A volunteer who helped Ukrainians died in a pre -trial detention center in Russia - the media
The death of a 61-year-old man was also confirmed by his son Oleg in Telegram channel "Freedom of Alexander Demidenko!" The man died on April 5, but the lawyer was only reported now. Initially, Demidenko's son suggested that his father could have committed himself, "because for such an active and freedom person, the thought of a probable future of imprisonment was unbearable. " According to him, the Russian psychologically killed half a year in a pre -trial detention center.
He was not allowed to see his relatives and did not give books. However, Oleg later edited his post and wrote that his father complained about heart problems, and stressed that the causes of family death are now unknown. Demidenko was in a pre -trial detention center on charges of illegally storage of explosives. On October 17, 2023, he was detained by Chechen Rosgardians in Belgorod Kolotilovka. According to the newspaper "WTO" there is a border crossing from Russia to Ukraine.
The volunteer helped return to Ukraine a woman with cancer. Then the wife of Volunteer Natalia Vyshenkov wrote a statement about the disappearance of her husband. The security forces returned him home in a few days. According to the wife, the bruise was on the body of the husband. The security forces also searched the apartment and seized a laptop. A week later, Demidenko was arrested for 10 days for drinking alcohol in a public place and refusing to undergo medical examination.
On October 31, the Russian was released. He was released, but the next day the man was summoned for questioning and detained again - this time every 1 month and 19 days. He was brought to a case about illegal weapons. According to the investigation, during a search, a man found a grenade, a blasting grenade and a minefront. The wife suggested that it was a weapon of World War II, which the husband found on his land.
The volunteer himself insisted that the explosive had found and did not have time to pass it on. Demiden was arrested twice for 2 months. Lastly - in February. The last arrest had expired on April 21. According to Media Again, from May 2022, nearly a thousand refugees from Ukraine were able to find asylum from May 2022 before his detention in October 2023. The man met the people who came to the station, placed them in themselves, then brought them to the border. And he did it continuously.
Alexander did not hide his activity, so he was repeatedly called to the checkpoint in order to conduct "educational conversations" with him. The man was also interested in the local FSB. On October 12, the Russian Air Force Service published an article about Kolotilovka. For this material, journalists communicated with Demidenko, but in the text the name of the Russian was changed. This border crossing is often used by Ukrainians who are trying to return home.