Tortured and silenced at the hands of the police
Meduza reports on the widespread torture methods in Russia’s police stations, prisons, and courts Photo: Tatiana Makeeva / Reuters / Scanpix Sergei Pestov, a member of the band “Zhar-ptitsa” (which translates to “The Firebird”), died near Moscow, following a police interrogation. On September 4, police officers broke into the garage where Pestov’s band was rehearsing, handcuffed everyone, and beat Pestov before taking him to the police station.