A young Russian Communist was forefully tattooed on his face according to MosNews. Police contend that it wasn’t an assault but rather a publicity stunt by the Communist politician himself. Of course, they never investigated so how do they really know?

Zhirnov was returning home at night from his election headquarters and was attacked by four men who beat him up and forced him into their car where he was tied up with duct tape and the assailants tattooed obscene words on the candidate’s cheeks and forehead using a homemade electrical needle… The police at first refused to instigate a criminal case into the incident, claiming that Zhirnov’s report was a PR stunt.