MOSCOW, February 5. /TASS/. Claims about violations committed against detained participants in illegal demonstrations may often turn out to be false or distort the real state of affairs, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said when asked about a young woman who, after being detained at an illegal demonstration in Moscow, complained about brutal treatment by the law enforcers.
"Quite a few such reports eventually turn out to be untrue or fakes or exaggerations," Peskov said. "One has to be very accurate."
Peskov said he knew nothing about the details of the incident involving the woman in question.
"If she claims that some elements of torture took place, she is free to lodge a complaint in accordance with the law," Peskov said, adding that if she was under arrest, she would be able to exercise this right to the full extent after release.
Earlier, 21-year-old volunteer Alyona Kitayeva, of the election team of a former candidate for a seat in the Moscow City Duma Lyubov Sobol, told several mass media she had been brutally treated by police at the Donskoye police station after detention at an unauthorized demonstration in Moscow on February 2. Also, there were media reports about such cases involving detainees at Moscow’s police station Orekhovo-Borisovo-Severnoye.
Peskov said on Thursday the Kremlin agreed that some actions by the law enforcers might be analyzed and complained against. Complaints can be filed at prosecutor’s offices or courts of law or other mechanisms employed.