“Paul Whelan, kept in the Lefortovo pre-trial detention center, is afraid of getting coronavirus and asks him to take a test, and also because of his very poor knowledge of the Russian language, provide him with English information about preventive measures in the detention center,” Klin said.
He specified that Whelan had no symptoms of the disease.
Whelan said that he was not allowed a consul who was going to give him masks, gloves and an antiseptic for his hands.
In turn, the administration representative explained that the meeting with the consul was canceled due to the restriction of visits due to the coronavirus pandemic. The prison was assured that prisoners were provided with protective equipment.
“Whelan, like other prisoners with whom the members of the commission spoke, were in medical masks, and the employees of the pre-trial detention center and members of the PMC in masks, gloves and shoe covers,” the commission said.
Earlier it was reported that the Moscow City Court will begin to consider the case of Whelan on April 13.
The Prosecutor General’s Office of Russia approved the indictment of a citizen of the United States, Britain, Canada and Ireland, Paul Whelan in the case of espionage.
In December 2018, the FSB announced that Paul Whelan was detained during an espionage campaign in Moscow.