PART 4 A YEAR AFTER: MAIN VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN CRIMEA Pictured: Andrey Shchekun Pictured: Anatoly Kovalsky Andrey Shchekun was regularly severely tortured. ‘They stripped me naked, put me on a chair, tortured with electric current, and beat on my shoulders. When I fell, they kicked me in the chest, hit- ting like they were obviously professionals... I was interrogated in turn by FSB and the guards. I was suspected to have contacts with Right Sector, though ‘Euromaidan-Crimea’ was not connected with this organization. They asked about our + nancial resources, but we were + nanced by our- selves. FSB o4 cers suspected that I attempted to disrupt the ‘referendum’ planned on March 16, so they tried to + nd out on which electoral precincts I intended to do this. FSB were less cruel, but the guards completely took it out on us: in the morning, they used to come to the ward and to shoot at people from airguns, laughing idiotically. Once they shot through my hands.’ From the interview of Andrey Shchekun to the Center for Journalist In- vestigations and ‘Fakty i Kommentarii’ newspaper, February 27, 2015. The Crimean Archbishop Kliment tried to negotiate for release of An- drey Shchekun and Anatoly Koval- sky. On March 20, 2014, the activists were released on the Crimean border as a result of an exchange. Andrey Shchekun was immediately directed to a hospital in the Kherson region. After his release, Anatoly Kovalsky said that he preserved the hope of freedom due to Ukrainian songs he sang while captive. 60