Doctors diagnose brain concussion in organizer of rally in Stavropol

The police have started a check of the statement about beating up Ivan Tansky, a member of the Stavropol branch of the “Youth Yabloko”, said the spokesman of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA). "After the beating, doctors diagnosed a brain concussion," Ivan has stated himself.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that at night on March 30, an unidentified assailant attacked Ivan Tansky, a member of the Stavropol branch of the “Youth Yabloko” Party, the organizer of the anti-corruption rally. A man in a medical mask approached him, said something about the rally on March 26 and struck him in the head, said Anastasia Antonets, an activist. Ivan’s advocate said that he had filed an application to the police about the attack.

The police are checking the circumstances of the attack on Ivan Tansky, said the spokesman of the Chief Department of the Russia’s MIA for the StavropolTerritory.

"A check is underway," the “NewsTracker” quotes the spokesman as saying today.

The “NewsTracker” adds, referring to Ivan Tansky, that after fixing the fact of beating, doctors diagnosed a brain concussion.

Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.