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One of the organizers of the murder of Anna Politkovskaya was convicted for 11 years

One of the organizers of the murder of Anna Politkovskaya was convicted for 11 years

Gulchehhra Ibrahimov regulator (left) and Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov (right), organizer of the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, in the meeting room of the Moscow City Court on December 12, 2012

“I want to apologize to the Anna Stepanovna family for those acts that, by my fault, wasn’t my fault ... have happened”-Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov, the former head of the 2nd department of the 4th department of the operational-search department of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate in Moscow, one of the organizers of the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, slowly and monotonously. The process in his case took place in the largest hall of the new building of the Moscow City Court: light green walls, portraits of famous lawyers and philosophers: Cicero, Montesquieu, Koni, Polleko. Two glass akvarium cells for the defendants, in each can fit up to 12 people. In the Moscow City Court they say: this is a hall for resonant matters. Is it not for large political processes?

“I repent of what I was drawn into,” Pavlyuchenkov continued. - This does not mean that I, as they said, take orders for murder and the like. Those people with whom life pushed me are people of a certain character warehouse ... The situation was a little difficult. They knew that I was not a person from their circle, and they knew that it was just that all this would not remain. And the binding between them and the service that was supervised, I was. Therefore, in December, they decided to kill me as well as they kill a lot of people. I was lucky that I stayed to live ... You can say a lot, but it will not make it easier for the Politkovskaya family or my family ... I just want to apologize to everyone again ... I want to ask for human forgiveness from Anna Stepanovna's family. ”

Judge Alexander Zamashnyuk announced a break for an hour. I went to write a sentence.

Deal

The trial lasted only two days: Pavlyuchenkov made a deal with the investigation, and the consideration of the case took place in a special order - without witnesses, without presenting evidence in the case. Pavlyuchenkov, accused under a difficult article “Murders for hiring committed by a group of persons by prior conspiracy” (paragraphs “B”, “F”, “Z”, 105 h. 2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation; the term of eight years to a lifelong time) was released from the pre -trial detention center under house arrest and came to the Moscow City Court, as if he had not been accused of preparing such loud murder.

The prosecutor of Gulchera Ibrahimov, the one who supported the state prosecution in the second case of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev in the Khamovnichesky court, impassively read the indictment. Pavlyuchenkov “spoke in detail about the preparation of the commission of a crime, gave truthful and detailed testimony, described the role of other accomplices, and also talked about other resonant matters that are in the production of the Investigative Committee,” Ibragimova read with a tongue twister.

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The binding between them and the service that was observed, I was. Therefore, in December they decided to kill me, just as they kill a lot of people

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Judge Zamashnyuk asked Pavlyuchenkov if he pleaded guilty to whether he refuses the transaction with the investigation. The former policeman pleaded guilty and confirmed all previous agreements. Anna Stavitskaya did not agree with these statements by the defendant, the lawyer of the victims - Ilya and Vera, the children of Anna Politkovskaya.

“Pavlyuchenkov did not fulfill the terms of the cooperation agreement in the criminal case,” said Stavitskaya. - He gave the obligation to truthfully name the name of the customer of the murder and completely inform the investigator about his participation in the crime. He did not do this. " Therefore, the side of the victims asked the court to return the case to the prosecutor and unite him with the case of other defendants accused of the murder of the Novaya Gazeta observer. The court refused the petition.

Large indications

The family of Anna Politkovskaya believes that Pavlyuchenkov knows the name of the murder customer and hides him. Boris Berezovsky did not believe his testimonies that the victims did not believe in the murder.

“He downgives his role in the crime, in fact he played the most active role,” says Anna Stavitskaya. - It was he who organized surveillance of Politkovskaya, took out a gun with a silencer, handed it to the murder to the performer. He justifies himself by falling into a hopeless situation: he was involved in this matter by Lom Ali Gaitukaev*. Here is how he spoke about Gaitukaev during interrogation: he “enjoys great authority in the criminal world, among Chechens and militants and is capable of much, including killing me or any of my family members. In addition, I understood who Berezovsky and Zakayev are, and since the order came from them and I was informed about this, I would have to participate in this in any case, since there was a real threat to the life of my and my relatives. ”

“Such evidence is doubtful,” comments Stavitskaya’s lawyer. “Pavlyuchenkov could not, who worked in law enforcement for a long time, agree to participate in the murder only because of imaginary threats.”

Unidentified customer

“My client learned about the customer of the murder of Politkovskaya from Lom Ali Gaitukaev, who told him that big people came to him from birch. They told Gaitukaev that there would be work, not so much, but it would be well paid, ”says Pavlyuchenkova’s lawyer Karen Nersesyan. - More Pavlyuchenkov knows nothing. Now the investigation is to check this version. As far as I know, the case of the customer of the crime is allocated in a separate proceeding. The investigating authorities complained: to establish involvement in the murder of Berezovsky and Zakayev, legal assistance from England is needed. And they did not provide such assistance. ”

It is interesting that the former policeman Pavlyuchenkov called the names of Berezovsky and Zakayev only during the first interrogations, and already closer to the end of the investigation, he “went to refuse”.

So in the final edition of the indictment, investigators did not name either Berezovsky or Zakayev. The following is said about the customer there: “Around June - July of 2006 in Moscow, a person unidentified by the investigation, being dissatisfied with the reversing publications of the newspaper New Gazeta, A. Politkovskaya On violations of human rights, thefts of state property and excesses by officials of official powers, proposed L.A.A. Gaitukaev For a monetary reward to organize and commit her murder, to which he gave his consent. At the same time, as a reward, as well as to organize and commit this crime, the unidentified person transferred L.A.A. to Gaitukaev at least $ 150 thousand. ”

Who?

A memorial plaque on the house at the address: Lesnaya Street, 8, where Anna Politkovskaya lived and was killed and killed

It was interesting that four years ago, in 2008, the indictment of the murder of Anna Politkovskaya on the customer was said a little differently: “Around the end of September 2006, in the city of Moscow, S.G. Khadzhihkurnanov, who freed the deprivation of liberty on September 22, 2006, turned unidentified by the investigation, displeased by critical and interpreting publications and interpreting publications and intercessors The observer of the newspaper "New Gazeta" by A. Politkovskaya To officials and persons holding public positions in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation with a proposal for monetary reward to organize the murder of the latter. ”

For four years, the investigation was looking for a customer and established that the murder ordered one “unidentified person”, and not a “several”. The motivation of the customer has also changed. In 2008, investigators noted that the customer could hurt the articles of Politkovskaya, relating to persons “holding government positions in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation”. In 2012, they were paraphrased by lowering the position of people who were “tamed” by publications. Now we are talking about journalistic materials criticizing "violations of human rights, theft of state property and exceeding official powers by officials."

From witnesses to the defendants

The trial in 2009 ended with an acquittal for all defendants in the case. The jury recognized the Makhmudov brothers innocent, who were accused of monitoring the journalist. Now they are at large, under the subscription of the lower away. They also acquitted Sergei Khadzhikurbanov. Soon he was convicted of extorting money from Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov. The alleged killer of Anna Politkovskaya, the older brother of the Makhmudovs, was not in that process. He was arrested only last year.

Lom-Ali Gaitukaev then acted as a witness, like Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov. In the second large trial, which will probably begin in the spring of 2013 and will be held with the participation of the jury, in the Moscow City Court on the bench will be the entire organized crime group. Now the investigation is considered by the investigation by Lom-Ali Gaitukaev, Sergey Khadzhikurbanov, Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov. Rustem Makhmudov calls the accusation the contractor, and his two brothers Jabrail and Ibrahim - accomplices.

Electoral humanism

Former policeman Pavlyuchenkov, when he was detained on August 23, 2011, did not admit his guilt. But eight days have passed, he confessed everything and entered into a pre -trial agreement on cooperation with the investigation. Why?

“A man lived with this load for several years, he was interrogated, twitched. The investigator was very lucky: he called my client to frankness, managed to find the key to him, and Pavlyuchenkov testified, ”says lawyer Karen Nersesyan.

In fact, everything was not quite as the defender of the former head of the “outdoor” claims. As the New Gazeta wrote, a close acquaintance of Pavlyuchenkov turned to the editor, who said that he was one of the organizers of the murder.

Then the investigation found other witnesses who told about the role of Pavlyuchenkov in the murder of Anna Politkovskaya. And it turned out that not only the Makhmudov brothers, but also the “Toptuns” under the leadership of Pavlyuchenkov, followed the observer of Novaya Gazeta. Probably, realizing that this time he would not be able to “jump”, the former head of the search department of the Moscow Central Internal Affairs Directorate passed the rest, thereby lowering his term.

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In the second large trial, which will be held with the participation of jury, in the Moscow City Court on the dock, the entire organized crime group will be

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During interrogations, Pavlyuchenkov told how he attracted his employees, for whom it was a familiar “hack”. He paid them $ 100-150 per day.

“If Pavlyuchenkov had not concluded a deal with justice, then the case would never have been disclosed,” the lawyer Nersesyan continues. - The investigation showed real humanism to my client. In May, he changed the measure of restraint for house arrest. In prison, his life was in real danger. He participated in the Afghan war. He was shell -shocked there. If he remained in a pre -trial detention center, he would die. If you wish a man with a slow death - put him in a Russian prison. ”

Electoral humanism: under house arrest, a person who admitted a terrible crime was released, and the half -glued Vladimir Akimenkov, accused in the “swamp case”, is rotting in prison, waiting for him to finally blind, the humanism of the Russian law enforcement system is true.

Judge Zamashnyuk showed condescension to Pavlyuchenkov: instead of 12 years, which the prosecutor asked for, he appointed 11 years in a maximum security colony. Five minutes after the announcement of the sentence, three employees of the convoy service entered the hall. Pavlyuchenkov put on a dark green down jacket, took a large sports bag, two packages with cigarette blocks and went to a pre-trial detention center.

Photos: AFP, Gennady Gulyaev/Kommersant