Lawyers say jailed single father Alexey Moskalev’s whereabouts unknown for six days and counting
Lawyers and human rights workers have reportedly been unable to find Alexey Moskalev, the single father from Russia’s Tula region who was arrested in Belarus after escaping house arrest, for the past six days.
On April 13, the Belarusian authorities confirmed that Moskalev had been transferred to Russian custody. However, Moskalev’s lawyer, Dmitry Zakhvatov, told the Telegram channel Mozhem Obyasnit that Moskalev’s exact location is unknown, and neither Belarusian nor Russian prison officials have responded to inquiries about his whereabouts.
“We don’t have documentary evidence that he was extradited to Russia. If he was sent to Russia, he could be in transit to a pre-trial detention center in Tula (his registered place of residence),” Zakhvatov said.
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