Urgant joked about Putin's dismissal of the head of the Federal Penitentiary Service

Ivan Urgant joked that the head of the Federal Penitentiary Service, dismissed by Putin, will shoot videos on TikTok Putin, the head of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN), Alexander Kalashnikov. The presenter's statements, in which he also hinted at a torture scandal in Russian colonies, were aired on the Evening Urgant program on Channel One, the release is available on YouTube.

Commenting on Kalashnikov's resignation, Urgant portrayed bewilderment because the reasons for the dismissal of the head of the Federal Penitentiary Service. “And why [Putin] dismissed (Alexander Kalashnikov from the post of head of the FSIN – comment of” Lenta.ru “), everything seemed to be fine there now, at the FSIN,” the presenter sarcastically.

The showman also joked about what Kalashnikov could do after his resignation. “Where do the FSIN officers who are fired usually go? In TikTok, because they know how to shoot funny videos, “said Urgant, hinting at a video of abuse of prisoners in colonies and in pre-trial detention centers.

On Thursday, November 25, it became known that Russian President Vladimir Putin has appointed a new director of the Federal Penitentiary Service. Colonel-General of Police Arkady Gostev became this.

The resignation of the head of the Federal Penitentiary Service took place against the background of a scandal with bullying of prisoners in the institutions of the penitentiary service. In October, the human rights project Gulagu.net published a video archive of the torture of prisoners filmed at the hospital of the Federal Penitentiary Service in the Saratov Region. According to human rights activist Vladimir Osechkin, 40 gigabytes of torture video were filmed by FSIN officers on service video recorders. After the publication of the archive, criminal cases were initiated. Subsequently, other torture videos were released.

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