« Mom, I shouldn’t be here in the criminal colony! » – Diepresse.com
With 14 Arsenij Turbin criticized in Putin’s war and secretly distributed leaflets in mailboxes of the neighbors – what followed was a martyrdom: Mother Irina undertakes the 1,500 km trip to him today. The « press » told her about a completely extraordinary teenager and his incredible fate.
On YouTube, in one Record of the Russian exile broadcaster Doschd From April 25, 2023, you can hear him in the original sound: a caller whose young voice contrasts with the decisive tone, the clear expression. He says that at the beginning of the war he only knew the state TV propaganda and thought that everything was wonderful in Russia. And that he now thinks differently about Putin. When he says that his historical teacher had taught in the last hour that the United States has had a plan to annihilate Russia for 70 years, the moderators notice: This is where a student speaks! « I hope your parents are not against your call, » they say. And then: « Please be careful … »
The 14-year-old from that time is now 16 years old and has been in one since December Youth penalty colony near the Central Russian city of Perm. Before that, he experienced months of traumatizing custody in which he was injured by an aggressive fellow inmate with a tile on the head and lost 17 kilos. He had to go here, he pleaded at the time: « Mom, I will surely die soon. »
Not grown for two years
Has Arsenij’s growth hormones also disturbed the psychological stress? The result of a doctor’s control has just come, says his single mother Irina Turbina in a long conversation with the « press »: « Arsenij has not grown in centimeters since autumn 2023. He still measures 171 cm. His chest has also not changed, he is still like a child. » Autumn 2023: Arsenij was arrested for the first time after the house search by the Russian secret service (FSB).
Irina is currently preparing for the journey to her son, her only child. She is allowed to spend three days with him in the camp every three months, on June 12th it is the second time. It is almost 1500 kilometers from her place of residence in Liwny in the Central Russian district of Orjol, Irina is flying three days before. Flights are currently out so often, she says. Under no circumstances does she want to risk that she does not arrive in time.
It has been almost two years ago that Arsenij’s mother closed the door from the inside and pulled the key when her son wanted to go on a vigil alone on June 4, 2023, his birthday of the then still living, imprisoned oppositional Oppositional Alexej Nawalny.
