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The death of the drummer
In the suburbs, after interrogation in the police, a member of the Group "Firebird" Sergey Pestov died
In the Dubna near Moscow, after interrogation in the police, musician Sergey Pestov died, who once played in the Soviet rock band “Firebird”. According to official figures, he died of coronary heart disease. His acquaintances say that during the detention of Pestov, they beaten. "Mediazona" talks about how events developed.
On the evening of September 4, the police broke into the garage, where the 57-year-old musician Sergei Pestov rehearsed with his friends. They chained everyone into handcuffs, and Pestov twisted their hands with his own belt. After that, the operatives began to beat everyone; Pestotov hit the head several times.
Police were looking for drugs. The drummer immediately gave them two cigarettes with marijuana, but the operatives remained unhappy with a small number of drugs discovered and demanded more. Everyone who was in the garage was detained and taken to the department. Friends Pestov were interested in whether he sold them marijuana. When the last detainees left the department, he saw that Pestov was sitting surrounded by the police, putting his head in his arms.
The next morning, the musician’s wife Irina arrived at the department, where after 20 minutes she was informed that he was sent to the hospital, since during the interrogation he felt badly. As the doctors said when they arrived at the station, Sergei Pestov was already in a coma of the third degree, that is, almost dead.
On the head of the musician, a pathologist found abrasion and hematoma, but, according to him, this could not cause death. A friend of Sergei Pestov believes that his comrade could torture and exert psychological pressure on him, which led to a heart attack.
Two of those who were in the garage with Pestov submitted applications to the prosecutor's office. The city prosecutor Albert Moskalev said that on the application, an audit is being carried out.
According to one of the musicians, detained along with Pestov, when he submitted an application to the prosecutor’s office, the operative called him, who led them to the detention: “I told him that I was currently writing a statement. He was taken aback for a few seconds, then invited to go to his office. During the meeting, he so seemed to say in a friendly way: “You know what the investigator needs to say”. ”