YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 23, ARMENPRESS. The representatives of the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) visited Russian-Israeli blogger Alexander Lapshin who was extradited from Belarus to Azerbaijan, Lapshin’s wife Yekaterina said, reports “Armenpress”.

“Sasha is healthy and “lives” in normal conditions, without neighbors. The most important thing is that his spirit never left him and, contrary to the day when he arrived in Baku, he recovered his optimism. This is perfect since only by this it is possible to survive all this nonsense”, Yekaterina writes.  

She informed that at this moment the prosecution has forbidden her to make calls, however, the ICRC representatives informed that the ban will be most likely lifted soon.

Yekaterina also informed that the investigation is kept secret.

Alexander Lapshin, the Russian-Israeli blogger who was extradited from Belarus to Azerbaijan on February 7, has been placed in the isolation cell in Azerbaijan’s state security service.

Lapshin was flown to Baku from Minsk on a special flight, escorted by state security agents. A group of reporters were waiting for Lapshin in Baku’s airport, but Lapshin didn’t give any comment to them.

The Belarus Supreme Court denied Lapshin’s appeal on the extradition verdict issued by the General Prosecutor of Belarus.

Lapshin faces up to 5 years imprisonment in Azerbaijan, under charges of “public calls against the state”, and “unauthorized crossing of borders”.