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According to Ukrainskaya Pravda, law enforcement officials have not yet contacted former political prisoner Volodymyr Balukh, as he entered a drug-induced coma.
Former Kremlin prisoner Vladimir Balukh, who was beaten in Kiev on the night of September 8, was put into a drug-induced coma, Ukrainskaya Pravda writes, citing law enforcement sources.
“Law enforcement officers have not yet had a chance to interview Balukh, the doctors put the victim in a drug-induced coma,” the source said.
Balukh was beaten on the night of September 8 in Kiev near the Hydropark. His arm and collarbone were broken and he was also diagnosed with a severe traumatic brain injury. Balukh was taken unconscious to the Kiev City Clinical Emergency Hospital at noon on September 8, on the night of his operation, said “European Solidarity” people’s deputy Irina Gerashchenko. On the morning of September 9, it became known that the former Kremlin prisoner did not regain consciousness, she was connected to a fan.
The police were informed that during the hospitalization Balukh’s phone and bank card were not found, but later they reported that they had found her bag, of which “nothing had been missing previously.” Compliance with the law qualified the incident as a robbery, they looking for witnesses to the attack.
The president’s office demanded a swift and thorough investigation, without ruling out a political version of the attack.
Balukh was scheduled to run in local elections in the Kiev region of “European Solidarity”.
Farmer Balukh was detained in the Russian annexed Crimea after a search in December 2016. According to the FSB, bullets were found in the attic of his house and TNT sticks. Lawyers and human rights activists said that Balukh was the victim of repression for his pro-Ukrainian position, due to the Ukrainian flag, which was hung in the courtyard of his house.
In July 2018, in the total of two criminal cases, Balukh was sentenced to five years in a general regime colony and a fine of 10,000 rubles. (about 4 thousand UAH). In his last speech, the Ukrainian declared a political motive for the persecution.
On September 7, 2019, Balukh returned to Ukraine as part of the detainee exchange between Ukraine and Russia.
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