We kill composers

This story happened on February 1, but became widely known only on February 9, thanks to a blog post by Yekaterinburg lawyer Vasily Fedorovich: police brutally beat and robbed 62-year-old professor of the Ural State Conservatory Sergei Beloglazov.

It started when a man in a police uniform approached Beloglazov on the street as he was walking home from a store and, without introducing himself, demanded to see his documents. The professor did not have any documents with him, and the policeman, after swearing at him, ordered Beloglazov to follow him. When the professor asked on what basis he was being detained, the policeman knocked him down with a blow and began kicking him on the back and head, saying: “No Nurgaliev will help you, bitch.” When it turned out that Beloglazov was a professor at the conservatory, the policeman reacted as follows: “A composer?!” So, fag! And we kill the fagots.”

Then, as Fedorovich says, a patrol car arrived at the scene. Beloglazov's keys, mobile phone, wallet and all his money were taken away. Having dragged the professor into the car, the police handcuffed him, tightened them all the way, and said: “We are taking you to kill you.”

In the stronghold of the Chkalovsky District Department of Internal Affairs in the building of the Southern Bus Station of Yekaterinburg, Beloglazov spent about two hours in a cage. Then he was given back his keys and phone, as well as 500 rubles out of the 2,500 previously taken away. Before releasing the professor, the police, threatening his life and health, advised him not to complain anywhere.

Beloglazov is a professor at the Department of Special Piano, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation. After the beatings, his left hand lost sensitivity. As he himself told the Federal Reporter, only a week after the beating he began to play with his right hand (in addition to teaching, Beloglazov continues to perform as a solo pianist). Returning home, he called the police, after which the squad arrived and took him to the Chkalovsky district police department. However, his application was not accepted. Then Beloglazov went to the Chkalovsky district prosecutor's office. He was sent for medical examination. According to preliminary data, the professor suffered moderate harm to his health (Fedorovich assumes that since Beloglazov has lost his ability to work, the harm will be classified as grave). Investigator Vasily Ibraev promised to “conduct an educational conversation” with the police. According to Beloglazov himself, Ibraev told him that there was no need to get into the police car. However, judging by the way things were, the professor at that moment could no longer resist. So far no one has offered Beloglazov to identify the policemen. The police attacked him for the first time, but a year ago the police detained his son, who was simply walking with a can of beer, and he spent a whole day in the police station.

As Fedorovich reports, an open letter from the rector’s office and the academic council of the Ural Conservatory is being prepared. Through official channels, the attention of the office of the governor of the Sverdlovsk region, Alexander Misharin, as well as the presidential envoy to the Ural Federal District Nikolai Vinnichenko will be attracted (Fedorovich recalls that he personally congratulated Beloglazov on being awarded the title of Honored Artist).