victor very rarely complains of health problems when he calls home, everything is always good for us. He even cheers us — me, his mother, our daughter Lisa — constantly, «said Booth. «In fact, there are problems, and quite serious ones. , although he does this extremely rarely — when he really needs medical care, which is practically not provided to him in prison.Then I contact the Russian Embassy in Washington and inform the diplomats about the problem, and they already call prison and require medical care for Victor in accordance with the consular convention,» she said.An exhibition of Viktor Bout's paintings will be held in Vladimir and Sevastopol»Only the prison authorities have been ignoring our appeals both through the embassy and through Viktor's lawyer in the United States, Steve Zissu, for six months,» said Bout's wife. Earlier, the Russian Embassy in the United States called the situation related to the refusal to provide medical assistance to Russians Viktor Bout and Roman Seleznev held in American prisons. Bout was arrested in Thailand at the American request in 2008 as a result of a provocative operation by American intelligence services and taken to the United States. He was accused of preparing a conspiracy to kill US citizens and materially support terrorism. on all counts. In Thailand, he won two extradition cases in the first instance, but then, at the appeal stage, the decisions of the courts of first instance were overturned. While still under the jurisdiction of the Thai court, Bout was taken to the United States with gross violations of both Thai and American laws. In 2012, a jury in New York found the Russian guilty, after which the federal court sentenced him to the minimum sentence under the sane articles — 25 years prisons. To date, the Russian has served more than half of this term.
