NewTimes.ru: Slaves of a Special Police Unit
Newtimes.ru: There is an off-optimum situation in a Special Police Unit (SPU) of the Ministry of Interior Department in Moscow City. A revolt is impending in the unit, which main responsibility is to control mass riots. Revelatory letters have already come to the Presidential Administration and General Prosecutor Office. The second battalion soldiers visited editorial office and told about corruption in police authorities and their business called “public security” as well as how they break up “marches of inconsistent people”.
The SPU soldiers are not going to keep silence any longer. There is their story reported to “The New Times”:
"We don’t need Moscow residents, as they ask too many questions. We need nonresidents, loyal and dull".
Special Police Unit (SPU) was established for dangerous assignments in urban conditions, for seizure and liquidation of extremely dangerous criminals. But criminals’ seizure operations passed away with the 90th years. Prior responsibilities of the soldiers have been changed. How? There are some examples. At the end of last year, Dmitry Medvedev decided to provide an unofficial lunch for a high level guest in a restaurant near the local central department store. That lunch made us working four days at the restaurant. The SPU posted downstairs and Federal Security Service (FSS) - on the roof. The lunch was shown on TV, except our four “Ural” vehicles parked nearby. That time we cursed that lunch. But the President was glad. We saw him close like this wall. We stood on other side of the road. But VIP’s visits operations are yet not often. Three our details work permanently at the Kremlin, one – on the square at Moscow mayor office on 13, Tverskaja Street. One detail is always on stand-by for emergency. One patrol team is on duty on Manezh Square. If a person violated some rule, committed minor hooliganism or crime, he should have been detained and delivered to the local Ministry of Interior Department for procedure. But if a person did nothing, what would be the procedure? But one soldier must detain three persons during his shift! If there are no detainees, one must make false but good looking report to the Ministry of Interior Department. As a result, many homeless persons are detained for minor hooliganism in the Ministry of Interior Department around 12 times a week. No word promising to cancel statistic system of “figures” changes the situation. In 2008, Moscow SPU allegedly detained and fined about 40 thousand persons. This is a population of small provincial town! In the beginning of 2009, during a selection meeting they instructed us: “This year you must to process not less then 40 thousand persons”. In 10 years, we will process half Moscow! If one doesn’t fulfill the plan, refuses to falsify statistics, he loses part of his salary. Our battalion commander Colonel of Police Sergey Yevtikov says: “If you don’t detain, you will not receive full salary”. The SPU soldier’s salary is 15–16 thousand rubles, plus additional payment of 10 thousand rubles from Moscow Mayor. And just this additional payment is not paid. 26 thousand rubles is pretty good money for nonresidents, except Moscow residents, which are very little in the unit. Yet in 2005, Colonel of Police Yevtikov said: “Wee don’t need Moscow residents, as they ask too many questions. We need nonresidents, loyal and dull". Nonresidents are more dutiful; they live in dormitory, so depend on chiefs and will never ask extra questions.
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