Ukrainian prisoners of war in Russian prisons are tortured not only by employees of these institutions, but also by representatives of the Federal Security Service of Russia. This indicates that the torture of prisoners of war is a deliberate policy of the aggressor state, explained Vladyslav Gavrylov, an analyst at the Media Initiative for Human Rights, reports UNN.
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During interrogations, not only employees of the federal penal system do this (torture prisoners - ed.), but also representatives of the FSB and the Investigative Committee. There is such a department M of the FSB of the Russian Federation, which oversees the prison system of Russia. That is, the special services of Russia are directly involved and interested in this system of torture and interrogation of prisoners of war
According to Gavrylov, all this indicates that the torture of prisoners of war is part of the policy of the Russian authorities, for which the aggressor state must be held responsible.
This allows us to certify that this is indeed a current, systemic and well-thought-out policy of the Russian Federation, which it commits consciously and, accordingly, must incur all international punishments that may be
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