MOSCOW, December 8 (RAPSI, Diana Gutsul) – Administration of a penitentiary tuberculosis clinic in the Chelyabinsk Region by decree of a court released a prisoner, Victor Sufyanov, who is dying of cancer, lawyer Andrei Lepekhin told RAPSI on Tuesday.

Sufyanov is a disabled person who has spent 15 years of his 16 years term in prison. His illness prevents him from staying in penitentiary facilities; he is going to be transferred to his mother instead.

This November a court in Chelyabinsk allowed Sufyanov to be released because of his condition. The court’s decision was not challenged by prosecutors.