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'''Phone Call to Putin''' ({{lang-ru|звонок Путину}}) is a slang term used by some [[Russian police]] departments for [[torture]] method which consists of administering [[electric shock]]s to the person's [[earlobes]].<ref name=newsweek>{{cite news |first=Anna |last=Nemtsova |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=A Phone Call to Putin. How do Kremlin authorities deal with whistle-blowers? Silence them |url=http://www.newsweek.com/id/46885 |quote=In one recent landmark ruling, the court awarded €250,000 to Aleksei Mikheyev of Nizhny Novgorod, falsely accused of rape and murder in 1998. Investigators had extracted a written confession by administering electric shocks to Mikheyev's earlobes, a torture method widely known as 'a phone call to Putin.' |work=[[Newsweek]] |date=March 13, 2006 |accessdate=2009-01-19 }}</ref><ref name="Torture">{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=My Only Thought Was To Escape The Torture |url=http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2007/10/2b0c6a68-453a-4af9-8586-8bc997c3ab81.html |quote=Torture is so common in Russian police stations that the method used on Mikheyev even has a name: the "phone call to Putin." It consists of inflicting electric shocks through wires attached to the victim's earlobes. |work=[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]] |date= |accessdate=2009-01-21 }}</ref><ref name="novgaz"/><ref>{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Putin reveals his need for G8 |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-12555302_ITM |quote=The first was that when Russian police torture a suspect these days, they attach electric wires to the victim's earlobes, turn on the current and call it a "zvonok Putinu," a phone call to Putin. |work=[[United Press International]] |date=January 31, 2006 |accessdate=2009-01-19 }}</ref> According to [[Amnesty International]], torture with electric shocks is common in [[Russia]].<ref name=AI_Russia>[http://www.amnesty.org/russia/torture.html Amnesty International report]</ref><ref name="rights">[http://www.amnesty.org/russia/pdfs/justice-report-eng.pdf Justice Report by Amnesty International]</ref><ref name="torture">[http://www.amnesty.org/russia/torture.html Torture and ill-treatment]</ref><ref name="hrw4">[http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/11/13/russia14557.htm UN Committee against Torture Must Get Commitments From Russia to Stop Torture]</ref><ref name="tor1">[http://news.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGEUR460041997?open&of=ENG-345 Torture in Russia "This man-made Hell"] - by Amnesty International, 3 April 1997</ref>
'''Phone Call to Putin''' ({{lang-ru|звонок Путину}}) is a slang term used by some [[Russian police]] departments for [[torture]] method which consists of administering [[electric shock]]s to the person's [[earlobes]].<ref name=newsweek>{{cite news |first=Anna |last=Nemtsova |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=A Phone Call to Putin. How do Kremlin authorities deal with whistle-blowers? Silence them |url=http://www.newsweek.com/id/46885 |quote=In one recent landmark ruling, the court awarded €250,000 to Aleksei Mikheyev of Nizhny Novgorod, falsely accused of rape and murder in 1998. Investigators had extracted a written confession by administering electric shocks to Mikheyev's earlobes, a torture method widely known as 'a phone call to Putin.' |work=[[Newsweek]] |date=March 13, 2006 |accessdate=2009-01-19 }}</ref><ref name="Torture">{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=My Only Thought Was To Escape The Torture |url=http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2007/10/2b0c6a68-453a-4af9-8586-8bc997c3ab81.html |quote=Torture is so common in Russian police stations that the method used on Mikheyev even has a name: the "phone call to Putin." It consists of inflicting electric shocks through wires attached to the victim's earlobes. |work=[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]] |date= |accessdate=2009-01-21 }}</ref><ref name="novgaz"/><ref>{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Putin reveals his need for G8 |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-12555302_ITM |quote=The first was that when Russian police torture a suspect these days, they attach electric wires to the victim's earlobes, turn on the current and call it a "zvonok Putinu," a phone call to Putin. |work=[[United Press International]] |date=January 31, 2006 |accessdate=2009-01-19 }}</ref> According to [[Amnesty International]], torture with electric shocks is common in [[Russia]].<ref name=AI_Russia>[http://www.amnesty.org/russia/torture.html Amnesty International report]</ref><ref name="rights">[http://www.amnesty.org/russia/pdfs/justice-report-eng.pdf Justice Report by Amnesty International]</ref><ref name="torture">[http://www.amnesty.org/russia/torture.html Torture and ill-treatment]</ref><ref name="hrw4">[http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/11/13/russia14557.htm UN Committee against Torture Must Get Commitments From Russia to Stop Torture]</ref><ref name="tor1">[http://news.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGEUR460041997?open&of=ENG-345 Torture in Russia "This man-made Hell"] - by Amnesty International, 3 April 1997</ref>


This method was profiled in publications describing [[Mikheyev v. Russia|a case of Aleksei Mikheyev]] who was falsely accused{{When|date=June 2015}} of [[murder]] while his alleged victim was alive and well.<ref name=newsweek/> After surviving the alleged "phone call" torture, he jumped out of a third-floor window to escape his tormentors. The fall resulted in a [[spinal cord injury]] that rendered Mikheyev a [[paraplegic]].<ref>[http://www.rferl.org/content/Article/1344233.html Russia Report: February 6, 2006] by [[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]]</ref> His case was taken to the [[European Court of Human Rights]] in [[Strasbourg]], [[France]] and became notable as "the first serious victory in a case of torture" brought to the Court against Russian government.<ref name="novgaz">[[Yulia Latynina]] [http://2004.novayagazeta.ru/nomer/2004/57n/n57n-s05.shtml "Phone Call to Putin: A new method that the cops love. In the war against your own people, all tactics are good." (Russian)] [[Novaya Gazeta]] 9 August 2004</ref><ref>[http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/8323-6.cfm Police Are at War With the Russian People] by [[Yulia Latynina]] "In Nizhny Novgorod, Alexei Mikheyev gave a ride to a young woman he knew. When she didn't come home that evening, Mikheyev was arrested. He was tortured in the usual way -- the way Indians tortured white settlers and Chechen fighters torture Russian contract soldiers. Among other things the cops attached electric wires to Mikheyev's earlobes, a technique they like to call zvonok Putinu, or 'a phone call to Putin.' Mikheyev confessed to rape and murder." {{Dead link|date=June 2015}}</ref>
This method was profiled in publications describing [[Mikheyev v. Russia|a case of Aleksei Mikheyev]] who was falsely accused{{When|date=June 2015}} of [[murder]] while his alleged victim was alive and well.<ref name=newsweek/> After surviving the alleged "phone call" torture, he jumped out of a third-floor window to escape his tormentors. The fall resulted in a [[spinal cord injury]] that rendered Mikheyev a [[paraplegic]].<ref>[http://www.rferl.org/content/Article/1344233.html Russia Report: February 6, 2006] by [[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]]</ref> His case was taken to the [[European Court of Human Rights]] in [[Strasbourg]], [[France]] and became notable as "the first serious victory in a case of torture" brought to the Court against Russian government.<ref name="novgaz">[[Yulia Latynina]] [http://2004.novayagazeta.ru/nomer/2004/57n/n57n-s05.shtml "Phone Call to Putin: A new method that the cops love. In the war against your own people, all tactics are good." (Russian)] [[Novaya Gazeta]] 9 August 2004</ref><ref>[http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/8323-6.cfm Police Are at War With the Russian People] by [[Yulia Latynina]] "In Nizhny Novgorod, Alexei Mikheyev gave a ride to a young woman he knew. When she didn't come home that evening, Mikheyev was arrested. He was tortured in the usual way -- the way Indians tortured white settlers and Chechen fighters torture Russian contract soldiers. Among other things the cops attached electric wires to Mikheyev's earlobes, a technique they like to call zvonok Putinu, or 'a phone call to Putin.' Mikheyev confessed to rape and murder." {{ |date= }}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 21:33, 26 January 2016

Phone Call to Putin (Russian: звонок Путину) is a slang term used by some Russian police departments for torture method which consists of administering electric shocks to the person's earlobes.[1][2][3][4] According to Amnesty International, torture with electric shocks is common in Russia.[5][6][7][8][9]

This method was profiled in publications describing a case of Aleksei Mikheyev who was falsely accused[when?] of murder while his alleged victim was alive and well.[1] After surviving the alleged "phone call" torture, he jumped out of a third-floor window to escape his tormentors. The fall resulted in a spinal cord injury that rendered Mikheyev a paraplegic.[10] His case was taken to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France and became notable as "the first serious victory in a case of torture" brought to the Court against Russian government.[3][11]

References

  1. ^ a b Nemtsova, Anna (March 13, 2006). "A Phone Call to Putin. How do Kremlin authorities deal with whistle-blowers? Silence them". Newsweek. Retrieved 2009-01-19. In one recent landmark ruling, the court awarded €250,000 to Aleksei Mikheyev of Nizhny Novgorod, falsely accused of rape and murder in 1998. Investigators had extracted a written confession by administering electric shocks to Mikheyev's earlobes, a torture method widely known as 'a phone call to Putin.' {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  2. ^ "My Only Thought Was To Escape The Torture". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Retrieved 2009-01-21. Torture is so common in Russian police stations that the method used on Mikheyev even has a name: the "phone call to Putin." It consists of inflicting electric shocks through wires attached to the victim's earlobes. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  3. ^ a b Yulia Latynina "Phone Call to Putin: A new method that the cops love. In the war against your own people, all tactics are good." (Russian) Novaya Gazeta 9 August 2004
  4. ^ "Putin reveals his need for G8". United Press International. January 31, 2006. Retrieved 2009-01-19. The first was that when Russian police torture a suspect these days, they attach electric wires to the victim's earlobes, turn on the current and call it a "zvonok Putinu," a phone call to Putin. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  5. ^ Amnesty International report
  6. ^ Justice Report by Amnesty International
  7. ^ Torture and ill-treatment
  8. ^ UN Committee against Torture Must Get Commitments From Russia to Stop Torture
  9. ^ Torture in Russia "This man-made Hell" - by Amnesty International, 3 April 1997
  10. ^ Russia Report: February 6, 2006 by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
  11. ^ Police Are at War With the Russian People by Yulia Latynina "In Nizhny Novgorod, Alexei Mikheyev gave a ride to a young woman he knew. When she didn't come home that evening, Mikheyev was arrested. He was tortured in the usual way -- the way Indians tortured white settlers and Chechen fighters torture Russian contract soldiers. Among other things the cops attached electric wires to Mikheyev's earlobes, a technique they like to call zvonok Putinu, or 'a phone call to Putin.' Mikheyev confessed to rape and murder." Template:Wayback
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