"Currently we are rendering comprehensive assistance to [Private Andrei Sychev's] family on the site [in Chelyabinsk]," said Colonel General Nikolai Reznik, the head of the Russian Armed Forces main department on educational work.
According to Reznik, the National Military fund has already allocated 70,000 rubles ($2,500) to provide for the living accommodations of the soldier's mother and three sisters in Chelyabinsk as Sychev receives treatment.
Sychev was on military duty at a tank academy near Chelyabinsk, about 1,900 km (1,180 miles) east of Moscow when he was allegedly severely tortured by fellow servicemen, who are said to have tied him to a chair, beaten him and forced him to spend hours squatting. He remains in serious condition after his legs and genitals had to be amputated due to gangrene.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said earlier Friday that seven men, including officers involved in the case were already arrested.
The Defense Ministry has launched an internal probe into the brutal attack to determine why a report on the incident was only filed with the ministry 25 days after it occurred.
