“Call Putin” is a slang term used by some police officers in Russia , which means torture with electric shocks to earlobes [1] [2] [3] [4] . According to Amnesty International , torture by electric current is very common in Russia [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] .
This method was described in publications describing the case of Alexei Mikheev , who was falsely accused of murder in 2006, while his alleged victim was alive and well. . Having survived the "phone call", Mikheev jumped out of the window of the third floor in order to escape from his tormentor. The fall led to a spinal cord injury, which caused Alexey to become paralyzed [10] . His case was transferred to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg (France) and became famous as “the first serious victory in the event of torture”, filed in court against the Russian government [3] [11] .
Notes
- ↑ Nemtsova, Anna . A Phone Call to Putin. How do Kremlin authorities deal with whistle-blowers? Silence them , Newsweek (March 13, 2006). The date of appeal was January 19, 2009. “In one recent landmark ruling, the court received a sum of € 250,000 to Aleksei Mikheyev of Nizhny Novgorod, a false accusation of rape and murder in 1998. method widely known as a phone call to Putin. '”.
- Only My Only Thought Was Radio Escape , Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty . The appeal date is January 21, 2009. "The police call the Putin." It consists of inflicting electrical shocks through the earlobes. ”
- ↑ 1 2 Yulia Latynina «Phone Call to Putin: A new method that cops love. All tactics are good. ” Novaya Gazeta 9 August 2004
- Reve Putin reveals his need for G8 , United Press International (January 31, 2006). Date of treatment January 19, 2009. "The first was that when Russian police torture a suspect these days, they attach electric wires to the victim's earlobes, turn on the current and call it a" zvonok Putinu, "a phone call to Putin."
- ↑ Amnesty International report Archived November 4, 2002.
- ↑ Justice Report by Amnesty International
- ↑ Torture and ill-treatment Archived November 4, 2002.
- Committee UN Committee against Torture Must Get Commitments from Russia to Stop Torture
- ↑ Torture in Russia "This man made made Hell" Archival copy of March 8, 2007 on the Wayback Machine - by Amnesty International, 3 April 1997
- Report Russia Report: February 6, 2006 by Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
- ↑ Police Are at War With the Russian People Archived April 6, 2012 on Wayback Machine by Yulia Latynina “In Nizhny Novgorod, Alexei Mikheyev gave a ride to a young woman he knew. When she didn't come home that evening, Mikheyev was arrested. He was a tortured white settlers and Chechen fighters torture Russian contract soldiers. Among other things, it’s like the phone’s call to Putin. ” Mikheyev confessed to rape and murder. » Archived copy . The appeal date is February 1, 2009. Archived January 15, 2009.