Dmitry Katchev, one of Ivan Safronov’s lawyers, said that his client’s departure from a colony near Krasnoyarsk in an unknown direction was a complete surprise for both him and his colleague Daniil Nikiforov. He writes about this:Kommersant” The family of the former special correspondent of Kommersant and Vedomosti publications was planning to visit him in the near future.
They undertook a three-day long-term visit in April and a short-term visit has now been agreed upon. The defenders also planned to come to Krasnoyarsk next week to personally communicate with the client and find out the conditions of detention in high security mode. They also planned to discuss the possibility of appealing the decision of the disciplinary commission of the correctional colony to transfer him there, the possibility of appealing to the Supreme Court against the conviction, which had already been approved by the appeals court, and other issues.
But according to the lawyer Mr. Katchev, they learned from people in the colony who sent emails to Ivan that Ivan was no longer there, and the letters were returned with the sign “addressee has left”. Even on Monday morning, such letters arrived. The defense is taking all necessary measures to find out where and for what reason Ivan Safronov was transferred, but it may take several days to investigate the verified information, although lawyers are trying to speed up the process.
According to one of the assumptions, since IK-7 in the village of Areiskoye is an old institution, the convict may have been transferred to another institution. It was created in 1957 and has been modernized several times, but recently rumors have emerged about the closure, renovation or reuse of the colony. It cannot be ruled out that the process of evacuating the institution begins before the upcoming changes. Defenders believe that in this case Ivan Safronov was most likely located somewhere nearby, in the area of responsibility of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Krasnoyarsk Territory. However, lawyers emphasize that this is only one of the possible options and advise people to wait for reliable and complete information.
Previously Supreme Court left The sentence of Ivan Safronov, a journalist and former advisor to the head of Roscosmos, who was sentenced to 22 years in prison for treason, is still in effect.