In the Kremlin

Than to count the cumushuska ...

May 27, 2008 Natella Boltyanskaya

Dmitry Medvedev calls on the media to be more actively involved in the fight against corruption . According to official reports, the president accepted in the Kremlin the chairman of the Union of Journalists Vsevolod Bogdanov. The latter complained that journalists sometimes do not actively participate in the life of society and the state. I want to say: "... (sexual action) and cry." The complete impression that we again invited the Varangians to the kingdom - one as the president, and the other as the chairman of the Union of Journalists. Since such ignorance of Russian realities looks simply offensive. Interestingly, such a name as Yuri Shchekochikhin says something to both the chiefs-the head of our homeland and the head of our journalists? Or maybe they do not remember the fate of Yuri Petrovich? So I remind you. One of the last affairs that Yuri Shchokochikhin was engaged in as a journalist and deputy of the State Duma is the case of “three whales”. Shchekochikhin sent several requests to the Prosecutor General, FSB, the State Customs Committee and the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He received serious documents that testified that the case was not limited to smuggling. It was about laundering millions of dollars through Bank of OF New York and, possibly, about the trade in weapons. Former and current high -ranking employees of the Russian special services, as well as persons from the presidential administration, were also involved in the case.

Yuri Shchekochikhin was also one of the initiators and consistent supporters of the parliamentary appeal to the president “On the improper attitude to the performance of the official duties of deputy prosecutor generals of the Russian Federation Yu.S. Biryukova and Kolmogorova V.V. ". The State Duma never accepted this document. The Corruption Commission did not manage to issue it accordingly.

In 2002-2003, Yuri Shchokochikhin received anonymous calls with threats - both in his address and to his son. Then two unknown people attacked Shchekochikhin at the entrance of his house and hid on the bright "Volga". The son of Yuri Shchekochikhin was allocated. Shchekochikhin refused the guard.

He repeatedly said that friends from the special services warned him about a serious danger, consulted with his colleagues about whether it was necessary to seriously perceive these warnings and how to act in such a situation.

In June 2003, in connection with the fact that there were still no accused in the “three whales”, Yuri Shchekochikhin met with representatives of the FBI. The conversation was, among other things, about this smuggling case, in which, according to the documents of the German criminal police, there was a laundering of money through Bank of the New York. After a preliminary conversation in Moscow, Shchokochikhin was going to visit the United States to detailed discussion of this story. An American visa was received and the names of employees of law enforcement agencies of the United States had to be communicated.

On July 3, 2003, Yuri Shchekochikhin died of a sudden and fleeting disease. According to the official version, the reason was a very rare acute allergic reaction, although Shchokochikhin never suffered from allergies. (Thanks to Novaya Gazeta for a brief certificate.)

Maybe the trouble is that tickling (what is his name colleagues) turned on early? Well, at that time there was no directive from Dmitry Anatolyevich ... Yes, Dmitry Anatolyevich himself quietly scurried around the Kremlin corridors and did not think about any fight against corruption. Well, this, you understand, is the past. But now the time has come, maybe they will take it, putting up the sleeves? Firstly, it would be necessary to get a reliable answer about how the strange death of Yuri Petrovich is connected with his anti-corruption activity. Perhaps the president simply forgot about Shchekochina. So I remind Mr. Medvedev, so that when he next time he goes to set his surname in search, he remembers the death of Shchekochin and the case that he did not end to the end. And do not forget that Paul Khlebnikov also investigated suspicious business transactions and corruption in Russia. And the US Congress believes that the death of a journalist Khlebnikov is also associated with his professional activities. True, Khlebnikov was not a citizen of Russia, maybe that's why his anti -corruption investigations ended so sadly? There is another name in the list of journalists who tried to fight corruption. Maybe Dmitry Anatolyevich does not know him? This is Natalia Morar, who from December 16, 2007 is prohibited from entering the territory of the Russian Federation. Or did she also start to fight corruption at the wrong time? Somehow it would be necessary to figure out both the President of the Russian Federation and the chairman of the Union of Journalists. And now I remembered, there was one strange guy who, right in the face of Dmitry Anatolyevich’s predecessor, said: “Mr. President, your officials bribe takers and thieves ...” With these officials, everything is all right, and they continue to replenish the Forbes list, but the author of the careless phrase will sunbathe in Chita for several days. You say, not for these words? And I think that including for them. So, as Dmitry Anatolyevich already said, not yet entering into the responsible position of the President of All Rus', you need to start with yourself. Suddenly they will really start, otherwise it’s not serious somehow. Moreover, I personally are completely ready to help the president in this difficult matter. I have no scepter and nuclear suitcase, but I know exactly how to do it. So, it must be investigated without fools the cause of the death of Shchekochikhin and give society true information about the “three whales”. Express your opinion about the publications of Natalia Moral. If in her articles there is a untrue, file a lawsuit for slander, with the complete publicity of the process. And if everything is true there, then start the investigation on those defendants that Morary writes about. Yes, and the journalist itself would be apologized to Russia. It would be nice in the case of Khlebnikov to get some kind of information. And then it is interesting for us. Fight corruption - journalists. To die - also to reporters. And the objects of their investigations are to swell from unrighteously acquired money and feel their impunity. Natella Boltyanskaya

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