"An unknown skin disease that began in Viktor in December last year with a small area of skin near the eye has now spread to all healthy skin, and Victor can no longer sleep from severe itching and pain. This is almost torture," she said after speaking with her husband by phone on 2 June. Bout is now allowed only two phone calls a week. "Viktor complains about his health in the most extreme cases, when the problem is really serious. This is the third time in 14 years in prison".
"It seems that my husband was infected with something on purpose, and they deliberately do not provide qualified medical assistance to drive him insane with pain. Victor’s American lawyer believes that by not helping my husband, the US authorities are putting pressure on Russia to get the convict in Russia for espionage of the American citizen Paul Whelan," Alla Bout said.
"Our diplomats both in Moscow and in America are constantly trying to help us, and every time something related to Viktor’s health happened, we addressed them, and they wrote and called the prison, the US Bureau of Prisons, other agencies. In previous cases, it helped. Now the embassy's requests and demands to provide Viktor with qualified medical care are simply ignored," she told the agency.