To the
attention of President Vladimir Putin,
Please
accept the greetings of an imprisoned cleric,
I am a
cleric who has been in prison for eight years. I have never been granted a
single day of furlough, prohibited from receiving any medical treatment and
have been barred from having any proper legal representation; and at present,
due to my ever worsening ailments, I am near death. I am guilty of nothing
other than offering the love of the divine and I have committed no crime other
than defending the freedom of though and speech.