Moscow region prosecutor Drok sued a thousand rubles for illegal prosecution in a “gambling case”

The prosecutor of the Lukhovitsky district of the Moscow region, Anatoly Drok, sued the state for compensation for damages for illegal criminal prosecution in the case of “protection protection” for underground casinos, writes Rosbalt.

The Lukhovitsky District Court ruled to recover one thousand rubles in favor of Drok, as he himself asked for. Drok is the only person involved in the “gambling case” who retained his position.

In addition, the Presidium of the Moscow City Court recently overturned the decision of the Basmanny Court in 2011 to arrest another person involved in the case, Oleg Sudakov, declaring it illegal. In September of this year, the Supreme Court agreed with Sudakov that he was arrested illegally, since a separate criminal case was not brought against him.

According to a Rosbalt source familiar with the situation, Sudakov sued the Investigative Committee for several years and lost all the proceedings, but then the court took his side.

Currently, four defendants in the “gambling case” have obtained in court the recognition of their arrests or criminal prosecution as illegal. “A couple more such decisions, and the Investigative Committee will have no choice but to stop this clearly futile business,” the agency’s source believes.

As Rosbalt notes, because of Sudakov, a search was carried out in the office of the then head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Moscow Region, Nikolai Golovkin. A secret witness in the “gambling case” said during interrogations that the organizer of the underground casinos was helped by Sudakov, who introduced himself as Golovkin. This witness also said that, according to Sudakov, money from the businessman was then transferred to Golovkin.

Sudakov himself first worked in the Federal Customs Service, then in the administration of the Moscow region, and for some time was an investigator at the regional headquarters.

At the same time, according to the agency, Sudakov is called a “fixer” who can resolve issues with law enforcement agencies.

“When we met, Sudakov introduced himself as Nikulin. He said that he was a former high-ranking employee, without, however, specifying which department. He offered to settle my problems with the employees of the prosecutor’s office of the Moscow region, but I refused,” the head of the Serpukhov district of the Moscow region, Alexander Shestun, told the agency.

At the same time, the agency’s sources in the authorities confirmed that Sudakov was present at police meetings, and introduced himself either as an employee of the presidential administration or as an FSB employee responsible for working with secret agents. He was also listed on the lists of various police working groups; management included him there, sometimes under different names, Rosbalt writes.

In the case of “protection protection” for underground casinos in the Moscow region, 11 law enforcement officers and prosecutors were involved. The classified witness also said that the eldest son of the Prosecutor General, Artem Chaika, was involved in the patronage of the underground business.