Timofey Musatov: Vinnik is in shock, but he’s not going to end his hunger strike

Russian Alexander Vinnik, suspected of laundering at least $4 billion through the Bitcoin exchange BTC-e, inshocked, but does not plan to end the hunger strike. This was told by his lawyer Timofei Musatov, according to RIA Novosti.

“We have ten days to submitappeal. To prepare it, you need access to documents, to our client. Access to documents is currently lacking. So far, we have not been fully provided with the entire volume of indictments and evidence that must be presented to us. Well, plus to everything for this preparation we need to have free access to Alexander Vinnik, who is absent ”- emphasized the lawyer.

Musatov added that his client “is ina separate unit of the Pitié Salpêtrière hospital, built as a prison, that is, in a prison-type hospital, "where" the ward is a cell, next to which there are doctors, and so are the same cells of a single type. "

“His condition is terrible, yesterday gave himit’s clear that what was happening in Greece is still a flower, and in France it would be no better for him to go through legal proceedings, because yesterday the legal proceedings took place with a catastrophic violation of all his rights ”Musatov noted, adding that his client is “in a state of shock”.

Also, according to the lawyer, Vinnik has been starving for 40 days and needs psychological protection.

Recall that Alexander Vinnik is located on January 24in France, where he was transported from Greece. On a night from Tuesday to Wednesday, a court in Paris ruled that a Russian should remain in custody "for security reasons."