DECISION

City of Moscow
March 17, 2003

Judge of the Moscow Garrison Military Court, Lieutenant Colonel of Justice Tkachuk N.N., with the participation of the prosecutor - Assistant to the Chief Military Prosecutor, Colonel of Justice Kornilov V.V., and Mikhail Ivanovich Trepashkin, with Secretary Larina M.V., having considered the submission of the First Deputy Chief Military Prosecutor regarding the issuance of a finding on the presence or absence of signs of a crime provided for by Part 3 of Art. 285 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation in the actions of lawyer Trepashkin M.I., and on the granting of consent to bring lawyer Trepashkin M.I. as an accused in the commission of crimes provided for by Articles 222, Part 1; 283, Part 1; 285, Part 3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation,

HAS ESTABLISHED:

• The military court received a submission from the First Deputy Chief Military Prosecutor regarding the issuance of a finding on the presence or absence of signs of a crime provided for by Part 3 of Art. 285 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation in the actions of lawyer Trepashkin M.I., and on the granting of consent to bring lawyer Trepashkin M.I. as an accused in the commission of crimes provided for by Articles 222, Part 1; 283, Part 1; 285, Part 3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.
• The submission states that in the period from December 1993 to July 1997, Trepashkin, while serving in various positions in the state security organs of the USSR and the Russian Federation, abused his official powers, which resulted in grave consequences - the disclosure of state secrets.
• As the author of the submission notes, Trepashkin, being an official and acting out of other personal interest, repeatedly used his official powers contrary to the interests of the service, namely: