
The State Duma adopted in the first reading a bill on the application by employees of the penal system in relation to prisoners - forces, special equipment and weapons. The bill prohibits impacts with a club with a club on the head, neck, collarbone, abdomen, genitals, as well as in the field of heart projection. It is not allowed to use water bodies at air temperatures below zero degrees Celsius. Human rights activists and civil activists condemned the adoption of this document, speaking of the danger - in the event of its entry into force - the transformation of "FSIN into Gestapo". The situation is discussed by human rights activists Valery Borschev, Eva Merkachev, politicians Sergey Mitrokhin, Andrey Svintsov.