A woman from Yekaterinburg, strangled by her ex-partner, repeatedly asked the police to protect her from beatings and harassment by the man.
Ekaterinburg resident Valentina Bushueva, who was strangled by her ex-partner, tried for several years to bring him to justice for beatings. The woman’s lawyer, Alexandra Kuznetsova , told the Consortium of Women’s Non-Governmental Organizations that the police did not respond to the statements. On April 21, the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Sverdlovsk Region reported that the murder of a woman had been solved “hot on the heels”.