SocietyHistorian Yuri Dmitriev hospitalized after suspected stroke, rights group says
Historian Yuri Dmitriev, 70, was taken from Penal Colony No. 18 in Mordovia to a prison medical facility in Barashevo after a suspected stroke, rights group ZPCh reported. A source questioned whether the facility could properly treat him and called for his transfer to a city hospital and immediate access for his lawyer. Dmitriev, who uncovered mass graves at Sandarmokh, is considered a political prisoner by Memorial.
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Historian Yuri Dmitriev hospitalized after suspected stroke, rights group says