The Human Rights Council spoke about three internal inspections after reports of beatings of detainees in the Moscow police department "Brateevo"

The Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Moscow and the Investigative Committee began official checks after reports of beatings of detainees at an anti-war rally on March 6. about this . Interfax Andrey Babushkin, a member of the Human Rights Council, told

“Three parallel checks are being carried out simultaneously. The check is carried out by the Moscow Main Department of Internal Affairs, the Investigative Committee and the department itself. We talked with those who conduct the check from the department, ”said Babushkin.

The police department "generally makes a good impression", but the work of the district police "is very problematic", said a member of the HRC. According to him, it was the district police officers who were part of the group that communicated with the detainees at the rally.

“So far, who exactly voiced this whole thing is unknown <…> I think that, most likely, we are talking about the unprofessional actions of one of the district police officers,” he added.

• throughout Russia were held On March 6 , protests against the war in Ukraine, where about 4,400 people were detained . appeared on the network On the same day, an audio recording of policemen from the Moscow Brateevo police department beating and threatening femactivist Aleksandra Kaluzhskikh.