Nikitin was accused in the United States of violating the sanctions regime.
On September 22, he was sentenced to two years in prison, which he had already served before the court's decision.
After that, the man was supposed to be placed in a deportation prison in Georgia, from where he was supposed to be sent to Russia, but this did not happen.
According to the Russian's wife, in a month her husband was placed in three deportation prisons with terrible conditions and unsanitary conditions, while his health condition deteriorated.
The woman said that after her appeal, the Russian consul sent a note of protest several times to the State Department and the Attorney General of Georgia.
After that, Nikitin was sent to a transit prison with even worse conditions - there he was in shackles and faced with poor nutrition.
“Thanks to your publication, thanks to the actions of Masha (Maria Butina - RT.), Within 12 hours, Oleg's status changed from the status of a prisoner to the status of one who had already served a sentence and a person ready for deportation.
Most importantly, he was transferred from the harsh conditions of the zone where he was, as soon as Masha Butina joined, he was immediately transferred to the immigration zone, ”Natalya said.
She added that the immigration center has good conditions compared to previous places where the Russian was.
She also hopes that the Russian will go to Russia within a week.
Natalya noted that it depends on when the American side buys a ticket for him.
In September, within the framework of the project “We Don't Leave Ours”, Maria Butina interviewed a sailor from Kaliningrad, Vytautas Slushkonis, who had spent two years and seven months in a Greek prison.
The goal of the # SvoihNot Throw project is to help Russian citizens who have been prosecuted or are in prisons abroad.
The project started in November 2020.
It is led by Maria Butina, who was released from an American prison in 2019.