Viktor Bout. Archival photoMOSCOW, 6 Jun. The family of Russian businessman Viktor Bout, who is serving a prison term in the United States, fears for his life due to a sharp deterioration in his health, the businessman's wife Alla Bout told RIA Novosti. «An unknown skin disease that began in December last year with a small area of skin near the eye , has spread to all healthy skin, and Victor can no longer sleep from severe itching and pain. This is practically torture, «she said, adding that she last spoke with her husband on June 2. According to her, the prison administration «Marion» in Illinois never called Booth any doctor in six months, except for the prison paramedic who gave Victor shampoo, and only once did he prescribe him a sulfide-based ointment, which only caused a severe allergy. She admitted that her husband could infect him intentionally, and he is specifically not provided with qualified medical care. The wife of the Russian also referred to the statement of Bout's lawyer, according to which the United States is thus putting pressure on Russia in order to get the American Paul Whelan convicted there for espionage. >The embassy in the United States criticized the conditions of detention of Bout and Seleznev Last Friday, Alla sent an appeal to the Russian embassy in Washington, and on Monday she sent a letter to the leadership of the Foreign Ministry due to a sharp deterioration in her husband's health. «Our diplomats are constantly trying to help us, and every time, when Victor had something related to health, we contacted them, and they wrote and called the prison <…>, in previous cases it helped. Now the requests and demands of the embassy <…> are simply ignored «, she stressed, adding that diplomatic appeals should be continued, since it is a threat to Bout's life. The woman also noted a huge difference in attitudes towards foreign prisoners in Russian and American prisons.» Trevor Reed, who returned to the United States after the exchange on Konstantin Yaroshenko, <…> in a single interview with the media after his return, he does not put forward any claims to the regime of detention and medical care in a Russian prison, «- reminded Allah. This also applies to Paul Whelan and basketball player Britney Griner.Moskalkova spoke about the work on the return of BoutAt the same time, not a single human rights activist visited Bout for all 14 years of imprisonment, and from the moment he returned to the Communications Control Unit and during the pandemic, it was possible to communicate with him only by phone and through double glass with bars, the wife of the Russian concluded. Viktor Bout was arrested in Thailand in 2008 after a provocative operation by the US intelligence services. He was accused of preparing a conspiracy to kill American citizens and material support for terrorism. He denies the accusations on all counts. In Thailand, Bout won two extradition cases in the first instance, but then, at the appeal stage, the decisions of the courts of first instance were canceled. Despite the fact that the Russian was still under the jurisdiction of the court of the Asian kingdom, he 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 under sane articles — 25 years in prison. Bout served more than half of this term.
