And you will answer for the Little Goat! End. Start on page 1 According to the lawyer, he really didn’t like this whole situation, nevertheless, he told Andrei Kozlenko about it himself. “He said that he had to pay, and promised that if he was released, he would pay the entire amount within one year. Moreover, Kozlenok wrote a corresponding receipt. However, it did not suit Serov, and he demanded that I write him a receipt on my own behalf. I refused, but then my client insisted that I still draw up such a paper. I was forced to do this so that my client would not suffer,” says Mr. Semenov. In the fall of 2001, the Supreme Court, when considering Mr. Semenov’s complaint, partially satisfied it and actually reduced Kozlenok’s sentence to four years, and he was soon released. “After that, my client began to openly hide,” says Mr. Semyonov. “At first he said that he would give the money back within a month as soon as he went abroad, and then he disappeared completely.” As the lawyer says, he managed to find out that Kozlenok went to Kyiv and was involved in the tobacco business there. Then the entrepreneur arranged a fictitious marriage with a Ukrainian citizen and, perhaps, even changed his last name. The defender does not rule out that after this his client could have gone to Greece, where he has a large enterprise related to high-tech production. “After Kozlenok escaped, Serov began calling me and demanding money. I explained to him that the client had not paid, and my receipt clearly stated that Serov would receive the money only after Kozlenok gave it back. But Serov insisted that “his people” contacted Kozlenok, and he allegedly said that he had paid me. Serov explained his attacks and extortion by saying that “big people” from the Armed Forces were putting pressure on him.” As a result, the lawyer began to have serious problems. At first, he and his family began receiving threats over the phone. “And on August 12 last year, two strong guys came up to me at the entrance of my house,” says the lawyer, “they showed me my receipt to Serov and said that all the money must be paid within one week, otherwise they will kill me, my wife and son. I told them that the receipt clearly states: I will give the money only if the Little Goat transfers it to me. After that they started beating me, I lost consciousness. Then I spent a long time in the hospital, and wrote a statement to the police about the attack, but no changes occurred. They still threaten me, I’m afraid to show up at home, because there are several strong guys on duty at the entrance all the time. Moreover, my former client, who served 15 years for murder, called me and said, “Petrovich, I received an order for you.” I, of course, refused, but others may agree.” Now I am extremely afraid for my life and the lives of my family. Therefore, I was simply forced to contact the media in the hope that the Prosecutor General’s Office would regard my appeal as a statement of crimes - extortion, threats to kill, attempted murder - and would initiate an appropriate criminal case.” “I am not aware of these events. Serov and I actually studied together, he worked for me for a long time, then he left, and since then I rarely see him. I have nothing to do with this case,” Rinat Smakov told us yesterday. Boris Serov himself took the appeal of the Vremya Novostey correspondent very emotionally. “What you are saying is complete nonsense. This should not be done by you, but by the investigative authorities and the prosecutor. Please don't call me again."
