“During a meeting with members of the commission, Boris Shpigel asked for assistance in admitting a rabbi to him,” the human rights activist said.
He noted that meetings with priests and the performance of religious rites in places of deprivation of liberty are provided for by the current legislation.
The interlocutor of RT suggested that a misunderstanding arose regarding Spiegel's request, since he had to contact the POC with this problem, and it would soon be resolved.
“There are Orthodox churches and prayer rooms in Moscow's pre-trial detention centers, and the tenth anniversary of the synagogue was recently celebrated in Butyrka.
With regard to Spiegel, the POC members gave appropriate recommendations to the leadership of the Matrosskaya Tishina detention center, in whose hospital he is being held, and also brought the information to the representatives of the Moscow Jewish community, "the POC member explained.
Boris Spiegel, he added, said that he was in a three-bed hospital cell, complained about a number of serious chronic diseases, and called his business "an order."
On April 6, the Moscow City Court rejected a complaint from the defense of the head of the Biotech group of pharmaceutical companies, Boris Shpigel, against his arrest in the case of bribes to the ex-governor of the Penza region, Ivan Belozertsev.
Earlier, the entrepreneur said that he was ready to cooperate with the investigation.