Protesters detained at pro-Navalny rallies say police threatened and intimidated them: ‘The regime has shown its teeth’

“Do you know that we can beat you so hard that you will be urinating blood? And there won’t be any traces — you won’t be able to prove anything,” Peter Sokovykh recalls a police officer screaming into his face as he found himself in a tiny room with six security officers in a St. Petersburg police station.