Lawyers for Alexey Gorinov, a Moscow municipal deputy convicted under the article on military “fakes,” do not know where he is. This was reported in Gorinov’s support group.
“At the moment we can say that Alexey is not in IK-2 Pokrov, where his lawyer saw him on December 8. <…> We assume and hope that Alexey Gorinov has been transferred to the hospital, since he needs to undergo treatment in a hospital setting. As soon as we have accurate data about this, we will inform you immediately,” the deputy’s associates said in a post.
In the summer of 2022, Alexey Gorinov was sentenced to seven years in prison because of an anti-war speech at a meeting of municipal deputies of the Krasnoselsky district (clause “d” of part 2 of article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). Later, a case was opened against the deputy for justifying terrorism (Part 1 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code) because of his conversations with cellmates about the Ukrainian Azov.
Since the beginning of autumn, Gorinov has been sent to a punishment cell three times. In February, the European Parliament condemned the cruel treatment of political prisoners in Russian colonies and, in particular, demanded the release of Alexei Gorinov.
The deputy's lawyers have repeatedly reported that their client is “in very poor health” due to illness lungs. Doctors and more than 70 politicians from Russian regions made a request to hospitalize Gorinov.