"Not true": Vladimir's Federal Penitentiary Service responded to a complaint about a prisoner's failure to provide medical care.

In the press service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia in the Vladimir region refuted yesterday's statement by a member of the Presidential Council on Human Rights Eva Merkacheva that convicted Anna from IK-1 to Golovino do not provide medical care.

"The woman is receiving full medical care. She [the prisoner] has also undergone multiple medical examinations and checkups at a civilian medical facility."- stated in the press service of the department.

The press service also stated in a statement that the convicted woman is on sick leave and receiving prescribed treatment. A cancer examination revealed no signs of cancer.

The agency's press service did not comment on other complaints voiced by Merkacheva—failure to provide medical care, overtime, and poor working conditions.

NotMoscow told about Merkacheva's publication, in which she feared for the fate of prisoner Anna, who was suspected of having breast cancer.