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Abstract
Not only are they beaten, but they are killed, mutilated, and maimed, and not by highway bandits, nor by sex maniacs in dark entryways—but by husbands. According to Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) family statistics, 14,500 women were killed by their husbands last year, and 54,500 were seriously injured and incapacitated. In mentioning these not insignificant figures, one must bear in mind that domestic battles that do not result in criminal proceedings are not included in police statistics; these remain a private affair, within the family. And this is why women who run to the local police station crying "Help, he's killing me!" usually get a flippant brush-off: "So? If he kills you, then come to see us."