Court Transcript Excerpts

Questions and Answers

Question from the court to the defendant: On what date did this paper arrive at the prosecutor's office and the newspapers?

Answer: In August and September.

Question from the representative of the state prosecution Semenenko to the defendant: Were you present at the judicial investigation when the case regarding Zander was being conducted?

Answer: Yes, and I was also present when the measure of restraint was changed in the Ostankino court.

Question from the representative of the state prosecution Semenenko to the defendant: How then was the investigator or the operational officer made aware that the case regarding Zander was being conducted in the Ostankino court by Judge Matveev?

Answer: This appeal is falsified based on those letters that were received. I did not write them; they were written under the dictation of certain organs.

Question from the court to the defendant: You said that even with Reznik himself, there were comments regarding Art. 207 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and the application of the amnesty act. And did Reznik explain to you? that amnesty is applied? if the person admits guilt?

Answer: Amnesty is given not only for persons who fall under this, but also for those persons who initiate this case. Reznik told me that this is an instruction to the investigative bodies which cannot initiate a criminal case. I do not admit to the elements of Art. 207 and 205.

Question from lawyer Chernousov to the defendant: In court, Tumasyan gave testimony that you gave her a handwritten text and asked her to type it on a computer, and it turned out that she saved this text; how do you explain this?

Answer: There is a rule of work: if I write in my own handwriting to someone, I do not force people to rewrite it and put their signature; if I had committed such an oversight and given her the manuscript, then I would have ensured that it was destroyed. I had opportunities in my work to type it myself or give this paper to someone else to type.

Question from lawyer Chernousov to the defendant: During the investigation? when the case under Art. 207 was initiated, did the investigator present you with a document and record in the protocol that in the event of your admission of Art. 207, the criminal case is subject to termination?

Answer: No. But the investigator told me that he considers me as a recidivist.