My father died on Saturday

My dad passed away on Saturday. The police told my family to keep their mouths shut "or else". My brother and my sister in-law consulted an attorney and were told that the lives of my family members is more important that retribution. Those policeman are the sons of powerful men who are either in the government or friends of government officials.When victims attempt to expose the injustices, their homes are burned and no investigations follow. Sometimes, they too, are killed. The police have everyone frightened to talk or to testify against them. We were told by the attorney that because we are "nobodies" it's hopeless. I believe that everyone in Russia is corrupt, and that the Tzar Batushka (father the Tzar) is aware of what goes on. The corruption starts at the top!

My father was nearly beaten to death by the police yesterday!

On February 24 2011 my brother was driving outside St Petersburg Russia. He was stopped by police and accused of being drunk. They explained that if he would pay them $50,000 rubles (about $1,700), they would let him go. My brother was sober and refused.

These policemen let my brother go but followed him to my father's country house. There they demanded money from my father and when he refused to pay grabbed him and started pushing him around. He is 72 year old. My dad collapsed from a stroke. He hit his head and suffered bleeding in his brain.

Without providing any help, those policemen dragged him into the house and dumped him there to die.

A group of neighbors observed the entire episode but were afraid to intervene. They called an ambulance.

Unfortunately the story doesn't end here.

The policemen took my brother to a hospital to administer a blood alcohol test. There they brutally beat him. Two nurses observed, but when my brother asked for help one of them said, "we didn't see anything" and the nurses left the room.

After the hospital treatment, my brother was taken to the police station and was given a letter to sign declaring that he fell down the stairs and hurt himself so that the policemen could cover themselves for beating him. He refused to sign it. One of the policemen then took a large bag of a white powder from his drawer and said that if he did not sign the release, that they would claim that the bag of powder was found in my brother's pocket. He would be going to prison for a long time.

He signed it.

My father is in intensive care. His prognosis is bad. If he lives, he will probably be paralyzed.