The death of a Russian citizen Valeriy Ivanov in Lviv colony should be given special consideration, said the official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova. According to the representative of Russia in the contact group, Boris Gryzlov, Valery Ivanov death was no accident and, according to the examination, her reason was torture. While Kiev says that Ivanov was killed in an “accident”. SK the Russian Federation has opened a criminal case on the fact of death of the Russians on the Ukrainian territory.

  • Lukyanivska prison in Kiev
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The foreign Ministry will pay special attention to the investigation of the death of a Russian citizen Valeriy Ivanov in prison in Ukraine. This was stated by the official representative of the diplomatic Department Maria Zakharova, the TV channel “Russia 1”.

“Today came the news that shocked me. Valery Ivanov, our citizens, who, as it turned out, not just died in the dungeons of Lviv, and in fact was the victim of torture. I think that this topic should pay particular attention, not only from official structures but in General all of our civil society,” — said the representative of the foreign Ministry.

The Russian representative in the contact group on settling the situation in Eastern Ukraine, Boris Gryzlov believes that life in Ukrainian prisons people could be in danger and Moscow will make all efforts for their return. As a tragic example Gryzlov cited the death of a Russian citizen Valeriy Ivanov.

“The death of Valery Ivanov is not an accident. Examination showed that the cause of death was torture. People’s lives, which holds Ukraine is in danger. The Russian delegation in the contact group will do anything to seek the return of illegally held by Ukraine” — quotes Gryzlov of RIA Novosti.

Gryzlov added that the victim Ivanov was included in the list of those Ukrainian side promised to return for exchange between Kiev and the LC.

“But Ukraine is fraudulently evaded release. Donetsk and Lugansk have fulfilled their obligations, and Ukraine has broken”, — emphasized Gryzlov.

  • Boris Gryzlov
  • RIA Novosti
  • © Alexei Nikolsky

It also became known that the Commissioner for human rights in Russia Tatiana Moskalkova in connection with the death of Valery Ivanov asked the representatives of international organizations to urge the leadership of Ukraine to ensure the safety of Russians in Ukrainian prisons.

“I consider it absolutely unacceptable situation in which the lives of the people who are in places of imprisonment in Ukraine is a mortal danger”, — quotes RIA Novosti words Moskalkova.

The Ombudsman appealed to the UN high Commissioner for human rights, Michelle Bachelet, Secretary General of the Council of Europe Thorbjørn Jagland, Council of Europe Commissioner for human rights, Dunja Mijatovic, the to urge the leadership of Ukraine to guarantee the safety of Russian citizens in Ukrainian prisons.

“The target for the abuse and torture”

Consulate General of Russia in Lviv was notified of the death of a Russian citizen Valery Ivanov, 10 December. 44-year-old Ivanov fought as a volunteer on the side of the Luhansk people’s Republic and was captured in the 2015 Ukrainian diversionno-prospecting group. In Ukraine, he was convicted under article “Terrorist activities and waging aggressive war” and was serving a sentence in colony Lviv Drohobych. It was included in the lists for the exchange of detainees in 2017, but before major exchange held in December of the same year, his name was removed from the list to be exchanged citizens without any explanation.

The death of Ivanov, the Ukrainian side explained “accident”. As stated by the Ombudsman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on human rights, Lyudmila Denisova, a prisoner died after falling and hitting his head.

“Ivanov, while in the rest room for prisoners, decided to spin the bulb that burned out. For this, he climbed up on a folding ladder, however, could not resist and fell on his back”, she said, citing the statement of the Lviv Prosecutor’s office.

However, this version immediately aroused great doubts in Russia and in the Donbass. The representative of the LC in the sub-group on humanitarian Affairs Olga Kobzeva said on 18 December that the volunteer was killed. According to her, the real cause of the death of Ivanov began beating members of the colony. Before he died, he was placed in a prison cell.

  • Valery Ivanov

The body of the deceased was handed over to the Russian side on December 27. As reported in the foreign Ministry, the autopsy showed that the volunteer before his death, received multiple serious injuries, including fractured ribs and closed head injury.

“This suggests a premeditated murder of a Russian citizen,” — said in a diplomatic office.

The deceased was buried on 20 December in his native town of Severodvinsk, Arkhangelsk region.

But the investigation into his death continues — 1 February, the Investigative Committee of Russia opened on the fact of death of Ivanov criminal case under article “Deliberate causing of heavy harm to health, dangerous for human life, entailed on imprudence death of the victim”.

In fact many people in Ukraine understand that in Ukrainian prisons to the prisoners, and sympathetic to Russia, and used torture, but to speak publicly about it, no one will — it would be contrary to the current political policy of Kiev, said in a conversation with RT, the representative of the party “national front”.

“In our (Ukrainian. — RT) prisons and Ukrainians do not favor, and the Russians have virtually no rights. Nobody ever for prisoners with a Russian passport will not stand up, so they easily become targets for abuse and torture. And in the case of death, you can always write that person a bad fall. Only “drops” and other accidents is increasing,” — said the source RT.

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This information was confirmed by the source RT in the Ministry of justice of Ukraine. According to him, the conditions of detention in Ukrainian prisons is terrible.

“And it’s not just that people have years to languish in dilapidated buildings in overcrowded conditions. They suffer from a complete lack of medical care and constant torture. Prisoners often complain of extortion, threats and beatings. But often fails to help those prisoners who have money for good lawyers,” — said the source.

The source RT in the Radical party of Ukraine believes that information about torture in Ukrainian prisons can have a negative impact on the image of “democratic country that aspires to EU and NATO”, therefore the official Kiev ignores her in every way.

“Resource for information war”

Shortly before the death of Valery Ivanov, the Russian foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the Ukrainian side makes the process of exchange of prisoners. A year ago, the warring parties partly successfully exchanged people, Kiev is now showing “immorality”. According to the Minister, after listings on the exchange have already been agreed and verified by the Ukrainian side, DNR and LC, and the people were brought to the place of exchange, representatives of Kiev said that will not let go 23 people, that they were in the lists by mistake.

“This uncleanliness is not very helpful for continuing discussions on the exchange”, — said Lavrov.

The Minister reminded that Moscow has been proposing to change all in all and to enshrine this principle in the Minsk agreements. However, Kiev is blocking these initiatives.

  • The exchange of prisoners between LDNR and Kiev
  • RIA Novosti
  • © Igor Maslov

According to a member of the Council for interethnic relations under the President of Russia Bogdan Bezpalko, the tradition of brutal torture by the Ukrainian security forces has existed in Ukraine since 2014, when most of the prisoners and the militia just shot without trial. Most of these cases never hit the media. Personality most people, who are now in captivity — and that a few thousand people — unknown to the General public.

“Now in Ukraine die another volunteer — Alex Sadikov. He was wounded, and he develops a dangerous disease that threatens him with death. He had no medicines with which it must ensure it does not provide high-quality medical care. Ukraine is a country where people are tortured, where there are no laws that use the tool of repression of its own citizens and all dissidents,” he said in an interview with RT.

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Bezpalko reminded of the resonance of political killings, which are still not investigated by the Ukrainian law enforcement agencies. He was killed by the writer Oles Buzina. According to the expert, in Kiev, everybody knows about who exactly was behind this crime, but the killers remain at large.

However, these crimes are virtually attract the attention of the Western public and the media. International human rights organizations from time to time ascertain the deterioration of the situation with human rights in Ukraine, but these reports are not in the focus of attention of Western politicians and the press.

Separate mention and the criminal case against the head of the RIA Novosti Ukraine Kirill Vyshinsky. As stated in the Investigative Committee of Russia, this case violates the freedom of speech, guaranteed by the universal Declaration of human rights.

“It (Wyszynski. — RT) criminal prosecution is a violation of the universal Declaration of human rights according to which everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and freely distribute information,” — said the official representative of SK of Russia Svetlana Petrenko.

But the situation around the Ukrainian citizens who are in prison in Russia, has become the subject of political speculation, experts say. Suffice it to recall how actively respond to the Ukrainian and Western media at the hunger strike of Hope Savchenko. As noted by Bogdan Bezpalko, the hunger strike Savchenko was just using as newsworthy in order to blame Russia. But now, when the same Savchenko sits in a Ukrainian prison, no one remembers.

“What the international community is silent about the tragic situation of the Ukrainian prisoners — an example of double standards — says Bezpalko. Prisoners caught in Russia, used as a resource for information warfare, even if they have a good track record. And that in Ukraine people are just dying all turn a blind eye, because it is impossible to admit that European policies helped to come to power cannibalistic regime”, — concluded the expert.