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Dmitry Troyan headed the St. Petersburg city and Leningrad regional branches of the All-Russian Society of Motorists. This is a very old organization, its roots go back to Soviet times. I can’t say that its activities are very noticeable and cause a lot of resonance; they are mainly engaged in economic activities and rarely participate in “media” events.

Dmitry’s death, in my opinion, was preceded by a number of important events that may be connected with it. First of all, it is important that he was involved in garages. Unfortunately, garages and the construction sector in general, both in Moscow and St. Petersburg, are an extremely criminalized area. As a rule, any attempts by public organizations to protect the rights of citizens in this area (and, as far as I know, Dmitry fought for both the rights of beneficiaries and the rights of veterans) are perceived quite sharply. Perhaps he crossed someone's path. In St. Petersburg, the problem with garages is no less acute than in Moscow: massive construction - garages are subject to demolition - the owners are protesting. And such problems are solved in Russia, as is known, quite harshly: development companies, officials, and criminals are involved here.

Second point. Dmitry supported the project of the Moscow branch of the SAI. They have developed a project for prefabricated garages, and are now patenting it. Dmitry received this idea with great enthusiasm and really wanted to implement this project in St. Petersburg. This can also be seen as competition with established players in this market.

Third. At the last congress of the SAI, Dmitry advocated for reforms in the organization (and the organization, as I already said, is the oldest and huge - it has many thousands of members throughout Russia) and personnel rotation. This event also precedes his death in time.

I cannot name the reasons for this tragedy, I can only speculate and analyze. The attack occurred at one o'clock in the afternoon directly next to the office where Dmitry worked; there were three attackers; they did not take any personal belongings. All this suggests that this is a targeted attack, revenge, perhaps someone’s order. And, most likely, this should be related to his human rights activities.

All this causes great concern. It turns out that criminal relations between business and government are already affecting public organizations and human rights activists. As far as I know, no one has voiced any versions of the murder related to Dmitry’s personal life. Apparently, this is a tragic result of his professional activities.

From Moscow experience, I can say that the construction market is extremely criminalized. By the way, when they say that the price of real estate in Moscow is market price, this is, of course, a direct deception. Because if you call it a “market,” then this market is a gangster one. Huge kickbacks. For example, in road construction, according to experts, whom I cannot help but believe, they reach 40%. Absolutely wild numbers. I think that the price of kickbacks in the construction sector is also considerable - signatures of officials are very expensive. The same picture is in St. Petersburg. We know from history that the “Italian mafia” largely grew out of construction contracts, and now we are seeing something similar in Russia. A dense tangle: of officials, construction companies, bandits whom companies hire to “solve problems” with residents, social activists, human rights activists, and journalists. This is one common brigade of officials and bandits.

This is just murder, a real murder - before, it was mainly about intimidation, bribery, and beatings. And now - murder. And if the version that it is connected with Dmitry’s professional activities is confirmed, then we can say that we live in a system where conflicts of interest are resolved not in a civilized way, but simply by the physical elimination of a person. And it is obvious that this process is not fading or decreasing, but, on the contrary, is developing quite steadily.