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A Russian anti-war activist was beaten and raped with a dumbbell by police in Moscow after reciting poetry decrying President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, his lawyer said.
Artyom Kamardin, 31, was arrested Monday along with his girlfriend, Alexandra Popova, during a raid on their apartment, independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta Europe reported.
Speaking to the outlet, an unnamed source said cops in riot gear “beat Kamardin severely and put a dumbbell in his anal opening.”
Popova told the paper and the news site OVD-Info that she was also subjected to violence at the hands of the armed cops, who she said yanked out her hair, kicked her and covered her face with superglue and stickers.
Popova also said the officers threatened to gang-rape her after showing her a recording of Kamardin’s torture.
