The Federal Penitentiary Service found no violations in the treatment of political scientist Aleksandr Kynev. He is in a pre-trial detention centre with two fractures.

The Moscow branch of the Federal Penitentiary Service found no evidence that political scientist Aleksandr Kynev’s rights had been violated, nor that he had been subjected to torture or degrading treatment. According to “Slovo Zashchite” (“A Word for the Defence”), which cited the agency’s reply to urbanist Mikhail Popov.

• Kynev was detained on 25 September and sent to a pre-trial detention centre on charges of attempted large-scale drug dealing (subparagraph “g,” part 4, article 228.1 of the Criminal Code). He denies any guilt.
• After his arrest, the political scientist was taken to Matrosskaya Tishina, a prison hospital in Moscow, with two shinbone fractures. “Slovo Zashchite,” quoting a source in the Federal Penitentiary Service, reported that the injuries were the result of torture.
• In October, Kynev was transferred to SIZO-4 “Medved.” He wrote that he was still in a cast and unable to walk, as he had no crutches. Previously, inmates of this detention centre had complained about beatings, poor medical care and living conditions.
• On 22 October, the Moscow City Court ruled to keep Kynev in detention. At the hearing, the political scientist said that when he was arrested he was knocked to the floor, and now “due to the injuries sustained,” he cannot move around normally.