Konstantin Zatulin

First deputy chairman of the Committee of the State Duma (Gosudarstvennaya Duma) of the Russian Federation on CIS issues and relations with compatriots, director of CIS countries Institute Konstantin Zatulin at the balcony of his room in Crimean republican diagnostic center “Genesis”, in Simpheropol, on Monday, June 8, 2009. K.Zatulin says that he refuses from the medical treatment because of presence of SBU’s representatives in the hospital of Simpheropol. “The stay in the Republican diagnostic center in Simpheropol, where I was taken last Saturday with a diagnosis “hypertensic crisis” , is accompanied by the presence of representatives of the SBU of Ukraine and border guard of Ukraine”, said Konstantin Zatulin. According to his words, from two up six SBU’s employees stand near the entrance to his room. They practically “prevent medical employee from fulfilling their duties” and “put obstacles from people, who would like to express their sympathy”. "It seems to me that I'm like in prison here, and because they treat me like a criminal, at the same time I have never been tried and convicted, today, half an hour ago I informed the top doctor, who visited me that I refuse to take medicines and from any further treatment until these humiliating procedures are over", said K. Zatulin. On June 6, borders guards in Simpheropol did not allow Konstantin Zatulin to go out from airplane, referring to prohibition of the SBU on entrance of the lawmaker to the territory of Ukraine. Some time later Konstantin Zatulin was take to hospital – he had a high pressure. Konstantin Zatulin arrived to Crimea for participation in “Great Russian Word” festival. At the end of June, 2008 the SBU made a decision on prohibition of entrance to the territory of Ukraine to Konstantin Zatulin during one year. Photo by Aleksey Suvirov/UNIAN