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Meduza (30 Sept 2026) reports that Yekaterina Schulmann said this on the 29 Sept episode of her show "Status", so the attribution is accurate. Meduza also reports that Slovo Zashchite said Kynev was badly beaten during his detention on drug charges. Doctors reportedly diagnosed two fractures in a lower leg bone, and he was hospitalized at Matrosskaya Tishina. His lawyer, Mikhail Biryukov, confirmed the hospitalization after a beating. He said the case materials on the unidentified people who injured Kynev are part of a separate proceeding. Biryukov also told Ekho that the lawyers have no documents confirming Schulmann's claim about treason. Schulmann did not say how she learned of it. A later Meduza article (27 Oct) says Kynev's leg is still broken. It repeats Schulmann's claim as her statement. I found no Reuters, AFP, Bellingcat or EUvsDisinfo fact-check on this.