‘It was impossible not to hear’
Poet Artem Kamardin was reportedly beaten and raped by Russian police. We spoke to his roommate. SOTA Artem Kamardin On September 26, Russian police showed up at the home of 31-year-old Moscow poet Artem Kamardin. After ransacking the apartment, officers proceeded to beat Kamardin, his girlfriend, Alexandra Popova, and their roommate, Alexander Menyukov. According to Kamardin’s lawyer, police also raped the poet with a dumbbell — not at the police station, but in his own home.