Volgograd police refuse to investigate photo leak case

The Interior Ministry reported that it is not investigating the online dissemination of nude photographs and the personal phone number of a resident of the village of Yerzovka, Gorodishchensky District, Volgograd Oblast. The woman filed a complaint about the leak of her private materials back in the summer, but after filing complaints about the police«s handling of the case with the prosecutor»s office, she also received a refusal.

“There are no criminal cases in the proceedings of the internal affairs bodies regarding the said events,” the Interior Ministry briefly responded to an official inquiry.

Agency officials did not say whether a check was conducted regarding the dissemination of intimate photos and personal data, as well as episodes related to slander, threats of physical violence, and illegal entry onto private property.

A resident of Yerzovka said that her former lover posted personal photos and a contact number in a sex-dating chat, writing that she was engaged in prostitution. Afterwards, the man, accompanied by his wife, mother-in-law, and a friend who introduced himself as a law enforcement officer, illegally entered the territory of her private home, caused a scene, and threatened his former partner. He himself accused the woman of blackmail and extortion, but did not deny distributing the intimate photos.

The administrator of the dating chat, whom the victim contacted to request removal of her data, confirmed that the ex-suitor had indeed posted nude photos. After the story was published, the woman complained of threats from a friend of her former lover, who, she said, works in law enforcement.