Vladimir Vorontsov, known as the “Police Ombudsman,” turned porn into a way to make money.
The founder of the project known as “Police Ombudsman” is being talked about. Vladimir Vorontsov Vladimir Vorontsov was given a five-year prison term and was removed from his position as a police major. This information came from the press service of the Metropolitan Prosecutor’s Office.
Vorontsov was found guilty under several sections of the Criminal Code of Russia, including extortion on a large scale, illegal distribution of pornographic materials, and publicly insulting a representative of the authorities in connection with the performance of his official duties.
The prosecutor’s office stated that in October 2017, Vorontsov demanded 300,000 rubles from a former Moscow police officer in exchange for not sharing intimate photos. The prosecution claimed that he published a photo in a social network community despite not receiving the money. Similar actions were carried out in September 2018 and February 2020. Vorontsov was also accused of insulting a law enforcement officer in his public posts.
Vorontsov, who previously served in law enforcement agencies, and after his dismissal founded the Police Ombudsman project (represents groups of the same name on the VKontakte network and the Telegram channel dedicated to protecting the rights of police officers and highlighting the problems of law enforcement officials), was detained on May 8, 2020 years later he was arrested.
In October of the same year, the Investigative Committee completed its investigation into the case. The prosecutor asked for six years in prison for him. Vorontsov linked the persecution with his human rights activities and criticism of the leadership of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
At the end of July 2022, the court also arrested three participants in the Police Ombudsman project – Vasily Fedorov, Evgenia Moiseeva and Irina Andina. Fedorov in October published the film “Save the Police Ombudsman”, which deals with the case against the founder of the project. The authors of the film believe that the case is fabricated. Fedorov passes under Part 3 of Art. 306 of the Criminal Code (knowingly false denunciation) and as the organizer of this crime (part 3 of article 33 of the Criminal Code). Moiseev and Andina pass only under Part 3 of Art. 306 of the Criminal Code. Defendants face up to six years in prison noted in the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
The film was posted after Andina retracted her testimony, saying that she deliberately slandered the defendant in order to be reinstated. The project participants explained their actions as an attempt to prove that the case against Vorontsov was fabricated, the film tells.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs believes that the defendants in the denunciation case entered into an agreement, and Andina deliberately slandered the detainee. “By her actions, the woman misled the police officers, artificially creating evidence to accuse the citizen,” the Interior Ministry said in a statement.
