“In the Danbury Federal Prison, where the situation with the coronavirus is disastrous, one person died, and this person was in the immediate vicinity of Konstantin Yaroshenko,” RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.
According to Tarasov, the deceased was less than two meters from Yaroshenko.
“He was denied medical care for three days. Then Konstantin noticed that the person was barely breathing and covered with spots, at the last moment he was taken to isolation, ”he said.
According to lawyer Yaroshenko, a cellmate until recently asked for medical help. The Russian suggests that the deceased showed symptoms similar to coronavirus.
“We hope that the examination will be done ... Konstantin is very worried and says that he was sentenced to prison, but not to death,” Tarasov added.
In March, it was reported that the Russian woman Maria Butina, released from an American prison, called for the release of Russians held in foreign prisons because of the coronavirus.