The investigation of the Alburov case is completed

The investigation of the case of an employee of the Corruption Fund for Georgy Alburov, who is accused of “theft” of the picture of a bad and good person from a fence in Vladimir, is completed. Alburov reported this on his Twitter. “They call for tomorrow in the UK - they say that the investigation in the“ poster business ”ended,” he wrote. As we might assume, Alburov intend to present a new version of the indictment.

If the prosecutor’s office approves this version of the document, the case will be referred to the court in Vladimir.

The completion of the investigation in the "poster case" became known on November 7 . However, after the New Year, it turned out that the prosecutor's office in December refused to approve the indictment , returning the case for the investigation. TFR extended the investigation period until January 19.

In the evening of this day, the department urgently summoned the director of the FBK Roman Rubanov for the interrogation . He was questioned at once in two cases, including the "poster". In particular, Rubanov wrote after a visit to the TFR, the investigator was interested in the whereabouts of the Foundation employee Nikita Kulachenkov, who, like Alburov, was accused of "theft". Kulachenkov’s case was allocated in a separate production, and he himself was put on the wanted list; The prosecution was brought to him in absentia.

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.

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 were engaged in the case, and the FSB carried out operational support.

In early June, Alburov presented the painting "Bad and Good Man" for the birthday to the founder of the FBK, the leader of the Party of Progress Alexei Navalny. On June 20, during a search in Navalny’s apartment, a picture was seized . On the same day, the Investigative Committee opened the case of the 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, the author of the picture, Sergei Sotov, said that he had no complaints about Navalny . According to the artist, 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.