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UK Times Online: Aleksei Dymovsky in YouTube plea for Putin to end police corruption
A Russian policeman has triggered a political storm by breaking a code of silence over corruption in the ranks, in videos posted on the internet.
Major Aleksei Dymovsky, a senior drugs trafficking investigator, accused corrupt police chiefs of ordering officers to jail innocent people and claimed that it was impossible to live on the official salary, £290 a month, without taking bribes.
He made an appeal to Vladimir Putin, the Prime Minister, to order a national inquiry into corruption, saying that he was speaking up for ordinary officers who considered dignity and honour as “words burnt into the mind”.
His courage earned him an instant dismissal from his superiors in the southern Russian city of Novorossiysk. Mr Dymovsky, whose wife is six months’ pregnant, has since hired a bodyguard, saying he feared for his family’s safety and that he was being followed.
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Start duscussionWashington Times: YouTube helps Russian police expose abuse
When a police officer posted a video on YouTube complaining of rampant abuse in Russian law enforcement, it seemed like a lonely voice in a sea of social media.
Since then, three more officers have come forward with their own YouTube videos making similar accusations - and others are lining up to do the same.
In a country where the rule of law is weak and most traditional media are under government control, social-media sites are gaining a role as a place where fed-up citizens can broadcast their grievances.
But in the case of the YouTube cops, things may not be as simple as they seem: The unusual burst of whistleblowing follows pledges from the Kremlin to clean up Russia's notoriously corrupt police force - and some suspect the Internet campaign may even have sprung from within the halls of power.
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Start duscussionBBC: Russian policeman fired over clip
A senior Russian provincial police officer has been sacked for libel after he posted a video on the internet alleging chronic corruption.
Major Alexei Dymovsky said superiors in the southern city of Novorossiisk treated officers "like cattle" and pre-ordained the results of investigations.
His YouTube video also complained of bad working conditions and low pay.
Maj Dymovsky,32, went on to request a "face-to-face" meeting with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
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The Independent: Police whistleblowers a YouTube hit
The latest video, posted on YouTube this week, came from Mikhail Evseev, a former policeman from the northern Komi region. The video was presented as a personal address to the Russian President, Dmitry Medvedev, asking him to help cleanse the police force of corrupt bosses.
The police force in the republic is beset by "corruption, falsification of cases, and 'ordered' cases against businessmen," said Mr Evseev. He noted in particular a recent case where two young men were sentenced to life imprisonment for burning down a shopping centre. Mr Evseev claimed to have documentary evidence of their innocence, which he sent to the prosecutor and other bodies but was ignored.
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