Ukrainian citizen Pavlo Hryb, who is accused by the Russian authorities of aiding and abetting terrorism, has again stopped receiving mail, his father, Ihor Hryb has said.
“Pavlo has stopped getting mail again. But despite this, letters need to be sent to him. Support is vital. Letters must arrive at their destination. Support Pavlo,” his father wrote on Facebook on Nov. 23.
His father also mentioned the postal address of a pre-trial detention center in Russia’s Rostov region where his son is being kept.
A witness for the prosecution was interrogated at a court meeting on Nov. 23, the next court hearings are scheduled for Nov. 29-30.
“A scheduled court hearing took place on Nov. 23. A witness of the prosecution was interviewed. Almost the entire meeting was held behind closed doors. The next court meetings will be held on Nov. 29 and 30, 2018,” Hryb said.
Pavlo Hryb was detained in the town of Gomel in Belarus on August 24, 2017.
On August 28, 2017, Ihor Hryb, a former officer of the Borders Guards Service of Ukraine, said that his 19-year-old son Pavlo had been kidnapped by Russia’s special agents while he was visiting Belarus.
On Sept. 7, it became known that Pavlo Hryb was being held in a pretrial detention center in Krasnodar, Russia.
In Russia, Hryb is accused of committing a crime that is described in Part 1 of Article 205.1 (facilitation of terrorist activities.)
The Hryb’s case was transferred for hearing to the North Caucasian district military court, so he was sent by prisoner transport from Krasnodar to Rostov-on-Don.
The court hearings started last July, the prisoner at the bar did not plead guilty. On Nov. 7, the North Caucasian district military court in Rostov-on-Don extended the period of Pavlo Hryb’s arrest for six more months until April 24, 2019.
