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The Fifth Floor: Unmasking a Russian police torturer

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25/11/2022 GMT

Unmasking a Russian police torturer

BBC World Service - The Fifth Floor, Unmasking a Russian police torturer

How a group of Russian women exposed the identity of a police officer who terrorised them

How a group of young Russian women, with BBC Eye Investigations journalist Vickey Arakelyan, identified the man who physically abused them in police custody.

On March 6th, huge anti-war demonstrations across Russia led to the arrest of more than 5,000 protesters.  Among them were at least 11 women who were taken to Moscow's Brateyevo Police Station, where they were questioned and subjected to verbal and physical abuse, which in some cases amounted to torture. The man overseeing this was an unnamed police officer they nicknamed 'the man in black'.  Using a leaked database from a Russian food delivery company, archived social media accounts and old dating profiles, BBC Eye Investigations journalist Vickey Arakelyan tells the story of how they exposed the identity of their torturer.

2022 FIFA World Cup:  the view from Qatar 
The World Cup is underway with plenty of drama on pitch, as well as controversies off.  While the developed world has focussed on alleged human rights abuses - as well as the lack of beer – many other nations say this focus is rooted in prejudice, stereotyping and western hypocrisy.  But the tournament is also a time of great excitement as the Arab world hosts the World Cup for the first time.  BBC Arabic’s Murad Shishani visited the small Gulf nation to capture the view from Qatar.

Saving Uganda's symbolic crane 
The crested or grey-crowned crane is a national symbol of Uganda. But numbers are falling, with only around 20,000 left in the world. The BBC's Patience Atuhaire met communities in the south west of the country who are working to save the birds. 

(Photo: Screen grab of chat group showing photo of Ivan Ryabov and saying 'found!' Credit: BBC)

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