[HIGHLIGHTS] Moskalkova condemned the human rights situation in the United States, where executions with nitrogen gas took place

Russian Ombudsman Tatyana Moskalkova criticized the human rights situation in the United States. She said the recent execution in Alamaba using nitrogen was 'terrible' The first execution using pure nitrogen in the history of the U.S.

took place in Alabama on January 26. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said that executing a prisoner with nitrogen gas could amount to torture. The Russian ombudsman said that this indicates a catastrophic human rights situations in the U States.