Russian riot officer filmed punching woman in stomach at Moscow protests
A widely-condemned video that shows a Russian riot police officer punching a woman in the stomach on the day of a sanctioned protest for free elections will be investigated by authorities, state-run media in the country has reported.
Footage shows the woman, Daria Sosnovskaya, being detained by two officers at a Moscow rally on Saturday, before one of them punches her and causes her to fall backwards.She then struggles with officers as she is forced into a police vehicle, the video shows.The clip has been viewed more than four million times on social media and has caused outrage in Russia.
— Ян Кателевский August 10, 2019 In an interview with AFP, Sosnovskaya'slawyer said his client was"supposed to be hospitalized but she refused to, although she received a medical statement confirming that she had gotten a concussion so she can't show up in court now because she feels really bad.
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