ONE OF THEIR OWN AMONG STRANGERS

The "own man" was to become a mediator between the investigator and the relatives in the transfer of money. For this, Turlaev promised lawyer Shakhnazarov: "There will be no end of clients." As for Kharatokov, for "changing the charges," according to the lawyer, investigator Turlaev requested 8 thousand dollars. The relatives of the person under investigation did not have such a sum, and the lawyer refused him.

• In six months, I had 9 clients, - the lawyer continues. - Turlaev and his right hand Alexander Solzhenitsyn said simply: "The lawyer you hired won't help you, try to agree on a defense with Shakhnazarov." Money flowed in a stream for everything: for meetings, for release on bail, for closing the case... The amounts requested were different: from one thousand to ten thousand dollars.

From the letter of the convicted Rus-...

As already mentioned, the investigative team, which included Turlaev and Solzhenitsyn, was headed by Igor Tkachev. During his "cooperation" with the investigators, lawyer Shakhnazarov made a discovery:

• The scheme, as I understood it, is simple. During the investigation, everyone was detained indiscriminately. More than half had to be released. Turlaev asked me to convey the following to the relatives of the innocent: we will release them on bail for 3 thousand bucks, and then you add another one and we will close the case. That is, people were arrested who were absolutely uninvolved in any explosions, conspiracies, etc. And money was simply extorted from them.

My client Stanislav Barkashvili was detained by traffic police at a post. This person was not on the wanted list, which I later verified. Nevertheless, the prosecutor's office gave instructions to this post that such-and-such a car would be passing by and should be detained. An acquaintance lawyer approached me. He asked me to find out what could be done for his client Barkashvili - at that time he represented his interests. And he immediately explained that when he approached investigator Turlaev to talk about the client's case, he advised him to talk to me, saying there is such a Shakhnazarov and only he is able to resolve this issue.

My task was simple - to find out how much Barkashvili's freedom costs. I found out - he would be released from the walls of the detention center for 10 thousand dollars. The lawyer of the person under investigation decides to get out of the "game," terminates the contract with Barkashvili's relatives, and I immediately take on this case. In the pre-trial detention center, I learned that my client had made several attempts...

HOW ANDREI ADOLFOVICH QUARRELED WITH VASILY NIKOLAEVICH

Who knows how long the "strawberries and cream" between the lawyer and the investigators would have lasted if not for one incident. The brother and sister Semenov from Kabardino-Balkaria fell under the "suspicious eye" of the investigative team.

• For their release, Turlaev demanded 6 thousand dollars, - the lawyer continues. - Relatives of this amount were not found. Under pressure, we handed it over to me with a request to release Maryam first. However, Turlaev released Anzor. The Semenov relatives also made attempts through their own channels in terms of release, and they decided that Anzor did not get out through me. It turns out that I pocketed the money.

A similar situation occurred with the detainee Ruslan Koichuev. Stories...

...conducting operational actions where he was supposed to hand over "marked" bills to Turlaev. But it didn't come to that, because according to the law on the prosecutor's office, no special service has the right to interfere in the affairs of the venerable department. In short, all "misunderstandings" related to the department are resolved by the department itself. The result: "During the check, the arguments set forth in Shakhnazarov's statement were not confirmed, in connection with which the initiation of a criminal case was refused." This is regarding Turlaev and Solzhenitsyn. On March 26, a criminal case was initiated against Shakhnazarov himself under Art. 306 part 2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation - for a knowingly false denunciation.

Let's try to summarize: we have no right to take the liberty of asserting whether Shakhnazarov handed over money to the investigators or not. This is known only to the prosecutor's office itself. The question is different. If such a practice really exists, then for some 3-5 thousand dollars, real terrorists who encroach on the integrity of the state may end up free. And this is, in essence, high treason. In all times and in all countries, the talk with traitors was short. And it is also possible that another thing is happening - speculation on the "Terrorism" article has been put on stream.

Sergey TROFIMOV.

P.S. Unfortunately, today's rules of investigation, and even more so their application in practice, are far from perfect. Many witnesses who have been in the role of a suspect, and their relatives, are scared to death of a repeat of this unpleasant and expensive procedure. They live in fear, in eternal expectation... Therefore, and only therefore, the names and surnames of some witnesses have been changed at their own request.