Film about law enforcers' torture of Kuban resident released online

The Russian online cinema "Premier" has released the first part of a documentary about the torture by policemen of Artyom Danilov, a resident of Kuban (the Krasnodar Territory).

On November 24, 2020, it became known that the jury of the Gulkevichi Court had acquitted Artyom Danilov, a 32-year-old local resident who, after being tortured with boiling water, confessed to law enforcers that he had beaten his cohabitant. The jury took into account that at the trial he gave real evidence, and not under pressure; besides, the testimony of the son of the deceased woman in favour of Danilov was taken into account. On April 15, 2021, the court cancelled Danilov's acquittal.

The Danilov's story was chosen by the TV company that makes a series of films about those who had faced the unfair judicial system in Russia, Sergey Romanov, the head of the Krasnodar branch of the "Committee against Torture" (CaT)*, has explained.

Let us remind you that in June 2020, the "Mediazona"** reported that in the Krasnodar Territory law enforcers were regularly using torture to extract confessions from detainees. The outlet listed eight cases, including the Artyom Danilov's one.