Legal Concerns Regarding Criminal Investigation

As a lawyer, I find it unclear why it has taken four months to document an obvious fact related to the discovery of a gas pistol handed over to me by witness Leshok V.

Procedural Issues

• For the elements of crimes provided for by parts 1 and 4 of Article 222 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, the standard procedure is an inquiry (part 1 of Article 126 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the RSFSR).
• A preliminary investigation is only conducted in these cases if the prosecutor deems it necessary.
• To my knowledge, there is no justified instruction from the prosecutor in the criminal case mandating a preliminary investigation instead of an inquiry under parts 1 and 4 of Article 222 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.
• Consequently, the preliminary investigation for these elements of crimes is being conducted illegally.

Investigation Scope and Conduct

• The "special complexity of the investigation" of criminal case No. 240 consists only of attempting to find signs of crime elements "out of thin air," meaning without sufficient data.
• Currently, the investigation is engaged in verification work that operational units are obligated to perform.

Criticisms of Security Organ Work

The illiterate and unprofessional approach to work by some leaders of the security organs has caused numerous problems. Examples include:

• The appearance of the traitor to the Motherland, Belenko, who hijacked a state-of-the-art aircraft to Japan, due to unfair actions.
• The creation of the political refugee Litvinenko, resulting from unprofessional work and illegal criminal prosecution by employees of the FSB of the Russian Federation and the Main Military Prosecutor's Office.

Dozens of other examples could be cited.

Damages Caused by Illegal Actions

The illegal initiation of the criminal case and the conduct of the search have caused me significant damage:

• A computer was seized during the search, which has not been returned to date for unknown reasons.
• This computer contained dossiers on all my clients.
• My petitions to copy this information have not been satisfied to date.
• Consequences of this seizure include:
  • Postponing court proceedings.
  • Restoring a huge amount of materials.
  • Refusing to defend a number of persons.
  • My legal practice was practically suspended.

It should be noted that even before the system unit was sealed, employees of the USB FSB RF and prosecutor-criminalist Silchenko used it, attempting to read and print the existing Lexicon [files].