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They refused to hospitalize the beaten participant of the Mayakov Readings. He was detained and taken to a temporary detention facility
In Moscow, a criminal case was opened against three participants in the Mayakov Readings for inciting hatred with the threat of violence (clause “a”, part 2 of article 282 of the Criminal Code). One of them, Artem Kamardin, who was beaten and raped during his arrest, was denied hospitalization. About this “Novaya Gazeta. Europe" with reference to lawyer Leonid Solovyov.
writes “At night, according to the ambulance staff, they wanted to hospitalize him, but in the morning it turned out that he was in a temporary detention facility. The investigator said that even Artyom’s concussion was allegedly not confirmed. That is, a person’s vision becomes cloudy, but nothing has been confirmed for them,” the defender told the publication.
At the same time, at night, as Novaya Gazeta notes. Europe”, ambulance workers with a lawyer diagnosed Kamardin with a concussion, a closed head injury, a chest contusion and numerous facial abrasions. Solovyov has a corresponding certificate received from doctors, which the newspaper has reviewed.
Activist Yegor Shtovba and Mayakov Readings participant Nikolai Daineko are also suspects in the criminal case. The exact reason for the initiation of the case is not known.
On September 26, security forces approached Kamardin, where his girlfriend Alexandra Popova and activist Alexey Menyukov were also present. Lawyer Leonid Solovyov was not allowed there, citing an inspection of the premises.
came home later “Novaya Gazeta. Europe, citing a defense lawyer, reported that Kamardin was severely beaten and a dumbbell was shoved into his anus.
Popova said that the security forces recorded the rape of the young man on video and then showed it to her. In addition, according to the girl, they also attacked her: “The security forces stuck stickers to my face with superglue, tried to seal my mouth, pulled out my hair, kicked me, threatened to rape five of them, constantly showed me videos with Artem, and I heard perfectly everything that was happening.” . The girl added that after the search, $600 disappeared from the apartment.
they used torture and forced Kamardin to apologize on camera because of the phrase “Glory to Kievan Rus, Novorossiya suck,” which he said at the Mayakov Readings. Two other suspects, Daineko and Shtovba, were also forced to apologize, as seen in a video on the pro-government Telegram channel “112.”
appeared Then Kamardin, Menyukov, Popova, Daineko and Shtovba were taken to the Investigation Department in the Tverskoy district of Moscow. Subsequently, Popova was released, and then Menyukov, who is a witness in the case.
Suspects Daineko and Shtovba were detained and sent to a temporary detention center for 48 hours.
After examining Menyukov, doctors discovered multiple bruises in the area of the right ear, left wrist joint and back.
Popova was diagnosed with a concussion, contusion of the soft tissues of the head, thighs and legs, abrasion of the skin of the left hand and a closed craniocerebral injury. Artem Kamardin is suspected of inciting hatred and hostility towards “members of the volunteer armed formations of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics”, “Network Freedom”. A criminal case was opened under the article on inciting hatred with the threat of violence (clause “a”, part 2 of article 282 of the Criminal Code), which implies up to six years in prison.
18:33 reported - Nikolai Daineko during the “Mayakov Readings”, after which a protocol was drawn up against him regarding participation in an uncoordinated action (Part 5 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code). The Shcherbinsky District Court of Moscow fined him 20 thousand rubles, and after the hearing he was immediately detained and taken to the Investigative Committee. detained - “Mayakov Readings” are street poetry evenings that are held on the last Sunday of every month from April to October. In Moscow, a rally is being held near the monument to Vladimir Mayakovsky on Triumfalnaya Square. Readings on September 25 participants were “anti-mobilization.” announced - Since February 24 - the first day of the “special operation” in Ukraine - residents of Russian cities have been going out to anti-war rallies every day and talking about the tragedy online. Anti-war speeches and statements become grounds for criminal prosecution. At the moment, more than 270 people have become defendants in criminal cases initiated due to protest against the war with Ukraine. Read more about this in our.