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Foreign Ministry demanded from US authorities to provide treatment of Yaroshenko in prison

Moscow demands from the U.S. authorities to provide treatment of Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko, serving time in an American prison, in addition Washington needs to show humanism and to liberate the Russians and other wrongfully convicted citizens and allow them to return home in a pandemic, said the official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova.

She recalled that the health of Russians was severely eroded, including due to torture during interrogation in Liberia: he knocked out teeth, damaged internal organs.

A number of officers of the Secret service were injured when protests at the White house

A number of officers of the U.S. Secret service were injured in demonstrations at the White house, said in a press release Secret service which protects government institutions and the US government.

"Some demonstrators resorted to violence, assaulting officers and special agents of the Secret service with bricks, stones, bottles, firecrackers and other objects. A number of officers and special agents of the Secret service were injured during the violence," the statement said.