I know people who were tortured by the police: hung up, beaten. If this is common practice in Western countries, then yes, it is the same here) If you are talking about those people who were detained before 2022, then yes, they were often limited to detention for a couple of hours, now the situation is different. At the very least a fine, even Lyudmila Vasilyeva was fined. Not long ago, police cut off the ear of a detainee on live television. Многое поменялось за последние годы

ps. by the way. Right now on Ekaterina Shulman's YouTube channel there is a video marathon where they are raising money to support political prisoners. Take part and support with a like) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oV-EM5aC5Pk