SK did not initiate the torture of the anti -fascist Filinkov by FSB officers

The Investigative Committee did not initiate a criminal case against the FSB officers on the complaint of the defendant of the case of the terrorist community "Network" of the anti -fascist Viktor Filinkov, who announced torture. This was reported by the Mediazona and the Russian BBC service with reference to the lawyer Filinkov Vitaly Cherkasov.

The anti -fascist was detained on January 23 at Pulkovo Airport. Then the FSB officers took him to a medical examination, and then for several hours they drove along the forest belt in the car and forced to teach the formulation of confession, Filinkov said . Three days later, the members of the Public Supervisory Commission of St. Petersburg managed to record numerous traces of burns from a stun gun on his body.

According to the FSB officers, they took Filinkov from the airport to the police department, then to the hospital, where they stayed until 3:30 in the morning. After that, they again went to the department and tried to escape on the road by Filinkov. The senior operative officer of the Federal Security Service in St. Petersburg Kirill Bondarev, who was indicated by Filinkov, and the deputy chief of the Kotin department told the investigator that when they brought the anti-fascist, he pushed Bondarev and tried to jump out of the car. Then one of the security forces, at the direction of Bondarev, “in the conditions of the fleetingness of what is happening” twice hit the detainee by an electric shock. This is stated in the notification of the refusal of the initiation of the case, which the investigator for particularly important cases, Sergei Valentov, sent to lawyer Cherkasov.

In addition, the supply states that at the airport, the operatives “offered it (Filinkov-approx.) To postpone the departure and take part in operational-search measures,” and the anti-fascist voluntarily agreed. Filinkov himself says that in Pulkovo "around the places for waiting for half an hour there were people in civilian clothes, which showed that they were not going to fly anywhere." Then he was surrounded by several people and a man who introduced himself to the FSB Major Karpov, said to go with them. They did not answer questions about what is happening. Karpov ordered him to give the phone. One of the employees shouted to give all the phones. “I obeyed, disconnected the headphones and handed him a smartphone,” says the young man.

In addition to burns, human rights activists from the PMC were noticed by hematoma on the right ankle, traces of handcuffs on both hands. In the medical book of the pre -trial detention center, among other things, a scratch on his chin was recorded about 5 cm. This abrasion and other “minor damage” were explained by the FSB officers explained to the investigator that Filinkov fell when the car sharply braked.

In the decision on the refusal of initiating the case, the investigator retells the words of the employees of the FSB Bondarev and Kotin:

In the forest Filinkova V.S. no one exported, torture by a stouter shocker was not applied to it

They argue that the stun gun and physical strength were used only with the aim of stopping an attempt to detained to hide. The investigator draws the following conclusion: Bondarev K.A. He made a reasonable decision to apply special equipment and did not exceed his powers.

"Mediazona" leads quotes from the decree. In the conclusion of a specialist (which one, it is not specified) it is said that “the possibility of the formation of bodily harm at Filinkov V.S. is excluded When “applying at least 10 hours by palm with a palm on the back of the head, at least 50 strokes by a stirper shocker in the right thigh, inguinal region, chest, wrists and neck, as well as at least 20 shocks with fists in the chest and back, the back of the face, the left side of the face”. It is excluded, since, according to the specialist, "the points of application of power and their number do not coincide with the anatomical arrangement of bodily harm."

In addition, in the SIZO-3, the video recording of Filinkov’s inspection by representatives of the PMC did not survive-supposedly records are automatically deleted after three weeks.

Lawyer Vitaly Cherkasov told the Russian BBC service that he will appeal the refusal to initiate the exceeding official powers by the FSB officers in court. An impression is created, he believes that either the most unprepared employee of the Investigative Committee, or, conversely, a professional who "created all the conditions for concealing evidence" was engaged in a complaint. Cherkasov believes that the damage was not examined on time - abrasions and burns decreased or passed. Filinkov’s things, on which there was blood from beatings, lost or threw it out. In addition, the lawyer clarifies that the recordings from the surveillance cameras from the police department, where the anti -fascist was brought after torture, were not preserved.

• Viktor Filinkov is accused of participating in the terrorist organization "Network" (part 2 of article 205.4 of the Criminal Code). According to the FSB, its participants were preparing for the beginning of unrest in the country.
• On January 25, Petersburger Igor Shishkin disappeared - he went for a walk with the dog. The dog returned home not alone, but with the security forces who searched . The Dzerzhinsky court of St. Petersburg arrested Shishkin for the same charges as Filinkov.
• On January 21, Julia Boyarshinov was detained, apparently, by chance. He found 400 grams of smoky gunpowder with him-a relatively weak explosive used for the manufacture of fireworks, as well as amateur hunters and arrows. Two days later, Boyarshinov was accused only of illegal storage of explosives (part 1 of article 222.1 of the Criminal Code) and arrested. In a pre -trial detention center, FSB officers began to go to Boyarshinov. They threatened to worsen the conditions of detention, if he did not “speak”, they called the names of the defendants in the case of the “network” from Penza. Julius Boyarshinov refused communication. As a result, he was transferred from the Krestov-2 pre-trial detention center to the Gorelovo pre-trial detention center to the camera for 115 beds, which contains 150 people-accused of murders, rape and robbery. On April 11, 2018, he was charged with participating in the terrorist community "Network" (part 2 of article 205.4 of the Criminal Code).
• Ilya Kapustin - an industrial climber from St. Petersburg - stated that at the end of January he was attacked by the FSB officers who tortured him with an electric shock. After that, he left Russia and asked for political asylum in Finland. On March 19, in the apartment, which he rented in St. Petersburg, was an inspection.
• In October 2017, five people were arrested in Penza. Another person was delivered from St. Petersburg to Penza and also placed in the insulator. Everyone was accused of participating in the terrorist community. According to the FSB, young people participated in an organization entitled "Network", the cells of which supposedly are in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Penza and Belarus. The defendants in the case of terrorism in Penza talked about psychological pressure, torture, “hanging upside down” and weapons, which the FSB officers threw them.