Visit to Convicted Issachar Not Connected With Possible Pardon - Russian Ombudswoman
The visit to Israeli woman Naama Issachar serving a prison term in Russia for drug trafficking is not connected with a possible decision to pardon her, the trip was planned before, Russian human rights commissioner Tatyana Moskalkova said Thursday
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 23rd January, 2020) The visit to Israeli woman Naama Issachar serving a prison term in Russia for drug trafficking is not connected with a possible decision to pardon her, the trip was planned before, Russian human rights commissioner Tatyana Moskalkova said Thursday.
Earlier, the ombudswoman's press service said Moskalkova would visit Issachar Thursday.
"I'm visiting her not in connection with the pardon, I do not have such authority to apply for pardon myself... I have been planning my visit for a long time... [to check] the language regime, nutrition, detention conditions and medical services, and I am very glad that President [Vladimir Putin] met with [Naama's] mother," she told reporters.