Articles of the Criminal Code

• Part 3 of Article 285 of the CC RF (abuse of official position, which caused grave consequences for the state). The essence of this charge is that I allegedly failed to destroy a number of documents in 1984-1996, information from which I reported to former FSB Colonel Shebalin, thereby causing significant damage to Russia's security.
• Part 1 of Article 283 of the CC RF (disclosure of information constituting a state secret) - in fact, I was accused and am now being tried for passing information about "Abdul" and the upcoming action in "Nord-Ost". Formally, for passing to Shebalin, for transfer to the FSB, summaries of wiretapped telephone conversations, where the subject is a person possibly involved with terrorists.
• Part 1 of Article 222 of the CC RF (illegal acquisition, storage, transportation of ammunition). This refers to those cartridges (19 pcs.) that were planted in my apartment to justify their illegal intrusion into it.

The case is clearly a contract job, political, aimed at intimidating me and teaching me not to stick my nose where it doesn't belong, that is, to prevent me from freely practicing law and defending the rights of citizens.

Proof that the case is a contract job and has a political coloring are the following facts:

• A) 90% of the witnesses (and there are more than 30 of them) testify about the circumstances of working with me in the KGB, MB RF in the period from 1984 to 1993 – that is, more than 10 years ago. They do not testify about anything criminal. According to the criminal legislation of Russia, none of the articles charged against me covers a statute of limitations of more than 10 years in accordance with Art. 78 of the CC RF. Consequently, I am being tried for acts that are not punishable under the criminal legislation of Russia.
• B) Art. 285 of the CC RF, which I am charged with, was enacted on January 1, 1997, and I held official powers until August 1996. In accordance with Art. 9 and Art. 10 of the CC RF, I cannot be tried under Art. 285. Again – illegal charging and criminal prosecution.