Human rights advocates denied visitation of Alexey Pichugin at Lefortovo jail

July 10, 2021

Moscow Public Monitoring Commission [of detention facilities]’s Executive Secretary Alexei Melnikov confirmed that Alexey Pichugin as at Federal Penitentiary Administration Investigative Detention Facility No. 2, Lefortovo. However, the jail’s administration denied human rights advocates’ request to visit Pichugin, the RIA Novosti news agency reported.

Source: RIA Novosti