PSKOV , Russia, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- A Russian politician claims he was beaten for informing journalists he witnessed the burial of a Russian soldier allegedly killed fighting in Ukraine.
Writing to the Canadian newspaper Globe and Mail from his hospital bed, Lev Shlosberg, a member of the regional assembly in the northwestern city of Pskov, said, "They were well-trained professionals who knew how to beat people." Shlosberg observed the burial of a member of the Russian Army's elite 76th Guards Air Assault Division, stationed in Pskov, and was beaten two weeks ago, he said, after investigating why members of the division were dying.