Apparently the contractor who was hired to install surveillance cameras in Moscow decided to cut a few corners and provide police with recorded images instead of installing some of the cameras. I wonder how long the system was in place before the police discovered they had beeen conned?
Police have learned that CCTV cameras all across Moscow streamed prerecorded pictures, while the company servicing them received more than a million dollars in payments.
The company, StroyMontageService, has been accused of security fraud. Police have detained its director, Dmitry Kudryavtsev, who denies all charges saying the scandal is an attempt by his rivals to squeeze him out of the market. (Russia Today)
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November 15, 2009
Russian police describe corruption on Youtube
Anyone casually familiar with Russia is aware of often reported police corruption. Even Russian media occasionally reported on it in the time between the fall of communism and the Putin era. Since Putin came to power, the Russian media has become monolithic, almost like in Soviet times. The difference between now and the Soviet era is the internet. As long as there are honest cops in Russia, a tiny number of them will speak out. The internet will give those few a platform to reach millions. So much for control of the media.
Maj. Alexey Dymovsky, a disgruntled officer from the southern port city of Novorossiisk, started the trend with two YouTube pleas in which he said his bosses forced him to falsely report that unsolved cases had been cracked.
He also said he divorced twice because his wives could not cope with his long hours and low pay.
“I am fighting for the truth,” he said, directly addressing Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. “I am a bit scared to address you and the whole country … but I can’t do it any other way.”
Dymovsky’s postings got 700,000 hits by Monday—the day when he was fired and threatened with a lawsuit for slander. However, the Interior Ministry ordered an investigation into his allegations, and Dymovsky’s example quickly found followers.
By Thursday night, three more YouTube pleas decried abuses, trumped-up convictions and corruption.
In two separate clips, ex-deputy prosecutor Grigory Chekalin and former police Maj. Mikhail Yevseyev claimed two innocent men were sentenced to life in prison for a 2005 arson in the northwestern city of Ukhta that killed 25. Yevseyev also alleged Ukhta police fabricated charges against local businessmen in return for bribes from their rivals. (Breitbart)
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October 21, 2008
Russia’s military and security forces get desinger uniforms
Russian Fashion designer Valentin Yudashkin has created a new look for Russia’s militray, police and security forces. RIA Novotsi published a collection of photos of a recent recent showing of the designs in Moscow’s GUM department store.
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