The investigator who refused to start a case of torture in a colony became a suspect

Former investigator Radio Svirsky, who refused to start a case of torture in the Yaroslavl colony, is threatened with criminal liability. This was told by the source of Interfax.

A criminal case has already been opened on Svirsky. However, according to which article is unknown.

Earlier, the Yaroslavl Directorate of the IC reported that an audit was being conducted in relation. Svirsky resigned of his own free will in November 2017.

In July, the New Gazeta published a video with the torture of the prisoner Evgeny Makarov by employees of the correctional colony No. 1 in Yaroslavl. The incident occurred in 2017. However, then Svirsky did not start a criminal case, considering the application of force to the convicted person legitimate and reasonable.