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Special Unit To Investigate Russian Police Crimes


Russian Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev
Russian Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev
Russia’s Investigative Committee has announced that it had created a special unit to investigate crimes allegedly committed by police.

The committee's decision to form the unit follows a spate of reports of police torture in the country's police stations and detention centers.

Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev was forced to report to parliament last week about a spike in reported police violence and other abuses.

The new unit's investigators will be working closely with Federal Security Service (FSB) personnel.

Reported police torture has been a problem in Russia for years but concerns resurfaced following the death in March of a 52-year-old man in the central city of Kazan, who was beaten and raped with a champagne bottle while in custody.

Based on reporting by AFP and ITAR-TASS

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