{"id":36355,"date":"2024-11-11T15:33:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T12:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/memopzk.org\/news\/vrach-ne-sposoben-zhelat-zla-rebenku-poslednee-slovo-pediatra-nadezhdy-buyanovoj-v-sude\/"},"modified":"2025-03-24T01:36:08","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T22:36:08","slug":"vrach-ne-sposoben-zhelat-zla-rebenku-poslednee-slovo-pediatra-nadezhdy-buyanovoj-v-sude","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/memopzk.org\/en\/news\/vrach-ne-sposoben-zhelat-zla-rebenku-poslednee-slovo-pediatra-nadezhdy-buyanovoj-v-sude\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cA doctor cannot wish harm upon a child\u201d. Paediatrician Nadezhda Buyanova\u2019s final statement in court"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Nadezhda Buyanova in court, November 8, 2024. Photo: Alexandra Astakhova \/ Mediazona<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Moscow\u2019s Tushinsky District Court, the trial of paediatrician Nadezhda Buyanova nears its conclusion. Buyanova faces charges under Russia\u2019s \u201cfake news about the military\u201d law following allegations from Anastasia Akinshina, a Moscow resident whose ex-husband was killed while fighting in Ukraine. Akinshina claimed that during an appointment, Buyanova told her seven-year-old son that his father was a \u201clegitimate target for Ukraine\u201d\u2014a statement Buyanova denies. Today, the prosecution requested a six-year prison sentence for the 68-year-old doctor. Mediazona<\/em> presents excerpts from Buyanova\u2019s final statement to the court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI belong to three Slavic nations.\u201d On her background<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I was born in 1956 in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, in the city of Lviv, and that\u2019s where I grew up. Back then, Ukraine was part of the USSR, and core values of the Soviet Union included friendship among nations, mutual support and respect. This sense of friendship was celebrated in poems and songs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Russian was the language used for communication between different nationalities. My family spoke Russian, and I attended a Russian-language school. My father was listed as Russian in the official records, and my mother was Belarusian, born in Belarus. I\u2019ve lived and worked in Russia for over 30 years now. It\u2019s painful to read the accusatory words in the indictment\u2014those unfair, offensive allegations of \u201cpolitical and national hatred.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What \u201cnational hatred\u201d am I supposed to feel, given my background? It\u2019s absurd. Hatred is a profound and destructive emotion. As both a doctor and a person, I am not capable of such feelings. Medical care is given regardless of a patient\u2019s nationality. Compassion and humanity\u2014without these moral values you can\u2019t work as a doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I belong to three Slavic nations\u2014Russian, Belarusian, and Ukrainian. How am I supposed to choose between them? I studied, worked, communicated, and made friends with Ukrainians. Am I supposed to develop hostility, as Ms. Akinshina has? That\u2019s impossible. I cannot\u2014and I don\u2019t want to. How can anyone claim that all Ukrainians as a nation hate the \u201cRussian world\u201d? Just a few years ago, I was walking down a narrow street in Lviv and heard people speaking Russian, Ukrainian, and Polish all around me. No one gave it a second thought\u2014it was completely natural.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So where did they find \u201cpolitical hatred\u201d? I\u2019m not a politician, nor do I have any interest in politics. I don\u2019t use social media, and while I stay informed by following the news, that doesn\u2019t make me a politician or a person who understands it well. I\u2019ve never been part of any political party, held office, or been an activist. Politics is for others who understand it and have the expertise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nadezhda Buyanova with her attorneys in court; November 8, 2024. Photo: Alexandra Astakhova \/ Mediazona<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOnce, it was doctor and patient; now, it\u2019s service provider and client.\u201d On her work in medicine<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Our profession was always respected, but that respect has been eroding lately. The attitude has changed. Once, there were doctor and patient; now, it\u2019s service provider and client.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Doctors are slandered, insulted, and called every name imaginable. We\u2019re defenceless\u2014our superiors don\u2019t listen to us, and no one mediates conflicts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After this incident, orders came from above to distance themselves from me immediately. \u201cNo person, no problem.\u201d I was dismissed quietly, as if it were a formality, without even reading the order aloud. That\u2019s an example of how staff are treated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this line of work, one must be serious and attentive. I always said: it\u2019s essential not to miss anything. I\u2019ll provide my own description: I took my duties responsibly and fulfilled them entirely. I was disciplined, efficient, and reliable. I never arrived late to work. I was diligent, patient, always advancing my skills, and consistently calm, kind, and attentive with children and parents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The indictment claims that because I interacted with many people and held an authoritative position, I could influence people\u2019s minds and shape negative attitudes. Am I the only one who interacts with a large number of people? What about other doctors? Teachers? Clergy? Countless others could influence people\u2019s minds. This accusation could be levelled at anyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a duty doctor, I had a heavy flow of patients, particularly during a pneumonia outbreak. My routine was straightforward: talk with parents, gather the medical history, examine the child thoroughly, and collect not one but three swabs. Then everything had to be documented, signed, and organised, followed by tests referrals and treatment plans\u2014all of which took over half an hour per patient. And the line of patients was continuous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With such intense work, when would I have time for random conversations? I worked eight hours without a lunch break. The head of the department couldn\u2019t even arrange a 30-minute lunch break for me, though others had one. I had a thermos, which I\u2019d sip from quickly-quickly if I could. I agreed to work this way. No break means no break.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI immediately knew they were up to something.\u201d On the accusation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Who is this Akinshina? She has no moral humane principles. She lives consumed by anger\u2014my only response to her is sympathy. People like her should be held accountable for slander. There is no proof of any conversation; no audio recording exists. And as the saying goes, \u201cNo evidence, no case.\u201d Why am I not believed?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A doctor\u2014especially a paediatrician\u2014cannot wish harm upon a child or traumatise them. Only a monster could be capable of such words, let alone say them to a child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The face-to-face confrontation took place four days after the clinic visit. When my lawyer Cherdjiev asked Akinshina if her child had been present during the conversation, she confidently replied, \u201cNo, the child wasn\u2019t there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[At the clinic] he child was quiet and well-behaved\u2014barely made a sound. He didn\u2019t speak to me, and I didn\u2019t hear a word from him. The mother was visibly agitated though. I overheard her speaking about another school. I assumed she meant music school. Then, in a loud, scornful tone, she snapped: \u201cAh, so you thought you wouldn\u2019t have to go to school? No, you\u2019re going to school.\u201d In this tone. It turned out they were discussing transferring him due to poor grades. I thought to myself how unfortunate it was to hear a mother speak to her child that way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Akinshina constantly changed her statements. I\u2019m not 80, so I don\u2019t forget or get confused. During the confrontation, she said the child wasn\u2019t there; he had left the room. This was recorded in my presence. Then, after the confrontation ended, she asked, \u201cAm I free to go?\u201d \u201cYes, you\u2019re free to go.\u201d Later, my lawyer Oskar Cherdjiev had a brief conversation with investigator Bocharov about getting a copy of the confrontation record. They left, and then Akinshina came back and casually took the secretary\u2019s chair, as though she were completely at ease. Bocharov approached and quietly coached her: \u201cThe door was open, and others heard it too.\u201d I grew worried. After I was taken into custody, I kept replaying that memory, hoping my lawyer had taken a copy of the record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next day, before entering the courtroom, I was led to a room where a man introduced himself only as \u201cEvgeny, I fight extremism\u201d and asked if I had anything to share. I told him the whole story, including the details about the door. \u201cGood,\u201d he replied. Once the hearing began, Oskar had the copy and they altered the last page of the confrontation record, retyped everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How can Akinshina claim normalcy when she can\u2019t even remember the date of her clinic visit in court? Her statements shift constantly. She feels wronged by the world because her son has lost his father. It\u2019s painful, it hurts. But by age seven, he will retain few memories of his father.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The investigation refuses to admit that it has no proof. There simply is none. So, they invented this so-called \u201cinterview\u201d of the child at home. Convenient\u2014home setting, mother in the next room, a psychologist they conveniently found in Moscow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In closing, I maintain that I am not guilty and consider myself innocent. I ask the court to acquit me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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