Not like a sheep to the slaughter

The chief St. Petersburg policeman announced his resignation in order to stay in office. Did it help?

The head of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, Vladislav Piotrovsky, alarmed the city last Wednesday: word of mouth spread the news of his resignation. Despite the fact that by the end of the day the adjutants of the department tried to present the news by rumor, ...

The head of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, Vladislav Piotrovsky, alarmed the city last Wednesday: word of mouth spread the news of his resignation. Despite the fact that by the end of the day the adjutants of the department tried to present the news by word of mouth, it was not born out of thin air.

The head of the St. Petersburg headquarters publicly announced his intention to leave the authorities to the heads of the district police department and police department on May 31 at military certification training in Sertolov (a suburb of St. Petersburg). He explained it this way: "I'm tired of being in limbo - it interferes with work." He promised to submit a report to the Minister of Internal Affairs Rashid Nurgaliev personally on June 1. According to his acquaintances, he really left for Moscow that day. He disappeared from the coverage area of ​​the network, depriving not only journalists, but also friends of the opportunity to ask questions directly to him.

“I haven’t been to Sertolovo,” Arkady Kramarev, the former head of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region (1990–2000), said in an interview with Novaya Novaya Gazeta (under his leadership, Vladislav Piotrovsky began his service as an operative of the criminal investigation department. - N.P. ). - But the people who were there told me about Piotrovsky's statement ( the same was confirmed by Novaya's own sources in law enforcement agencies. - N.P. ). I am 99% sure that Vlad wrote the report. It is very easy to understand it: a person holds a high position, has an idea of ​​his social status, and he is not used to being treated the way other people might have endured. He wanted to decide his own fate. I waited and waited for them to decide - I got it: if you don’t want to decide - go to hell! I will decide for myself. Got it and filed a report. Satisfy, so satisfy. No—then at least he would move them. It will show that he is an active person, and not a sheep that is being led to the slaughter.

Reporting to subordinates, whom he is not obliged to inform about anything at all, about his plans, Vladislav Yuryevich, perhaps, really the only thing he wanted to achieve was to stir up the leadership. More precisely, "hurry up" the attestation commission.

Colleagues of the chief St. Petersburg policeman told Novaya Gazeta that the chief has long been nervous about the decision on his candidacy that has hung in the higher echelons of the department. Recall that Piotrovsky is one of the few police chiefs who has not yet passed the recertification of employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which started on March 1. Even the intercession of Valentina Matvienko did not help him in this matter: at the end of April, the governor of St. Petersburg sent a letter to Dmitry Medvedev asking him to recertify his subordinate as soon as possible.

On May 28, on the eve of the training camp in Sertolovo, the head of the presidential administration, Sergei Naryshkin (he was instructed by the president to head the certification commission), summed up:

- The re-certification of the highest commanding staff of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is almost completed. About 360 candidates were considered, 309 were recommended for appointment to one or another managerial position, 18 were not recommended, another 30 are still being tested. The main complaints against them are professional inconsistency and corruption. It is possible that the next stage after the check is the transfer of materials to the prosecutor's office, Naryshkin emphasized.

Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev added:

- About 15-20% of police leaders may not pass recertification. With regard to a number of candidates, including those for senior positions, there is certain information that characterizes them not from the best side. These data will be taken into account during the certification.

What reproaches against Piotrovsky can be stored in the portfolio of the Ministry of Internal Affairs?

1st version. "Pearl Ensign"

Vladislav Yurievich has been in charge of the St. Petersburg police for five years. During this time, many complaints have accumulated against him. One of the most significant is the case of the Tambov criminal gang headed by Vladimir Barsukov (Kumarin). The crime boss was eventually detained and charged by Moscow law enforcement officers.

In addition, over the past two years, the St. Petersburg police have received more and more complaints because of the cruel treatment of people. The loudest case is the "pearl ensign" Vadim Boyko, who beat several demonstrators at the protests on July 31 and called them "ferrets".

2nd version. "Golden" General

As Novaya Gazeta has learned, officials of the presidential administration doubt the accuracy of the information provided in Piotrovsky's income declarations. According to the results of 2009, Vladislav Yuryevich turned out to be the highest paid employee of the department, declaring an income of over 23 million rubles.

- My millions are received in a prosaic way, - the chief city militiaman convinced journalists. - This is income from the sale of the parents' apartment, inherited. Also, I sold a house in the area. And he honestly indicated all this in the declaration, including the bank accounts where the money is.

In addition to the bills, Piotrovsky did not hide the presence of three land plots, a residential building in the suburbs, an apartment, a summer house, a garage and a motor boat.

3rd version. big politics

In the capital's offices, the delay in the approval of the St. Petersburg police chief is also associated with an ambiguous attitude towards him in the highest echelons of power. Vladislav Yuryevich never hid that he supported Vladimir Putin in the ruling tandem. At banquets and other events, he often repeats that he sees no alternative to him. Some people are happy with this position, some are not.

By the way, as soon as the controversial information about Piotrovsky’s departure was made public, and the official bodies had not yet had time to either confirm or deny it, when a candidate to replace him immediately appeared in the media - the head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Central Federal District Valery Kozhokar. In 1963, Valery Vasilievich was lucky to be born in Leningrad and then study on the same course at the law faculty of Leningrad State University with the future president Medvedev, and in April 2011 he passed recertification, rising to the rank of lieutenant general.

There is still no news about Piotrovsky's recertification. But the press services of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation and the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region assure: the head of the police of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region does not intend to resign and has not submitted any report. On June 2, the mysterious general returned from the capital. What he returned with is a perishable mystery. If Piotrovsky himself does not disclose it in a few days, then the Ministry of Internal Affairs will announce it.

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Vladislav Yuryevich Piotrovsky - lieutenant general of militia, has been working in law enforcement since 1988. In the St. Petersburg headquarters - since 1999. Since 2006, he has been the head of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region.