The case of looting after the disaster near Smolensk was transferred to court

The case of four Russian troops accused of looting after a plane crash under the Smolensk aircraft of the President of Poland was transferred to court. This was reported by the press service of the Main Military Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee.

"A preliminary investigation was completed in the criminal case against military personnel on the draft of the military unit 06755 ordinary Sergey Syrov, Igor Pustovar, Yuri Sankov and Arthur Pankratov. They are accused of committing crimes under P.P." A "," B "2 of article 158 (the theft committed by a group of persons by preliminary defense, with the causing of a significant significant Damage to a citizen), part 3 of article 30, p. "B" of part 3 of article 158 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (attempted theft of someone else's property, committed on a large amount), "the message said.

As the investigation established, these servicemen were directed to the crash site to cordon the territory. "Not far from the place of fall, the Tu -154 cheeses found a bag with a wallet, from which he stole bank cards belonging to the deceased Secretary of the Council for the Protection of Memory, Struggle and Martyrdom of the Republic of Poland, Andgeje Pshevyznik," the release notes.

On the accounts of the stolen bank cards were funds equivalent to 379 thousand rubles. In addition, I found cheese in the pin-code wallet to the cards. Then he suggested that the other accused proposed withdrawing funds from bank cards. "Having arbitrarily left the location of the unit, they left the city of Smolensk and tried to withdraw the entire amount located on the cards. However, in connection with the established cash lifting limit, they managed to cash only 59 thousand rubles," the message said.

The criminal case with the approved indictment was sent to the Smolensk garrison military court for consideration on the merits, the press service reports. The guilty faces up to six years in prison. An additional scandalous was given the fact that all the defendants, except for the Pustovar, were previously convicted. Cheese - for robbery, Sankov - for theft, pankratov - for counterfeiting. They did not take the accused under the arrest, transferring them to the supervision of the command of the unit. In anticipation of the consideration of the case, the soldiers served military service, demobilized and are currently under subscriptions about the wizard of their place at their place of residence - in the Moscow, Kursk and Smolensk regions.

On October 20, the deputy head of the military investigation department of the UK in the Smolensk garrison, Alexander Ageshin, said that the Russian side completed the investigation of the looting case in February 2011. However, in order to bring the defendants the accusations in the final edition and the transfer of the case to the court, the investigation needs "some information from the Polish colleagues," Ageshin said. “We sent them a request for legal assistance, but still have not received all the answers we need,” he said. According to Ageshin, harsh terms were not set to the Poles. "This is a matter of an exclusively respectable attitude of Polish law enforcement officers towards us," Ageshin said.

On the morning of April 10, 2010, the Tu-154 with a Polish delegation, flying to Smolensk for commemorative events in connection with a tragedy in Katyn, crashed near Smolensk. The plane caught on the tops of trees in conditions of poor visibility due to strong fog. On board were 96 people - 88 passengers and eight crew members. No one survived. Among the dead are Polish President Lech Kachinsky and his wife Maria Kachinskaya.