Yaroshenko's lawyer denied the release of the pilot from prison in the United States

This was reported by TASS with reference to the lawyer of the Russian Alexei Tarasov.

He stated that Yaroshenko received "a denial of release signed by the director of the prison."

Earlier it was reported that the Russian was sent for a medical examination because of complaints of symptoms of COVID-19.

On April 21, it became known that a cellmate Yaroshenko died in a US prison from a disease similar in symptoms to a coronavirus.