"We would love to support her by arriving and meeting her, but it is impossible now," Butin told Russia's Izvestia newspaper.
11 September 2018, 11:39 GMT
Butin noted that despite certain improvement of his daughter's living conditions, she still remained in the regime of administrative segregation, which provided for 22-hour stay in solitary confinement.
According to Butin, his daughter was not allowed to have outdoor exercise, watch TV or read newspapers.
Butina, a recent student and a highly visible political activist, was arrested in Washington, DC in mid-July on suspicions of acting as an agent for a foreign government. She has denied the accusations. Now Butina, who faces up to 15 years in jail, is being held in a prison in the US city of Alexandria, Virginia.
