American, while living in Russia illegally, reportedly hit a police officer, for which he now faces jail.
Citizen of the United States of America, who illegally was in the Russian Federation, threatened a few years of imprisonment after he allegedly struck a police officer, as stated by the accusers of Russia.
Male 68 years old, whose name was not disclosed, lived with his girlfriend in Obninsk, a city that is located about 97 kilometers southwest of Moscow in the North of Kaluga region, said Monday in a statement, the prosecutors.
At some moment between a man and a woman quarrel broke out, and the woman called the police, as noted in the statement.
Then, as reported, American has not followed the instructions arrived on call police officer. Instead, he hit the police with his fist, and thereby «led to physical pain and harm to the body.» «The man struck the officer with one blow to the face, leading to physical pain and injury, not dangerous for his health,» said the local prosecutors, as reported by The Moscow Times, the Russian newspaper in English, issued in Moscow.
If Americans condemn the attack on the local police, he faces up to 5 years in prison. Assault on a representative of law and order in Russia, punishable by a fine up to 200 thousand rubles, or compulsory labor for up to 5 years.
It is noted that the man was in the country illegally since his permit in the Russian Federation expired in August.
The journalists of the American weekly news magazine Newsweek had contacted the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation with a request to provide more detailed comment on this matter.
