The trial of the Smolensk Marauders began

The Smolensk garrison military court proceeded to consider on the merits of the case of looting after the catastrophe of the President of Poland, the Smolenskaya GTRK reports . On the first day of the process, the court heard witnesses of the prosecution and defendants.

Four former Russian Russian soldiers on draft Sergei Syrov, Igor Pustovar, Yuri Sankov and Arthur Pankratov are accused. As the investigation established, the soldiers were directed to the crash site to cordon the territory. Not far from the place of fall, the Tu-154 cheeses discovered a bag where there were bank cards belonging to the deceased Secretary General of the Council for the Protection of Memory, Struggle and Martyrdom of the Republic of Poland, Andrzej Pshevyznik. Syrov, who found Pin-Codes, invited the rest of the accused to withdraw funds from the cards. In connection with the established limit of cash withdrawal, they managed to get 59 thousand rubles.

The defendants pleaded guilty, reported that they repented and returned the stolen funds, transferring $ 2107 to Pshevik’s relatives.

The widow of Andrzej Pshevik, Joland, sent a letter with a civil lawsuit against the accused. “We are waiting for official apologies in writing by the state authorities of the Russian Federation responsible for monitoring the accused servicemen, the return of documents belonging to the husband, the return of funds with the interest due to interest and the award of 10 thousand Polish zlotys as a material compensation for moral damage and transferring to this amount to the Memorial Society,” the document says.

Relatives of Pshvyznik did not come to Smolensk, the victim was represented by Teresa Baranovskaya, a member of the Council for the Protection of Memory, Struggle and Martyrdom of the Republic of Poland. "Like every victim I am waiting for justice, I am waiting for the guilty to receive punishment and this punishment was fair," she told reporters.

The lawyer of one of the defendants Vladimir Pavlov noted that the defendants initially pleaded guilty and compensated for the damage. "The punishment should be fair taking into account all the circumstances of the case, taking into account the position of the defendants, including taking into account their active assistance to the disclosure of the crime," he said.

The case was referred to the court on December 29, 2012. All four are accused of committing crimes under P.P. "A", "in" Part 2 of Art. 158 (theft committed by a group of persons by prior conspiracy, with causing significant damage to the citizen), part 3 of Art. 30, p. "B" part 3 of Art. 158 of the Criminal Code (attempt on the theft of someone else's property committed on a large scale).

In case of guilt, the defendants face 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 were under subscriptions about the lower place of residence in their place of residence - in the Moscow, Kursk and Smolensk regions.

On the morning of April 10, 2010, the Tu-154 with a Polish delegation, flying to 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.