On Sunday, March 6, protests were held in 65 cities across Russia against the fact that Ruskomnadzor and the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation are prohibiting calling by name under threat of prosecuting journalists and closure of media outlets. According to OVD-info project, more than 4,000 people have been detained at protests against what cannot be named (more than 3,300 according to the Ministry of Interior).

More than 30 people have reported that they were beaten in police departments due to the protests against what cannot be named, writes the project Apology. A 26-year-old Moscow woman, Aleksandra Kaluzhskikh, ended up in the Sector of Interior Affairs Brateyevo (head of department is Lieutenant Colonel Aleksandar Batsenkov). OVD-Info project with the permission of Aleksandra Kaluzhskikh, published a full dictaphone recording of the interrogation, in which the woman talks about beating and humiliation due to her appearance.

Novaya Gazeta provides an audio and full transcript (click on the link). We ask readers not to read and listen to the audio if they are not confident in their own psycho-emotional stability. Dmitrij Muratov, member of the Public Council of the Ministry of Interior, editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta, demands for the Minister of Interior Kolokolcev to immediately check this report and to give a procedural assessment on the actions of his subordinates. OVD-Info project is recognized by the Ministry of Justice as a foreign agent.

Prepared by: D. Tahiri

Translation: N. Cvetkovska