By Madhuri Dey
Dec. 21, (THAINDIAN NEWS) A recent video posted in YouTube registers the fact that the website is being increasingly used by the officers in the Russian police force to admit of various corruptions that they have succumbed to during their tenure, and in turn to expose the corruptions that rage within the law governing bodies of the country. It is not very surprising, although quite courageous and not to mention- a smart move, in a country where corruption in the police force is almost the order of the day, a fact that comes even more in view in the light of the confessions made by the officers.

It is understandable why the police officers chose to turn to the social media site instead of the general press of the country. The press in Russia is mostly run by the government, literally, something that makes it difficult for anyone to speak up against any government measure in the media. The trend of using YouTube as a medium of protest was started by an officer who posted a video, saying that he had once agreed to imprison an innocent man in order to gain a promotion. Since then, three more videos in a similar strain have been posted.

The fact that YouTube is being used as a confession box cum courtroom has had more or less, that desired effect. As news of the videos spread, it has been reported that the Kremlin has promised to look into the matter and make sure that the police forces are purged of dishonest officers. There are speculations that the whole idea may have actually been of the forces itself to distract the people from graver matters.