The Investigative Committee did not initiate criminal proceedings against Moscow police officers. In November, they beat up Tamerlan Marzoev, a native of North Ossetia, on the street, insulting him on ethnic grounds.

According to the Team Against Torture lawyers, the investigator stopped communicating the day before the end of the inspection. They learned about the refusal to initiate a criminal case when they obtained a personal meeting with the head of the control and investigative department of the Main Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation in Moscow. However, the investigator did not provide the refusal decision itself.

On October 14, in Moscow, police beat a native of North Ossetia because of his nationality in front of his pregnant wife. The couple was stopped on the street and asked to show their documents. One of the security officials asked where Marzoev was from. He answered and heard the phrase: “Why did you come here?”

After this, Tamerlan’s wife began to quarrel with the police and promised to complain about them. In response, they began to insult her and shout. Tamerlane told them that his wife was pregnant and stood between them. Immediately after this, one of the security forces hit Marzoev several times in the jaw: he fell on the asphalt and hit his head.

The couple was taken to the police department, where the man continued to be insulted because of his nationality. He was also forced to strip naked and sit down three times. Marzoev was diagnosed with a bilateral jaw fracture and numerous bruises on his head.