Thread by @jaketacchi

NEW 🇷🇺 INVESTIGATION - 🧵

Six months ago two audio clips appeared online.

They were recorded inside Moscow's Brateyevo police station on a day when large anti-war demonstrations swept Russia.

On one recording we hear a man’s voice:

“You f****** loser. Do you think we’re gonna get in trouble for this?”

“Putin told us to kill all of you stupid f******.”

The voice belonged to a police officer wearing black who - over the course of six hours - terrorised at least 11 detainees inside the police station.

In some cases, the abuse amounted to torture.

He never identified himself, so who was this “man in black”?

Today, #BBCEyeInvestigations can reveal his identity and the identity of the commander who failed to stop him.

bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

It all started with a data leak.

reuters.com/legal/litigati…

On 22 March 2022, thousands of orders made on the delivery service - Yandex Food - appeared online. They included names, phone numbers and addresses of customers.

Nine users had ordered food to Brateyevo police station. Was one of them the “man in black”?

Most orders only revealed a first name, but with a phone number there was hope.

One led us to an advert for an office chair sold from Brateyevo police station.

And from that, it didn’t take long to find a picture…

Watch the full film now and see how we found the “man in black” and the commander who failed to stop him.

UK Version -
bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

Russian Version -

This investigation wouldn’t have been possible without the hard work and dedication of:

@KantWilde / @VickeyArakelyan
@bertram_hill1
@antoineschirer
@muskhalili
@manisha_bot
@khinkulova
@NataliaZuo
@rrdvs
@BBCHamedani
@NedDavies
@RunakoCelina
@Ecostard
@marcperky