“Forbidden to get out of bed”: a family friend described the methods of raising children

The history of domestic terror in the suburbs: the kids lived in constant fear

Another terrible details of the story of the beating of a 6-year-old girl in Orekhovo-Zuyevo became known to MK. The source of the new information was Anton (names and surnames have been changed. – Approx. Aut.), An old friend of the Mozgov family. He witnessed how parents treated their children

– How did you meet the Mozgovs?

– My sister studied with Dmitry and Alexandra in the same school. I myself have been living in Orekhovo-Zuev since 2002, and she introduced me to them. Before this summer, we talked for 5 years, maintained good relations, often sat in the courtyard of the house. I also knew my brother Dmitry.

What kind of relationship did they have in the family?

– Their former house was recognized as emergency, and they moved to Alexandra’s sister – Alevtina. In addition to Dima, Alexandra and the children had their own room. And they began to swear who was in charge in the apartment. And alcohol reconciled them. Will drink – and a truce. They fought constantly and drank constantly. I quarreled with them this summer.

– Did Dmitry’s brother live with them?

– Not. The city gave him a place in the hostel after the demolition of their emergency house, and there he began to live, separately from their family – therefore, this time I could not protect the children, stop the beatings.

– This time? So there has been child abuse before?

– Yes. A long time ago, somehow my sister went to visit them, a little girl comes out to her – who is beaten on the video – and she has a big bruise under her eye. My sister immediately asked who did it. And Alexandra answered her – “it’s not me, it’s Dima.” He, allegedly angry, returned home and blew his anger. In principle, they have a special “order with children” in the family. Children are not allowed to get down on the floor from the bed. Got on the floor — received immediately. You can’t walk around the apartment.

Why such an order? To be quiet?

– Yes, firstly, so that the apartment is always quiet. And secondly, so that the children do not distract themselves and do not waste their time. After all, they need to be given tea, then fed.

– Dmitry’s wife said that the camera in the bedroom was hung up for the safety of the children.

“And I know he used it for control. Here he is sitting in the kitchen, drinking beer, and on the camera he saw that the child stood up. Immediately screaming through the whole apartment – “Where did you get up?!”

– What did Dmitry do in general?

He didn’t have a stable job. He was regularly fired. It will skip, then it will go on a walk, then something else.

– Is it true that Dmitry and his brother were beaten the day after the video hit the network?

– Yes, I was told by a man who lives in the yard where it happened. They were waiting in the morning at the exit from the entrance. Before they had gone a few steps down the street, several people attacked them. Here, you know, the city does not forgive such things.

As MK previously reported, the son was taken away from the Mozgovs by guardianship, and the daughter now lives with her grandmother. A criminal case has been opened on the fact of torture.