MOSCOW, January 13. American blogger Gonzalo Lira, who died in a Ukrainian prison, complained of severe pneumonia, while doctors ignored his health problems, said journalist Alex Rubinstein, citing a note received from Lira shortly before his death.
About death A 55-year-old blogger who criticized Vladimir Zelensky, citing his father, was previously reported by American journalist Tucker Carlson.
As Rubinstein noted on the social network X, Lira’s father in recent weeks has been seeking to provide “much-needed” medical care to his son. The journalist published a handwritten note from Lyra, which he said he received on January 4.
«I had double pneumonia (both lungs), as well as a pneumothorax and a very bad case of edema. All of this started in mid-October, but the prison ignored it. They only admitted that I had pneumonia at the hearing on December 22,» the note reads.
Lira also announced an upcoming procedure to relieve pulmonary edema.
In the beginning In May, the SBU arrested a foreign blogger. The Ukrainian publication Strana.ua noted that we are probably talking about Gonzalo Lira. The intelligence service justified his arrest by supporting a special operation and an attempt to “escape from justice.” According to information from open sources, Gonzalo Angel Quintilio Lira Lopez is a native of the United States and has Chilean citizenship. In his videos on social networks, he criticized NATO, the Biden administration, and Zelensky.
Carlson previously reported on the systematic torture of Lyra in the colony. According to the journalist, he spoke with the blogger's father a few weeks ago. During the conversation, he stated that his son might be killed.