‘This isn’t our problem, Gena’ Video shows Yekaterinburg police sat in car and laughed while watching fight that ended in Gabonese student’s death — Meduza
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In August 2023, 32-year-old Francois Ndjaseli, a graduate student from Gabon who was studying at Yekaterinburg’s Ural Federal University, was fatally stabbed outside of a Burger King in the city. Danil Fomin, a local 23-year-old, was charged with the murder and arrested shortly after. According to eyewitnesses, in the minutes leading up to the murder, two police officers watched from a vehicle as Fomin and Ndjaseli got into a fight, not deciding to intervene until it was too late. Now, the local news outlet E1.ru has published a video of the officers’ conversation as they observed the conflict from afar. During the five-minute conversation, Gennady Izergin and Ivan Oleinikov made jokes about the fight, teased bystanders who asked them to step in, and made racist comments. In English, Meduza is publishing an abridged transcript of the recording.

In August 2023, 32-year-old Francois Ndjaseli, a graduate student from Gabon who was studying at Yekaterinburg’s Ural Federal University, was fatally stabbed outside of a Burger King in the city. Danil Fomin, a local 23-year-old, was charged with the murder and arrested shortly after. According to eyewitnesses, in the minutes leading up to the murder, two police officers watched from a vehicle as Fomin and Ndjaseli got into a fight, not deciding to intervene until it was too late. Now, the local news outlet E1.ru has published a video of the officers’ conversation as they observed the conflict from afar. During the five-minute conversation, Gennady Izergin and Ivan Oleinikov made jokes about the fight, teased bystanders who asked them to step in, and made racist comments. In English, Meduza is publishing an abridged transcript of the recording.

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  • Hubi@feddit.deEnglish
    671·
    1 year ago

    By the time the police arrived at the scene of the crime, Francois Ndjaseli had been stabbed. After conducting an internal investigation, the Russian Interior Ministry fired both Gennady Izergin and Ivan Oleinikov. The officers have also been charged with abuse of authority and are facing up to 10 years in prison.

    Surprisingly solid response for Russia, really didn’t expect that.

    • Rose@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      Probably that way only because Russia wants to at least maintain its African relationships when much of the world no longer wants to deal with Russia.

        • StorminNorman@lemmy.worldEnglish
          91·
          1 year ago

          Yeah but if you aren’t influential enough to get away with it, they’ll fuck you with a barb wired bat. Sideways.

          • yata@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            No, only if you cross someone higher up, otherwise they are perfectly fine with it. Corruption is the norm, so that just means everyone higher up will have leverage over you if you fuck up. They won’t care about the corruption until then.

    • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
      21·
      1 year ago

      Russia general is really weird. Like Putin has his political opponents arrested he could have them killed but he doesn’t he has them arrested and then goes through with a sham trial. It’s like he has limits on his power not a lot but some.