A scientist convicted of treason has declared a dry hunger strike: he weighs 60 kg and is 182 cm tall.
Geodetic scientist Valery Kachin, convicted of treason, went on a hunger strike without food or water in the Izhevsk pretrial detention center.
A surveyor from Birobidzhan Valery Kachin, serving a sentence in Izhevsk The pre-trial detention center explained that he did this after being bullied and physically abused by the detention center staff. сообщает "First Department".
Kachin wrote that he is constantly held in solitary confinement: first for seven days, then for ten, and then for two 15-day stints. He said guards force him to lift and lower his heavy bed himself, even though he's not required to do so. At night, they come into his cell for inspections and confiscate his personal belongings.
"This morning, after mutual insults, they forced me to the floor. My face was bruised on the floor, and my elbows and knees were bruised. I've been on a hunger strike this morning without food or water. Please inform everyone."
— Kachin wrote.
What is known about the case of Valery Kachin?
Valery Kachin is a surveyor and former city hall employee. BirobidzhanHe was arrested in 2022 on charges of treason. In January 2025, a court sentenced him to 14 years in a maximum-security penal colony.
The authorities claimed that Kachin collected and transmitted information about infrastructure facilities to the Ukrainian side. Jewish autonomous region, and also planned to leave Russia, obtain Ukrainian citizenship, and join the local army. The scientist himself denies any wrongdoing and claims he opposed the war.
Kachin's last hunger strike in "Khokhryaki"
Kachin had already announced hunger strike in the Khokhryaki colony in UdmurtiaAt the time, he protested against the fact that he was kept in a punishment cell for more than two months without the possibility of leaving.
