"Nobody's guilty of anything." In Ryazan, the criminal case against the police officers who beat a teacher has been closed. They mistook her for a drug dealer.
The criminal case against two police officers who injured a 55-year-old woman during an arrest a year ago has been closed. Valentin Nikolaev — a Russian language and literature teacher and school vice principal. Nikolaeva attempted to have the police officers punished, but the case was closed due to "lack of evidence of a crime." The victim reported this on social media.
"It took me a few days to come to my senses. The criminal case was closed. As if there had been no bruises, no broken bones, no torn tendons, no handcuffs, nothing at all. No one was to blame. No one was held accountable for anything."- shared Nikolaeva.
Last May, Nikolaeva was photographing nature on the banks of the Trubezh River. approached two men in civilian clothes, who turned out to be police officers, roughly detained her, mistaking her for a drug dealer.
Nikolaeva was diagnosed with a fractured shoulder, a torn tendon, and bruises on her legs, face, and breast. She filed a report with the Zheleznodorozhny Police Department, the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the Investigative Committee.
The criminal case for abuse of office was closed in July of this year. Nikolaeva only learned of this in early August; she still hasn't received the decision to dismiss the case.
Nikolaeva made an appointment with Investigative Committee head Bastrykin. She hasn't been able to get in yet—there's a long waiting list.
Police officers are rarely punished for using violence against citizens. For example, Krasnodar regional court for the third time justified police officers Vladimir Tatarkova и Vyacheslav Zyabkina, who mistook a local resident with a disability for a criminal and broke his leg.
Photo: Nikolaeva's VK page
