The investigation in the Alburov case was completed

The investigation in the case of an employee of the Corruption Fund for Georgy Alburov, accused of "theft" of Sergei Sotov’s painting, is a bad and good person from a fence in Vladimir, completed. This was announced on Twitter by Alburov himself after the next visit to the TFR.

Next week, the accused will begin familiarization with the case file. There are about 1000 pages in total. “A lot of pulp is expected,” said Alburov.

After approval of the indictment by the prosecutor's office, the case will be referred to the court in Vladimir.

The case against another employee of the FBK, Nikita Kulachenkov, who was charged with the “theft” on Wednesday in absentia , was allocated for separate production, Alburov said. Kulachenkov himself was put on the wanted list.

Alburov is charged with paragraphs “A” and “B” of part 2 of Article 158 of the Criminal Code (theft committed by a group of persons by prior conspiracy and with causing significant damage to the citizen). He faces up to five years in the colony. The defendant is under the subscription about the wizard.

Earlier it was reported that six investigators of the 2nd department for the investigation of particularly important cases (about crimes against state power and in the economy) of the Main Directorate of the Investigative Committee are engaged in the case, and the FSB carried out operational support of the case.

In early June, Alburov presented Sotov’s painting for his birthday to the founder of the FBK, the leader of the Party of Progress Alexei Navalny. On June 20, during a search in the apartment, a policy was seized . On the same day , the Investigative Committee initiated the case of her "theft."

“According to investigators, the unidentified person secretly stole the picture“ Bad and Good Man ”, placed for a public viewing on one of the central streets of the city of Vladimir. This picture belongs to one of the local artists. The damage from its theft is significant for the author,” the department said. The picture was introduced to the case as material evidence.

The amount of damage to the TFR estimated at 2500 rubles. According to Note 2 to Article 158 of the Criminal Code, this is the minimum amount that allows you to calculate the item "B" in "Part 2, that is, causing significant damage.

Meanwhile, Sotov himself stated that he had no complaints about Navalny . According to the author of the poster, he did not contact the police on the theft of his work. Sotov later clarified that, although he did not submit an application for the theft, he signed the already drawn up application for the loss of paintings. The artist added that he did this at the suggestion of officials of the regional administration on June 19. “I was just deceived then,” he said. “I didn’t want to write any statement.”

The 66-year-old Sotov works as a janitor, and in his free time draws posters on acute-social topics. In his works, he promotes a healthy lifestyle, and also criticizes cigarettes, alcohol, money, dogs, cars and mobile phones. The pictures of honeycombs are hung on fences in Vladimir, and as it disappears or damage, it replaces new ones.