Press Release, 23.03.2022

On 23 March, deputies of the Moscow City Duma listened to the report of Oleg Baranov, head of the Moscow Police, on the work of the police in 2021.

As part of the report of the Chief of Moscow Police, the deputies were shown a video with statistical data. Thus, the police reported that 5,930 people were detained at unpermitted mass actions in 2021, 5,834 protocols on administrative offenses were drawn up, and 13 criminal cases were opened. 47,412 police officers worked at the elections of the State Duma deputies. According to the video, their work was recognised as impeccable.

In addition, Moscow City Duma deputies asked questions to Oleg Baranov. Maxim Kruglov, head of the Yabloko faction, asked about the circumstances of the hunt in a Moscow park with the participation of the chief of police, about the reasons for the inaction of law enforcement officers during the beating of Muscovites by private security companies guarding construction sites in Kuskovsky and Troitsky forests, as well as about the egregious case of beating of girls detained at pacifist actions at the Brateyevo police department.

The chief of police could not answer the questions of the Yabloko faction on the merits.

Maxim Kruglov made a speech on the report of Oleg Baranov and his answers, noting that the audio recording of the beating of girls in a Moscow police department testifies to the real results of the work of the police.