St. Petersburg investigators are conducting investigations in several city police departments.
It is reported that these measures were taken after law enforcement officers illegally detained public figures.
Investigators explained: “The actions of the St. Petersburg police officers contain signs of a crime under Part 3 of Article 286 of the Russian Criminal Code,” as reported by TASS .
This article provides for criminal liability for abuse of official powers.
Details of the incident
Representatives of the investigative bodies emphasized that in their activities they are implementing the requirement of the Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, Alexander Bastrykin.
Earlier, Bastrykin voiced a demand to the acting head of the Main Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg to initiate a criminal case against the accused.
As the Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia emphasized, the police officers who are being investigated illegally detained public figures.
The above incident occurred on Komendantsky Prospekt.
Author: Margarita Sadkovskaya
