The prosecutor's office put pressure on the ombudsman's representative

Aleksey Selyukov, a representative of the Ombudsman for Human Rights in the Stavropol Territory, said that on June 20, 2005 he was summoned to the investigator for especially important cases of the regional prosecutor's office without a summons and actually interrogated. Selyukov was asked from whom he learned about what happened in the village. Ivanovskoye, Kochubeevsky District, Stavropol Territory, "cleansing" and what evidence he has. “Not wanting to extradite those persons with whom I spoke, so as not to put them under pressure, I referred to the fact that I don’t remember the last names, first names, patronymics of those with whom I spoke, or I didn’t ask,” the commissioner said .

Shortly after this event, a decision was made to refuse to open a criminal case. On June 27, 2005, A. Selyukov stated that he did not agree with the results of the prosecutor's check conducted in the village. Ivanovskoye .

On the same day, Vladimir Lukin, Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation, sent a telegram to the prosecutor of the Stavropol Territory, Valery Kalugin, in which he regards the fact that the Stavropol Ombudsman was summoned to the prosecutor's office as "pressure on the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Stavropol Territory, in connection with the performance of his official duties . duties" . Lukin asked the regional prosecutor to check the actions of officials of the regional prosecutor's office on this fact and notify the Russian Ombudsman of the results of the check.

Sources

• Russian Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin announced pressure on his Stavropol counterpart // IA REGNUM. 2005. June 27.
• OMON officers can do anything // Institute "Collective Action". 2005. July 8.