Viktor Bout. File photoMOSCOW, June 14The defense of Russian businessman Viktor Bout, who is serving a 25-year prison term in the United States, is preparing a lawsuit against the American Bureau of Prisons due to the fact that the Russian is not being provided with qualified medical care, Bout's lawyer Steve Zissou told RIA Novosti. Earlier it was reported about a sharp deterioration in health Bout, who had an unknown infection six months ago, which worsened due to the lack of qualified medical care. For six months, the Russian has never been examined by a specialist doctor, he has not been diagnosed. «You can file a lawsuit in federal court to force the prison to provide Victor with proper medical care. We are now preparing such a lawsuit,» the lawyer said. «The American court will not tolerate violations of human rights against prisoners by the US Bureau of Prisons, and this is exactly what it is.» medical care to a prisoner, but even giving him medicines without a medical examination by a doctor and a diagnosis is a violation that cannot be defended in court,” the lawyer concluded. />Russia is working on the return of Bout, said MoskalkovViktor 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 provide material support to terrorism. Bout denies the accusations 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. The Russian has already served more than half of this term.
