Criminal Cops OK

From RT:
"Supreme Court rules citizens cannot use force against cops breaking law"

Russia's Supreme Court has ruled that no one has the right to use force against the police – even if the officers are abusing citizens or breaking the law themselves. Today the Supreme Court has set a new standard of behavior for participants in the gatherings that have become common as of late in Moscow. The country's highest judicial authority decided that officers whose actions are legitimate should not be subject to sanction under the Russian Criminal Code. However, former Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliev had stated months ago that it was permissible to fight back against a policeman who was in violation of his use of power. This was an incredulous statement to many, and was widely misinterpreted to mean that a person could resist arrest. In case a person is caught by the police, he has the right to remain silent and to request a lawyer, and can notify his relatives. The detainee is allowed to request a copy of the arresting document. Those rules came after numerous cases filed this year by people arrested during the spring-summer Marches of Millions in Moscow. The attitude toward the police in Russian society is controversial, especially after a row of police scandals and revelations of widespread corruption in law enforcement.

^ It seems the Police Reform in Russia is geared towards protecting the Police and not the ordinary citizens that have had to deal with corruption and bribes for decades. The police force of any country is not only there to prevent criminal acts, but also to instill a decree of respectability in the citizens and if nothing is done to prevent the police that do illegal things than that respect is gone. ^

http://rt.com/news/prime-time/citizens-force-against-police-152/