"Victor said that in his section, which is a very isolated place, there have been no confirmed cases of coronavirus," RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.

The lawyer clarified that unauthorized access to the territory of the block, which contains Booth, is prohibited.

In June, the ombudsman for human rights in Russia Tatyana Moskalkova said that the issue of returning the Russians Viktor Bout and Konstantin Yaroshenko, convicted to the United States, was being discussed.