Alexei Dymovsky, a former Russian police officer, gives a news conference in Moscow, Nov. 10, 2009. (Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters)

Russia's whistleblower cop is a YouTube sensation

Russian police officer Alexei Dymovsky has released a series of videos calling out corruption and asking Prime Minister Putin to act.

By Miriam Elder - GlobalPost
Published: November 10, 2009 18:33 ET
Updated: November 11, 2009 09:15 ET

MOSCOW, Russia — Alexei Dymovsky sits in full uniform and stares at the camera with tired eyes.

“Maybe you don’t know about us, about simple cops, who live and work and love their work. I’m ready to tell you everything. I’m not scared of my own death,” Dymovsky says in a YouTube message addressed to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

“I...

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