MOSCOW. Oct 25 (Interfax) - The Russian Interior Ministry has issued a warrant for Sergei Savelyev who shared video recordings of the instances of torture of inmates at a Saratov infirmary with the human rights organization Gulagu.net.
Information about Savelyev is on the ministry's database of wanted persons. It says that he is wanted "under an article of the Russian Criminal Code."
In early October, Vladimir Osechkin, founder of the Gulagu.net human rights project, said that the organization had acquired and took outside of Russia over 1,000 Federal Penitentiary Service videos that confirm systemic torture in Russian penitentiaries and detention facilities in the Irkutsk, Saratov, and Vladimir regions. These include materials showing alleged torture at FSIN Regional Tuberculosis Hospital No. 1 in the Saratov region.
According to the media outlets, Belarusian citizen Savelyev, convicted in Russia for drug trafficking, shared the recordings of torture at the Regional Tuberculosis Hospital No. 1. Savelyev was working as a secretary and IT admin in jail. He was responsible for the operation of the local network and video cameras.
The Russian Investigative Committee is currently investigating seven criminal cases based on the instances of torture.