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Deutsche Welle: Viral clip of Russian policeman punching woman sparks outrage

Published Aug. 13, 2019 at 10:29 am

Protesters attend a rally in central Moscow on August 10, 2019 after mass police detentions. - Thousands of opposition supporters rallied in Moscow on August 10 after mass police detentions at recent protests that have been among the largest since President's return to the Kremlin in 2012. On a rainy afternoon, protesters huddled under umbrellas on the central Prospekt Andreya Sakharova street, where city authorities had given permission for the rally to take place. (Photo by Yuri KADOBNOV / AFP)

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A video clip of a Russian policeman punching a female protester has provoked outrage in the media and on social networks.

In an interview with the Mediazona website, the woman, Daria Sosnovskaya, said she was dragged away by police for protesting the detention of a man with a disability. In the clip, seen here in a YouTube account belonging to VOA News, an officer is seen punching Sosnovskaya in the stomach as officers dragged her to a police vehicle.