«Putin reveals his need for G8». United Press International. 31 de enero de 2006. Consultado el 19 de enero de 2009. «The first was that when Russian police torture a suspect these days, they attach electric wires to the victim's earlobes, turn on the current and call it a "zvonok Putinu," a phone call to Putin.»
Police Are at War With the Russian People by Yulia Latynina "In Nizhny Novgorod, Alexei Mikheyev gave a ride to a young woman he knew. When she didn't come home that evening, Mikheyev was arrested. He was tortured in the usual way -- the way Indians tortured white settlers and Chechen fighters torture Russian contract soldiers. Among other things the cops attached electric wires to Mikheyev's earlobes, a technique they like to call zvonok Putinu, or 'a phone call to Putin.' Mikheyev confessed to rape and murder." «Russia, Human Rights Atrocities, Police Lawlessness - JRL 8-11-04». Archivado desde el original el 15 de enero de 2009. Consultado el 1 de febrero de 2009.
Nemtsova, Anna (13 de marzo de 2006). «A Phone Call to Putin. How do Kremlin authorities deal with whistle-blowers? Silence them». Newsweek(en inglés). Consultado el 19 de enero de 2009. «In one recent landmark ruling, the court awarded €250,000 to Aleksei Mikheyev of Nizhny Novgorod, falsely accused of rape and murder in 1998. Investigators had extracted a written confession by administering electric shocks to Mikheyev's earlobes, a torture method widely known as 'a phone call to Putin.'».
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Bigg, Claire (24 de octubre de 2007). «My Only Thought Was To Escape The Torture». Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty(en inglés). Consultado el 21 de enero de 2009. «Torture is so common in Russian police stations that the method used on Mikheyev even has a name: the "phone call to Putin." It consists of inflicting electric shocks through wires attached to the victim's earlobes.»
Roman Kupchinsky (6 de febrero de 2006). Russia Report: February 6, 2006Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Consultado el 24 de septiembre de 2022.
Police Are at War With the Russian People by Yulia Latynina "In Nizhny Novgorod, Alexei Mikheyev gave a ride to a young woman he knew. When she didn't come home that evening, Mikheyev was arrested. He was tortured in the usual way -- the way Indians tortured white settlers and Chechen fighters torture Russian contract soldiers. Among other things the cops attached electric wires to Mikheyev's earlobes, a technique they like to call zvonok Putinu, or 'a phone call to Putin.' Mikheyev confessed to rape and murder." «Russia, Human Rights Atrocities, Police Lawlessness - JRL 8-11-04». Archivado desde el original el 15 de enero de 2009. Consultado el 1 de febrero de 2009.
