January 20, 2010 By Grigory Pasko

Grigory Pasko: How Rape Cases Are Investigated in Russia

pasko012010.jpgAt the end of last year, the leadership of Russia’s penitentiary system announced its intention to reform itself by the year 2020. Earlier the leadership of the MVD had also indicated that they were planning to implement reforms to their operations. Even judicial officials have muttered something vague and unintelligible about reforms. And only the procuracy – Russia’s sacred cow – is pretending that everything is fabulous in its innards:  that there is nothing to treat and cut there.

Nothing? And this after we see and hear examples of the talentless, and even out-and-out criminal, behavior of investigators on practically a daily basis?

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The result of such “work” of the investigators – thousands of fabricated criminal cases. And in consideration of our very own dear “Basmanny justice” – thousands of guiltless people sitting in jails.