The Russian Interior Ministry accused on...
President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minster Vladimir Putin. The OMON have often been criticized for their “heavy-handed” tactics in dispersing opposition rallies.Both stories were widely publicized in the Russian media.
On February 1 the magazine published an open letter to President Dmitry Medvedev, signed by five identified OMON officers, complaining that they were forced to work “15-20 days in a row, for 20 hours a day.”
An Interior Ministry spokesperson said on Monday that the ministry would sue the magazine for libel.
“The Interior Ministry considers that a number of media outlets have launched a campaign aimed at discrediting the OMON,” a press release said.
It also said that the officers who made the complaints were disgruntled former employees who had been dismissed over discipline problems. It added that OMON officers from the Zubr detachment planned to meet in the near future to discuss the
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