Olga Eskova, a resident of Sochi, was detained at her workplace in a store on July 11. As her husband Eduard told ASTRA, before Olga was taken away, she managed to call and inform them that she was being detained and would not come home. Subsequently, it became known that Olga was detained under Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation for allegedly making a comment in support of Ukraine published in Telegram.
According to Eskov, for a long time he could not get any information from the police officers on duty about where she was being held. The trial was scheduled for the next day, but the meeting was held privately. As follows from the case file, Eskova was sentenced to 15 days of arrest. She did not admit her guilt.
The next day, Eduard again tried to find out where Olga was being held. It turned out that she was in the Matsesta temporary detention facility. He was allowed to give her a package, but he could not meet his wife.
On July 21, in the morning, he found a message on his phone from an unknown number, sent on Friday, asking him to give Eskova eye drops.
“The drugs were for bleeding in the eyes. Accordingly, I immediately had all sorts of bad thoughts,” Eduard told ASTRA.
He bought medicines and brought them to the detention center, but there he was informed that Olga was no longer there. He was told that she had been taken away by ambulance, but it was unknown where.
Soon Eduard found out that his wife was in a neuropsychiatric clinic. According to the head of the department, the reason for the hospitalization was a “suicide attempt.” Eduard was allowed to see his wife for a few minutes.
“She didn’t say anything. She said she was “pressured.” I didn’t really understand what kind of pressure and how,” Eduard told ASTRA. — And I think: no one told me anything, they didn’t warn me, I didn’t have any information at all. If I hadn’t seen the message about the medicine, I wouldn’t even have known that she was hospitalized.”
Now Eduard is looking for a lawyer for Olga and is afraid of what will happen after she is discharged.
