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Kashin demanded compensation for an unsuccessful investigation into the attack on him
Journalist Oleg Kashin demanded compensation of half a million rubles for the fact that the attack on him was never investigated. Kashin filed a lawsuit with the Moscow City Court.
“Oleg Kashin believes that the pre-trial proceedings in the criminal case of his beating are ineffective, the investigation has been unable to identify the suspects and customers of the crime for a long time, in connection with which he went to court,” said lawyer Ilnur Sharapov.
- Kashin was attacked on November 6, 2010. The journalist, who then worked at Kommersant, was beaten with a piece of rebar near the entrance to the courtyard of his house. They hit him in the head and broke his fingers. Kashin fell into a coma, but subsequently recovered from the attack. Life News published a video of the attack.
- The then President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev assured that the attackers would certainly be found. However, the suspects have not been identified so far.
- Oleg Kashin believes that the investigation into the attack on him has stalled, because people close to the authorities were involved in this. to him According , from people “well informed about the affairs of the Young Guard”, he heard the phrase “Kashin’s case hangs on Teryushkovo.” Roman Teryushkov at one time headed the central headquarters of the Young Guard, and now works as the head of the administration of Balashikha near Moscow.
- Kashin has already complained about the inaction of the FSB and the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation during the investigation of his case. However, the court rejected his claim. In early November 2014, Kashin filed a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights.
- Oleg Kashin worked for Kommersant for a long time. Now he lives in Geneva, but writes columns for Russian publications - "Elephant", "Free Press" and others. He is also the author of the books Russia Ahead and Gorby Dream.