Russia must investigate claims Leonid Razvozzhayev was abducted and tortured

Headline Title: Russia must investigate claims Leonid Razvozzhayev was abducted and tortured 23 October 2012 Claims that a Russian opposition MP’s assistant was abducted in Ukraine and forced to return to Russia where he has alleged he was tortured or otherwise ill-treated must be investigated, Amnesty International said in a letter to the Russian Federation Prosecutor General.Leonid Razvozzhayev, an aide to opposition politician Ilya Ponomaryov, was reportedly interrogated by the Investigations Committee of the Russian Federation on 22 October 2012, three days after his abduction…

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