Alexander Kynev, a Russian political scientist, begins a hunger strike in a Moscow jail over inaccessible toilet facilities
Alexander Kynev, a political scientist, is in pretrial detention in Moscow after being arrested on drug trafficking charges and on a hunger strike.
- Political scientist Alexander Kynev is in pretrial detention.
- Kynev was arrested last month on drug trafficking charges.
- The Moscow City Court rejected an appeal against Alexander Kynev's arrest.
- Kynev was added to Russia’s register of foreign agents in February.
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