It is reported by TASS.
“I would like to ask you for help for a person who has a very difficult situation - Konstantin Yaroshenko, who has been in an American prison for more than nine years. He has a very difficult health situation, and his family sought financial help, ”she said.
Butina added that in US prisons "they are not providing medical care, they are being denied the basic and necessary."
Earlier it was reported that Maria Butina and the Executive Director of MIA “Russia Today” Kirill Vyshinsky will take part in the round table of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs on November 22 dedicated to the protection of Russians abroad.
In 2011, a court in the United States sentenced Yaroshenko to 20 years in prison on charges of conspiracy to illegally transport drugs.