During an interrogation in court, student Ibragim Orudzhev spoke about the torture by security forces after his detention, reports Sotavision*.
In November 2023, a Moscow student decided to inquire about the work of the local military enlistment office, where he wanted to register. When he photographed the schedule of the enlistment office in the Akademichesky district of the capital, two police officers approached him, asked where he came from and why, whether he had any prohibited items, whether he used drugs, and whether he was registered for military service. They examined the data on his phone and then took him to the police department 'Akademichesky', confiscated his phone, and placed him in a solitary cell. The next day, he was presented with an administrative protocol for 'disobedience to a police officer's order', according to which the young man 'shouted obscene language', and when asked by the police officer to stop, he began to grab his hand and attempted to escape.
The Gagarinsky court sentenced the accused to 10 days of administrative arrest. Upon completion of the term, FSB officers met Orudzhev at the exit of the detention center, as he claims, put a bag over his head, handcuffed him, and put him in a car where they beat him.
Then Orudzhev was taken to an unknown office. Men in masks took turns demanding that he name 'his handler'. The accused said that during the interrogation, blows were inflicted with 'special means', including a spring stick with a ball, which was used to hit the solar plexus. The torture continued all night. The next day, one of the security officers took out a syringe and said that the needle was infected with AIDS. He promised to inject it if he did not 'tell everything'. Orudzhev did not understand what words they wanted from him, as he had simply photographed the enlistment office's work schedule. According to the accused, the syringe was never used, a bag was again put over his head, and he was beaten.
After this, he was taken to the Investigative Committee, where the young man was already charged and interrogated in the presence of a lawyer. The reason for this was a report by an FSB officer, which stated that the suspect allegedly 'conducted reconnaissance near the military enlistment office on Dmitry Ulyanov Street in Moscow for its arson'. The investigation claims that the detainee had been coming to the enlistment office in the Akademichesky district of Moscow for six months and studying it to most effectively set it on fire. Initially, he was charged with 'terrorism training', and in August, the charge of 'preparation for a terrorist attack' was added.
* Recognized in Russia as 'a foreign agent' and 'undesirable' organization.
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