Russia has signed the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Convention_against_Torture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Convention_agai... an

Russia has signed the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Convention_against_Torture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Convention_agai... and also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Convention_for_the_Prevention_of_Torture_and_Inhuman_or_Degrading_Treatment_or_Punishment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Convention_for_the_Pr... . So if torture is widespread in Russian jails, this is in violation of at least two international conventions they signed.