MOSCOW, November 8 (RIA Novosti) - A police...

Police Major Alexei Dymovsky from the Black Sea port of Novorossiisk in the Krasnodar Territory recently posted two videos on his website accusing his chiefs and colleagues of corruption. Dymovsky addressed his speech to Putin. The video address was also posted on YouTube with English subtitles.

The video shows Dymovsky saying department chiefs forced officers to solve nonexistent crimes and even "jail innocent people" to improve statistics and lamenting that ordinary staff were treated "like cattle," had no days off or sick leaves, as well as saying that young people came to work to police on a 12,000 ruble monthly wage ($413) because they knew they would have "tributes."

"I am addressing you to ask you to carry out an independent investigation across Russia. I am ready to show the commitment to carry out this investigation. I have many acquaintances who care about the truth," Dymovsky told Putin in his address, adding that he was ready to tell the premier of those "ordinary

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