In St. Petersburg, 20-year-old local man arrested in drug case threatened...

In St. Petersburg, a 20-year-old local man arrested in a drug case was threatened into signing a military contract and sent to the front

Daniil Zalozny, a 20-year-old St. Petersburg resident, was detained on suspicion of possessing and distributing drugs, then beaten at the police station, sent to a pretrial detention center and threatened into signing a military contract, his mother told the outlet Mneniya Segodnya.

According to Zalozny’s mother, her son was detained in late October. She said police officers beat the young man. His court hearing was held on October 23, and Zalozny was sent to a pretrial detention center.

At the police station, his lawyer was not allowed to meet with him. His mother believes this was done to prevent the injuries from being documented.

A man was placed in Zalozny’s cell at the detention center and threatened him with physical violence if he did not sign a contract, the woman said:

Daniil was put in a separate cell, and they brought in a prisoner who initially spoke to him in a friendly way, saying he was serving a life sentence, that he would go to the “special military operation” himself, and that “you should sign up, it’s great there, you’ll get money.” After Daniil started refusing, he began threatening him. He said, “I’ll burn you with an immersion heater right now, I’ll smash your face against the radiator.” That’s how my son came to sign the contract,

the woman told Mneniya Segodnya.

According to his mother, she received a message from an unknown person saying, “Mom, I’m at the special military operation.” She managed to reach her son by phone, and he asked her to come to the military base to say goodbye. His mother says Zalozny has already been sent to the front.

The woman filed complaints with the military prosecutor’s office and the Investigative Committee.

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