Russian President’s Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov described the inclusion of doctor Leonid Roshal on the EU sanctions list as “absurd”. He told this to reporters.
“All this, of course, is nonsense. It is not clear who is being sanctioned at this time,” he said.
Roshal was placed on the sanctions list for supporting Russia’s actions in Ukraine.
The press service of the National Medical Chamber told reporters that pediatrician Leonid Roshal was operated on and is in the hospital.
It was previously reported that Roshal. placed In intensive care in Moscow. The patient was admitted to the capital’s hospital six days ago. He has Parkinson’s disease and a history of cysts in the brain.
On April 27 this year, Professor Leonid Roshal will turn 90. He is the head of the Emergency Pediatric Surgery and Traumatology Research Institute and was previously the director of this research institute. He is also president of the National Medical Association. Since 2016, he has been the editor-in-chief of the Pediatric Surgery journal. The doctor is under sanctions from all EU countries for supporting Russia’s NWO in Ukraine.