Bashkir police received up to seven years in prison for raping a colleague

Court of Ufa sentenced three former police officers in the case of rape of MIA investigator Gulnaz Fathislamova, reports Ufa1.ru. The Kirovsky District

The former head of the police department for the Ufa district, Eduard Matveev, and the ex-head of the Department of Internal Affairs for the Karmaskalinsky district, Salavat Valiev, received seven years in prison; the former head of the migration department for the Ufa district, Pavel Yaromchuk, received six years.

They were also ordered to pay the victim 3 million rubles in compensation. As wrote , Fathislamova demanded 100 million rubles from the police. Kommersant

Previously, the prosecutor's office requested nine years' imprisonment for Galiev and Matveev, and eight for Yaromchuk.

According to investigators, in October 2018, the police were drinking after working with colleagues in the department headed by Yaromchuk. The next day, investigator Gulnaz Fathislamova filed a complaint of rape.

against the police officers Criminal cases were opened for rape (clause “a” of part 2 of article 131 of the Criminal Code) and violent acts of a sexual nature (clause “a” of part 2 of article 132 of the Criminal Code) by a group of persons. They refused to admit guilt. The trial took place behind closed doors.

Employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, including Fathislamova and her colleague, who also participated in the feast, were fired “for committing an offense that discredits the honor of an internal affairs officer.”