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Angels and demons of the Palace of Justice
It turns out that there are wise judges and fair prosecutors. Adventures of "Rus Sitting" in a French prison
“If an angel was sitting on the bench today, then in the ideal world we would have nothing to do,” says a representative gray -haired gentleman in a mantle. This is a lawyer. “But we are not making things in angels, but to ordinary people,” he continues. The judge smiled.
Musketeers twenty years later
Paris, Palace of Justice. A serious business about embezzlement in the travel agency is obeyed. In the bench of the defendants - an organized criminal community, as they say in our Criminal Code. The accomplices are accused of decorating several million euros - that is, a particularly large size. Everything is here: from the director to the cleaning lady of the travel agency. They were not brought to Avtosak in handcuffs, they came here with their feet, taking a bath at home and drinking a cup of coffee.
This business is versed in 18 (!) Years. None of the accused during this time has been in jail. The older accused - the owner of the travel agency - is already 75 years old. Until 2002, it was about the embezzlement of French francs, then everything was transferred for a long time in euros.
Monsieur N single -handedly own several companies, all of them were engaged in the provision of services in the field of tourism. Including he handed over apartments to tourists, that is, he owned several apartments. There was a cleaning lady in the travel agency, who was cleaned there, as well as in personal housing, Monsieur N. And the insidious Monsieur N this part of the cleaner’s salary attributed to corporate expenses, and this amount was deducted from taxes. The cleaning lady is also to blame, because she was in the know and did not protest. Monsieur N, his deputies, as well as office workers, had the habit of dining with clients, taking them to shopping, in which they themselves took part, and wrote the costs of corporate expenses in the most impudently. So € 6 million were spent. As a result of an endless lawsuit, Monsieur N took his apartments, then he was counted € 1 million supplied, which he had to make to the budget, then a mistake was discovered, and this million returned to Monsieur N. The court proved that all the outrages with taxes and corporate expenses that were sinned by Monsieur N were made for the benefit of business, and not for the benefit of business, and not for the benefit of business. personal enrichment.
“The company accused of embezzlement is innocent. Because they spent not on themselves, but because the business could not develop differently. The prosecutor accuses them of stole them at home. Who is crazy here? I am sure that there are no crazy people here. ” Now the whole college of judges smiles to a gray -haired man. The prosecutor raised his beautiful head, shook a wave of dark hair, Volooko looked into the hall: this is a “demon” of Vrubel, only more beautiful. The demon nervously interprets thin fingers - he has a very strong opponent, the advantage is clearly on the side of protection. In his indictment, the metal prosecutor on their heads of thunder and lightning: such and such, to say to everyone. And the chief of the villain is sentenced for a period of 12.
Months.
Conditionally.
The rest of the fines.
Everyone is shocked by the bestial grin and require a complete excuse. Judging by the development of events, they will receive it. It was February 15 at the Palace of Justice in Paris. I accidentally found myself at the time of the denouement of this judicial drama. There were many young people in the hall, probably the grandchildren of the accused. The young bailiff sympathized with everyone obviously. He encouraged everyone he could, with his eyes and a sweet smile. His pale blue, freshly shirt exuded a weak smell of something that I would call a violet, and on his back it was finely written: Gendarmerie.
For some reason, I continuously think about Hamsud and the second process over Khodorkovsky and Lebedev. For some reason, in France, everyone understands that even a madman will not steal himself.
First dungeon Madame Norall
Ksenia Norall and I, from the “sitting Rus'”, with our lawyer, his assistant and translator (for me, since Ksenia speaks freely in French) at the court hearings in the Palace of Justice all day. Norall's case was listed last. It turned out to be a complete misunderstanding: Ksenia, a citizen of Great Britain, lived in France for many years, worked as an accountant, and then met Gena, married and left for Russia. Meanwhile, the company went bankrupt, and the manager dumped bankruptcy on Ksenia, since it was no longer in France.
Ksenia has not been here since 2009. But in January of this year, she drove into Lill in the affairs of “Rus' sitting”, because near the city of Lill in the north of France we live Julia Montel, also an activist of “Rus Sitting”, we met her in the Ostashkov (!) In the process of Ilya Farber, she read about him in the newspapers and arrived. Our man.
On January 17, Julia led Ksenia to the station and waved her pen: Ksenia was returning to London. But Ksenia did not sit on the train, she was detained in passport control - the name was found in the computer of the border guards: it turned out that Ksenia was wanted. But no one knew why. Ksenia was carried into an analogue what is called the linear department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. It became clear that the warrant for the detention of Ksenia was discharged in Paris, that is, the Parisian business. Ksenia was serene, for she knew the French laws and law enforcement well, and therefore did not call anyone-why to disturb the people, when the misunderstanding was about to be resolved. Ksenia was taken to the Police of Lill Police. There, kind gendarmes were about to arrest Ksenia, but realized that while they scratched the turnip, one and a half hours passed, and this is the maximum time for which a person can be detained. There was an evening of Thursday, traffic jams, and the gendarmes did not have time, although they turned on the flashing light. And they said: "You need to come to the gendarmerie on Friday by 9 am." They put it again in their car and already without a flashing machine to the hotel. They landed in front of Novotel and left.
By 9 in the morning, Ksenia appeared. The gendarmes were extremely kind, they said that in the interests of Madame to find out what was happening - for they do not know. But here you have coffee and croissant. And here is another coffee and croissant. And so for two hours. Ksenia again did not call anyone serene, for Uncle the gendarme assured that only Randev and the judge were required of Ksenia. The judge, of course, will let her go by appointing a new rendezvous moment, there can be no talk of any detention or arrest. He did not deceive, but lost sight of the fact that the case of Madame Norall is not Lillesk, but Parisian. And the judge in Lille Ksenia arrested on Friday evening, and the gendarmes put Ksenia (without handcuffs) in their car and entered the city of Lille. Where she was taken from her phone and computer. So Ksenia did not call anyone.
If she were simply detained by the police on the street on suspicion of anything, then she would have the right to a call, but not from her cell phone. And since she was wanted by court order, she was not allowed to call as a hiding criminal. She was wanted as a person in respect of whom an absentee sentence entered into force - for the deliberate bankruptcy of the company.
After spending a weekend in a prison in Lille, early on Monday, Ksenia went to Paris on a car carrier of the Renault System on Monday. It was in Paris that this business was supposed to be resolved.
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The gendarmes were extremely kind, they said that in the interests of Madame to find out what was happening - for they do not know. But here you have coffee and croissant. And here is another coffee and croissant
" The second dungeon Madame Norall
Here is what Madame Norall tells: “I was brought to prison in Paris is not a prison, but rather a KPZ where I had to wait for a court to wait for a prevention. The KPZ is located in the same place where the court, that is, in the palace of justice in the center of Paris, in Sita, 100 meters from Saint-Whale. Everything is insanely old there, the times of Maria Antoinette. The height of the ceiling is twenty meters. Monkey without gratings, made as aquariums, but at the same time locks up with huge old keys. There are three aquariums in the female department, gypsies sit in them, waiting for the trial. Actually, on that day there were only gypsies and me. The nuns are fed, adapted and talking. They fit and ask: do you want to drink? Eat? To the toilet? Are there any needs? I spent it all day until 9 pm, because the judge was busy. But while the court was waiting, I had a meeting with the prosecutor, that is, the prosecutor. I was brought to her handcuffs. When they came to the office, the handcuffs were removed. The prosecutor said that she would petition for my imprisonment in anticipation of the court. I declared my disagreement with this, because I then cannot be effectively defended. The date of the date ended, and they led me back to the aquarium. At 9 pm we called to the judge, the convoy and I wandered for a long time on the underground catacombs and corridors and got lost. I said: “Oh, I'm afraid, I am afraid,”-to defuse the situation. And the convoy seriously began to persuade me not to be afraid and cooed with me like a child, saying that everything would be fine with me. The judges came to the room, the prosecutor was sitting there, another (the very beautiful demon who participated in the meeting after three weeks. - OR). I was offered a chair, I sat down, and my convoy remained nearby - like a gentleman. And then three girls in the mantles flew into me - as I later understood, in lawyers. They began to twitter the fact that the Parisian friend of the “sitting” by the “sitting” Monsieur Bondarev brought the bail for Ksenia and sent the necessary papers, and also talked with the famous human rights lawyer, who agreed to engage in this case. The judge listened to all the parties and decided to let me go on a subscription about a lower way for three weeks. I left the Palace of Justice, a taxi was waiting for me on the street, and I left. ”
I must say that this is a rather rare story. But French justice delved, figured out and released under the subscription, realizing that the matter was not so obvious and there was no reason to delay Madame.
I darted to Paris, because in Russia in Bolotnaya Ksenia met me, and now Madame Norall has an activist of Rus Sitting and leads a lot of our projects.
Strength is in truth, sister
Madame Norall was scheduled for February 15. In anticipation of Ksenia, she lived freely in Paris, talked with lawyers, sat on the Internet, called her husband, went to cafes and shops and went to several human rights seminars and symposia already in the affairs of “Rus' -sitting”. On one of them, she met Bill Broud*, for example.
| *William Brauder is the head of Hermitage Capital, who has lobbied Magnitsky’s act in the US Congress (interview with him - in The New Times No. 3 of February 4, 2013 ) |
And when I came to the process, I immediately took the opportunity to talk with new friends of Ksenia, French human rights activists and lawyers. And I heard from them a lot of curious about the construction of French law enforcement.
Oh-la-la, the French told me from justice, our justice is so imperfect, the trials last for so long, a person sits in the preliminary for a long time, after which he can be released without punishment. Then they complained about difficulties with the jury: of course, no one wants to go to the jury due to impressions. “I had to see twice how on processes where they don’t consider anything like that, the jury faints,” one human rights activist told me. "The prosecutor can reject the candidates of the four jury, and the protection - five." "Why is this such unequal?" - I was surprised. The human rights activist looked at me as a deeply dense person. "Because the force should be on the side of protection." They usually take jury according to external national and sexual characteristics. If a person is judged with an unclear skin color, then lawyers usually reject white. If they are judged for rape, then they reject women.
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| It is difficult to distinguish lawyers from prosecutors |
At first glance, it is very difficult to distinguish a lawyer from a judge or from a prosecutor. They are all in the mantles. Opposite the Palace of Justice in Sita, a whole store of mantles and other devices, but without a certificate they will not sell anything to you. The simplest mantles of lawyers: black, with a black scarf, a white pleated shirt in front. In the judges and the prosecutors, the scarf is trimmed with white fur (artificial, of course). There would be a scarf not black, but red, they would all look like Santa Claus. Judges still have burgundy membranes in the Manishki area. In the mantle and the secretary of the court. At our meeting, the secretary was a very sweet and caring blonde with a black velvet bow in her hair - very beautiful. I needed to leave the hall in the middle of the meeting: the secretary took me to the outer doors, and in the hallway she stopped me and insisted that I always put a coat, because it was cold in the corridor. Opening the door for me, she found the television cameras behind the door. And I am a very special correspondent of the Russia TV channel Olga Skabeeva with a reputation as a custom -made telekiller. The secretary asked me: these cameras for you or against you? Alas, against. The secretary made some of its conclusions and closed the door behind me ... Our listening ended pretty quickly and quite simple. No one was shocked except me. I could not believe in what I saw and heard: in a fair prosecutor who does not require the application of all types of punishments known to him, in wise judges who asked human questions and delved into the essence. The judge asked Ksenia (purely theoretically): why did she not violate the recognizance not to leave? Ksenia replied: "I am standing here in front of you because I wanted to appear in front of the French court." Because the court will figure it out and will be fair. How we were wealthy from this.
William Burdon, lawyer:
“Madame Norall was accused of participating in deliberate bankruptcy, and subsequently hid from the investigation. But, having examined all the documents we submitted, the court found that Madame Norall was not hiding from the investigation, she simply lived in Russia and therefore could not receive the summons. Because of this, the court at one time passed without her participation, and the judges were very gestures: in France, like in any country, they do not like when the suspects are hiding from the investigation.
The final verdict will be announced on July 7. However, today we can say what it will be: judges rarely let the suspects before the end of the hearings, even without a subscription about the lower right to leave. This means that the accusations made against my client are so unproven that there is no need for the court to worry that Madame Norall can hide. ”
Photos: Olga Romanova, AFP