In the opposition

Extraordinary incidents are not allowed!

April 10, 2013 Daily Journal

“Daily Journal” publishes a sensational document, which, without a doubt, will shed light on the events of May 6, 2012 in Bolotnaya Square. At the disposal of the editorial office received a “certificate on the results of ensuring public order and security in the city of Moscow on May 6, 2012” signed by the deputy chief of the UOOP of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for Moscow, Colonel of the police D.Yu. Deanichenko. The four sheets set out a rather detailed report on the events on Yakimanka and Bolotnaya Square, but the main thing that we would draw the attention of our readers to is the last paragraph of the document in which the final conclusion was made by the Deanichenko police!

Nikolai Svanidze , television journalist, member of the Public Chamber, member of the Presidential Council for Human Rights:

If this is a real document, then the wording, which belongs to a senior official of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, contradicts the accusations with which the investigation acts in relation to the accused in the case of May 6. This is very interesting, this is a serious document. After all, they are accused of serious violations of public order. Meanwhile, it is said that the police managed to prevent these violations. Therefore, I think that this formula will be a serious argument of protection in the process in the case of May 6. And, of course, this will not be left without attention on the part of the Group of the Council on Human Rights under the President, which is just dealing with this issue.

We, Vladimir Petrovich Lukin and I, were public observers on this procession. We really did not like the situation when people got on the asphalt. Then it was impossible for anyone to evaluate it in full - after all, it was an impromptu. We rushed from the stage where the rally was planned, on the small stone bridge, where this group of people sat on asphalt, and there we tried to ask them what was the matter and persuade them to get up and go through. Then it was not clear how much or wider the passage, which led directly to the place of the rally. And then the crush began. The main task of the Gudkovs, as I understand it, and - for sure - Lukina and mine, was to avoid any clashes associated with violence. This is the main task of the observer in such cases. Because after people sat down and riot police, it was clear that something would happen now. Of course, we were unpleasant surprised by this circumstance. But all this, in my opinion, does not correlate with those who are to blame for what happened. These were operational, related to the situation on the spot, the actions of people who want to avoid violence.

Gennady Gudkov , member of the Coordinating Council of the opposition, former deputy of the Duma from Fair Russia:

I can only agree with the honest report, which Deanichenko sent to his boss, because all lawyers who have honor, valor, mind, conscience say that the events of the crime called “Mass riots” in Moscow were not on this day. Moreover, the whole provocation that caused clashes with the police, in my opinion, is organized by pro -government youth groups that escaped responsibility. I carefully studied the question: not one of the detainees, arrested and accused of riots on May 6, was not presented in indictments that they, having conspired and prepared, made an attempt by the power breakthrough of the riot police chain. This is nowhere. It is about the very provocation that caused a surge in emotions on both sides. After all, then OMON began to dissect the crowd, and then everything went, as in any tavern: when a fight occurs, it is already difficult to understand who is right, who was to blame, who began, and who defended himself. And the fact that this breakthrough was a pre-planned action-I saw these young people, they stood from me in three to five meters-the fact that they did it synchronously, at the same time at the same time, and it was specified in advance between them, it is absolutely certain. As they say, do not go to the fortuneteller. Therefore, it is quite obvious: since none of these young people was detained and was not wanted despite the abundance of the police, television, video shooting, registrars, and so on, this suggests that it is well known who did it. The fact that not one of those who agreed in advance has been found about the breakthrough of the chain suggests that everything is attracted by the ears, everything is done in order to intimidate the participants in protest movements, to emerge doubts, fear in them. This, by and large, is a politically engaged campaign in which investigators, prosecutors, and police officers participate, who write their reports under a copy. And, in all likelihood, our traditional courts will be another participant in this conspiracy on the command of the authorities, the “Basmann Justice”, which will fulfill the instructions of the ruling party, will call black white, white - black and legal meaning and justice as such were perfectly done more than once. I sincerely regret that Russia is not a rule of law, that the principles of political expediency, political engagement are dominant in our law enforcement and justice, that there is no justice in the country, that the authorities, by and large, follow the path of repressions, and, including in relation to nothing obvious people.

What is said in the report of me and Dmitry Gudkov does not quite correspond to reality. We played the role of parliamentarians with Dmitry, engaged in shuttle diplomacy, moving between the organizers of the procession and the police leadership. It was about moving the chains, freeing the passage to the square and to the park, to disperse some of the numbers in order to avoid a conflict situation. I talked with the protesters and the police leadership. I have already said many times that we have practically reached an agreement. Only one thing had to be done: Sergey Udaltsov, the only one in place from those responsible for this march, signed new prepared additional conditions for notification on his knee. When I already began to look for him throughout the crowd to lead to the police leadership and to representatives of the city hall, at that moment several dozens of young people began a breakthrough of the riot police chain, and then no negotiations did not make sense. I really turned out to be a direct eyewitness to events. Everything happened before my eyes, including pieces of asphalt, the rigid actions of riot police, an abandoned bottle of Molotov’s cocktail, people who were pulled out of a crush with broken ribs. All this was the result, on the one hand, the provocations of those young people that I spoke about, and on the other, the super -profitable actions of the police, who did not stand on ceremony with anyone, grabbing both the right and the guilty.

Pavel Chikov , Head of the Interregional Human Rights Association "Agora":

This is one of the documents confirming the innocence of the accused in the “swamp case”, at least those twelve whose cases should be submitted to the court in the near future. On the other hand, unfortunately, the Investigative Committee and the prosecution will most likely try to somehow beat this document. Obviously, they are aware that it exists, and maybe even have some position on this subject. I do not expect that this document will become some kind of magic piece of paper, releasing everyone and everything from custody and stopping the “swamp business”. The defense will prove that there were no mass riots, and, of course, will give this document as evidence. It is difficult for me to think for the Investigative Committee, all the more helping him in finding ways to bypass and explain everything would be completely wrong. They may say that the police officer who signed this report is not an investigator, but only to the competence of the investigator of the Investigative Committee assessed the assessment of the presence or absence of signs of the corpus delicti. The fact that one policeman did not see the signs of a crime does not mean that they are not there and that the authorized body suddenly will not see them in a more detailed study. Moreover, at the time of drawing up the report, it might not be known that some police officers applied for medical help. This is a good document for protection, but not the “armor” that Philip Filippovich Preobrazhensky spoke about in the “dog heart”.

Elena Lukyanova , lawyer, member of the Public Chamber, one of the applicants of the action on May 6:

I can divide the conclusion made in the document into two parts. There were no emergency accidents from the demonstrators, emergency incidents were provoked and allowed by the police. This is my deepest conviction based on the results of our own studies of events on May 6. You can try to use this document as arguments for the defense of the defendants in the case.

Sergey Davidis , member of the Coordinating Council of the opposition, activist of Solidarity, one of the applicants of the action on May 6:

Some kind of absurdity. It turns out that this document is simply evidence of the protection. The fact is that by this moment, in the evening of May 6, the Investigative Committee had already decided to believe that there were mass riots and opened a criminal case, respectively, his task is to investigate what he declares with a crime. And the public security police, on the contrary, must demonstrate that it ensured public security. They got a conflict of interests. It's funny. Maybe somehow it will be possible to use protection, but at the same time, I think, the investigation will find a way to get around it.

This document suggests that the initiation of a criminal case was purely political. At that time, Colonel Deanichenko, who ensures security at all street events for a great time and was present in Bolotnaya Square, it was not clear that there were some criminal acts, egregious violations of public order. That is, the decision to initiate a criminal case is not based on real circumstances and a threat to public interests.

What is stated about the intention of participants in the action to go towards the Big Stone Bridge and Borovitskaya Square is not true. The current public investigation, the results of which, at least intermediate ones, will be presented on April 22, quite convincingly-not just because it seemed to me or to someone like that, but on the basis of hundreds of testimonies collected from different parties, it restored the picture of what happened, and it was as many as many described in May. On May 10, I spoke about this at the hearings in the Public Chamber. This is a real version of how everything happened. Contrary to the coordination that took place, the swamp area was numb - the notification indicated that the event should take place in Bolotnaya Square, and only the swamp embankment was left, and contrary to the oral agreement that the organizers and the police had, that the passage and numbness will be organized in the same place as in the Februal process of the same The route, the passage was radically narrowed. He had to be along the entire line of the Square Square, and was a very narrow corridor leading to Bolotnaya Square with a rotation of 90 degrees. This objectively did not allow people to go through such a mass and made them sit down to demand the expansion of the passage and fulfill the agreements that were provided for in negotiations at the city hall. The idea that someone wanted to go directly is false and absurd, because everyone saw that on a large stone bridge in ten rows there were riot police legions, heavy equipment. So even if such a madman was found, he would see that it was unrealistic. Nobody wanted anything like that. The organizers did not have such an intention - they included Nemtsov, Udaltsov, Navalny. The organizing committee discussed the issue of the movement of the column, and no one expressed proposals to go straight through the Big Stone Bridge. For what?

As for the breakthrough described in the document, in the indicated period, of course, not citizens broke the chains, but the police stepped on them from all sides, beat them and delayed them. Citizens did not break through, but tried to stay in the place of the agreed public event. The breakthrough was a small episode at the very beginning, and by no means an hour and a half (even a three -hour, according to the document - “hedgehog”) action. A small chain was sold without any violence, it was exactly at 18.00. A small group, thirty people, as a result of this, even rather puffing, and not a breakthrough, was behind a chain, which later closed. Some of them were detained, for example, Artem Savelov - only on the grounds that he was behind the cordon line. The part was even detained, neither then, nor later, and they are not presented with any requirements. But there were no more breakthroughs, and all further came down to the attack of the police on citizens who did not participate in any breakthrough, but, on the contrary, were on the Swamp Embankment and the Small Stone Bridge. So the presentation of events is false and is designed to justify the absolutely unlawful actions of the police.

Sergey Vlasov , coordinator of the Rosuznik project:

This is a standard document. The police, issuing this certificate, reported what was, from the point of view of its competence, in Bolotnaya Square. Extraordinary incidents, as well as emergency situations, are usually understood as incidents or situations, the origin of which is natural or technogenic in nature. Here, the police mean that, for example, there was no crush that would serve as the cause of death of dozens or hundreds of people. In terms of whether mass riots or not, investigators, not the police, should give legal assessment from the point of view of whether. Therefore, Deinichenko did not talk about this. He brought some facts-however, for example, he did not mention that the employees of the Investigative Committee were on the spot during the action, which means that they understood that there would be something there, and had already begun to investigate what had not yet begun. This indicates that the whole situation in the square was directed in advance, this is a more interesting point. The certificate itself does not show anything special. The lawyers saw this document, it can be used in those moments when the testimony of witnesses, for example, does not correspond to the time specified in the certificate.

It must be understood that this is a raw document written by people who most likely did not sleep the previous night, planning security measures. They wrote in hot pursuit, experienced everything that was happening to the square - as they could write, they wrote. If we have a goal-to find some valuable formulation, then I would not pay much attention to the documents written in the evening of the same day. On May 6, the investigation did not yet determine how the charge would be built, whom they would take for, the work was just beginning.

In the criminal case there are a huge number of documents that can significantly help protection and show that there were no riots. In the near future, when the courts begin, we will talk about it very loudly and write, so that everyone can understand. The whole thing is pierced with white threads. Now twelve people are completing familiarization with the case file, in April - most likely next week - they should already finish. Those who slowly get acquainted with the case are limited by the court, those who go on schedule are rushed. Some lawyers have already completed the familiarization. The fact that these people are separated from the organizers and other participants shows that in one case the investigation cannot connect them in any way. If everyone is together, then the matter will simply crumble. If you carefully see the whole thing, then in every volume you can see a huge number of egregious facts indicating that there should be no accusations in this process.

"Certificate on the results of ensuring public order
and security in the city of Moscow May 6, 2012 "