“The head of the consular department visited the citizen of Russia Alexander Franchetti in the Pankrats prison on Friday.

This is not her first meeting with him.

The first meeting took place shortly after his arrest last Sunday at the international airport in Prague, ”TASS quoted him as saying. 

It is noted that Russian diplomats are in constant contact with Franchetti, his lawyer and relatives.

He, according to Bryakin, is provided with all the necessary consular support.

On September 14, the Prague City Court took Franchetti into custody. He was detained at the airport in the Czech capital at the request of the Ukrainian authorities.