A Russian physicist arrested in Siberia on suspicion of treason has died after a few days in prison, his family and lawyer have reported. Dmitry Kolker, a 54-year-old man diagnosed with stage four pancreatic cancer, was removed from his hospital bed in Novosibirsk on Thursday by Federal Security Service agents, who took him on a four-hour flight to prison of Lefortovo of Moscow. He was already dead on Saturday. “The last contact I had with my father was at 18:15 on the flight to Moscow. He said he was saying goodbye, “Maxim Kolker said, according to the New York Post.” The investigator said the conditions were good, with a refrigerator in the prison cell. What refrigerator? Man cannot eat, he feeds intravenously. ”A quantum and laser specialist, Kolker had been detained during a series of lectures he had read to students in China, the contents of which had been previously approved by the Russian security agents. “These charges are absolutely ridiculous and extremely cruel and unusual for such a sick man,” Kolker’s son told Reuters. “They knew he was on his deathbed and decided to arrest him.”
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