“The food is bad, not enough.
He has no medical complaints.
We are very worried that he is now in prison, and there is no predictability when the verdict will be delivered, ”he said.
Antonov added that the process could be extended over several years.
“Under these conditions, the lack of predictability creates, of course, moral and psychological difficulties for our compatriot,” the ambassador noted.
Antonov stressed that Vinnik was deprived of the right to meet with the priest.
Earlier, the vice-president of the Russian branch of the International Committee for the Defense of Human Rights, Ivan Melnikov, announced the deterioration of Vinnik's health in a prison in the United States.
On August 5, the United States authorities notified Russian diplomats of the arrest of Russian Alexander Vinnik.
The next day, the US Department of Justice announced that Vinnik had appeared before an American court for the first time.
Vinnik pleaded not guilty during a hearing in the Northern District of California.
The Russian was arrested in Greece in the summer of 2017 at the request of the United States.
The American authorities accused him of laundering money through a cryptocurrency exchange.