Master class in the court of the Pacific Fleet Interrogation of witnesses began in the trial of military journalist Grigory Pasko. An extremely important stage, since the whole accusation is based on this. Well, for example: “He left the office of NHK, ...

Master class in the court of the Pacific Fleet

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trial of military journalist Grigory Pasko, a questioning of witnesses began. An extremely important stage, since the whole accusation is based on this. Well, for example: "He walked out of the NHK office, holding a photocopier at arm's length, pressing it to his torso."

All this action in the courtroom was more like a seminar at the Faculty of Journalism, which, however, was attended by the acting Vice Admiral Alexander Konev, former press secretary of the Pacific Fleet Viktor Ryzhkov and about a dozen more journalists.

Alexander Konev confirmed that Grigory Pasko made all his business trips to sensitive facilities with his permission in the prescribed manner, and the former press secretary of the Pacific Fleet told the court that he “controlled the flow of information, directing them in the right direction, guided by intuition and instructions from the head Chief Military Directorate of Information and Press Valery Manilov.

Anatoly Fomin, a former employee of the Battle Watch newspaper, generally said a thing that horrified the prosecutor: when they worked together with Pasko at a military technical base, they had from 4 to 6 officers who controlled the work so that, God forbid, at least piece of something else.

Stringers Yury Deka and Nikolay Unagaev told the court what atmosphere reigned and reigns in the NHK office. It turns out that the usual creative, and not the same as in the spy nest. By the way, they also explained how the operation to detain and charge Grigory Pasko began. A week before his arrest, around October 13-14, a group of journalists working in the village of Khasan was detained by special services and during interrogations they demanded testimony against Grigory Pasko, threatening them with everything they could.

Witness Yuri Ralin said that he also felt something unkind in our glorious jurisprudence, noting that the entire protocol was written instead of him by the investigator of the FSB of the Pacific Fleet and he was not even allowed to make changes. And then, when the former prosecutor of the Pacific Fleet, Konstantin Osipenko, during a friendly conversation in the prosecutor's office, affectionately said: do you mind if I draw up all this as a protocol? - it was too late to object, because the plane with the future "spy" Pasko was already flying up to Vladivostok from Tokyo ...

By the way, Grigory Pasko was never fired from the army. Despite the decision of the Leninsky District Court. To Pasko's question: "How so?" - at the headquarters of the fleet they answered him: “Well, you understand, old man, they called ... You know where ... "

Novaya Gazeta from the courtroom, Vladivostok