Parents of Sivyakov charged with beating Andrei Sychov will address Commission on Human Rights

Natalia Sivyakova, mother of junior sergeant Alexander Sivyakov, one of the main persons accused of harassment of Andrei Sychov, soldier of Cheliabinsk tank school, intends to file a complaint to the Commission on the Rights of Accused and Convicted Persons under the State Duma and to the Commission on Human Rights. Natalia Sivyakova stated to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, "even before the trial, everywhere in the country my son has been declared criminal who harassed Andrei Sychov and made Sychov an invalid. My son was forced to sign evidence incriminating him although he never beat Sychov. Officers of the Prosecutor's Office have committed violations, now they are openly trying to get a confession from my son that he beat other soldiers, in order to save this notorious criminal case. But he never beat anyone and is not going to incriminate himself. The investigation of the case will be extended till June 8, but I will not be surprised if the prosecutor's office extends the investigation further in the
hope to "dig up" something against my son. If the case goes to court, the prosecutor's office will be interested in a smooth trial without much publicity. But I am not going to keep silence and intend to do everything in order to save my son from undeserved accusations."

The military prosecutor's office charges Alexander Sivyakov, resident of Novocherkassk (Rostov Region), with forcing Andrei Sychov to stay in a half-squatting position, inflicting blows on his legs, after which Sychov was placed to the hospital where his legs and genitals were amputated in January 2006. The military prosecutor's office states that sergfeant Sivyakov went beyond his commission, and the court passed a decision to put Sivyakov into custody. Now Andrei Sychov is in Moscow in the Burdenko hospital. As it became known he suffers from thrombophilia, a rare hereditary disease. Alexei Maslov, chief commander of land forces, notes that no harassment or violent actions by his comrades-in-arms with regard to Sychov took place.