The shadow of the oprichnik

Since January 2016, the Cossacks from the Central Cossack Army entered the duty in all city courts of Moscow, replacing themselves with police officers. Before that, they were seen at the stations. Is it worth it to wait for dashing guys in Kubanka with nagikes and sabers to be guarded by banks, bridges and telegraphs, - the New Times understood

From time to time, Cossack patrols with Nagayki, Moscow, December 2014 appear in the city

For the first time in the history of modern Russia, Cossack patrols on the streets of Moscow appeared in 2012. Dressed in a beautiful form of bearded men were noticed on the area of ​​the Belarusian station and in some other lively places of the metropolis. As a result, having distributed an interview and frightening the street trading, the patrolmen decided that they had done their job, and disappeared from sight for two years. In 2014, after a serious reduction in the city police, the Cossacks were remembered again. Together with representatives of the internal affairs bodies, on the rights of popular warriors, they were supposed to begin systematic duty in the parks “Kuzminki”, “Tsaritsyno”, “Kolomenskoye” and at VDNH. At the same time, the Cossacks-Di-Radies themselves said then that they guard the order for free. Perhaps that is why they met them on shady alleys infrequently. And now men in blue tunic and pants with stripes took up posts in the district ships of the capital.

Ours in the city

In the Presnensky district court, the NT correspondent found such a man sitting in front of the monitors of video surveillance, on which the picture of both the external and internal cameras of the Palace of Justice was broadcast. At the same time, the bailiffs were engaged in the inspection of incoming visitors. Having flatly refused to communicate, the Cossack proposed to receive all the information of interest to the Cossack Guard security organization, relating to the Central Cossack Army (CCV). What was done only after difficult and prolonged negotiations.

According to the materials provided by NT , the security organization was established by the Central Committee and has a license for all types of security activities. “The main function of the“ Cossack guards ”regarding the protection of the district courts of Moscow is the protection of the perimeter of the court building using technical means and internal control using surveillance cameras. In accordance with the law, the Cossacks have weapons with them. All guards are licensed, have a sixth category (work with weapons), - a letter sent to the editorial office reported. “Cossacks living in Moscow and the Near Moscow Region are involved in the protection of Moscow courts.” We were also informed in the Central Committee that the conclusion of the contract was due to the urgent need to protect the district courts of Moscow, related to the withdrawal of police posts on duty there earlier. In total, 140 Cossacks carry guards.

"Another ambition of the Cossacks is the desire to obtain its own territorial autonomy in those parts of the country where it has historically developed"

Separately, representatives of the Central Committee told NT that “the Cossack would always remain a Cossack, even in the village, even in the capital. The Cossack cannot without a service, cannot without a horse, cannot be without movement ... And whatever it is, it turns out that it is the Cossacks who worthy of their place in the protection of especially important objects. Their combat readiness is at a very high level. Where the Cossacks are, there is order. ” However, not a single Moscow court, as far as we know, were noticed by the attached horses.

Cross to fetishism

To understand what is the central Cossack army and all the Russian Cossacks as a whole, NT was helped by Cossack Colonel Vladimir Belichenko. According to him, about 8 million Cossacks live in Russia today. At the same time, there is no accurate definition who exactly can be considered a worthy bearer of this proud title in any regulatory document. “According to the law, any citizen of the Russian Federation can join the Cossacks. The clan Cossacks in large numbers remained today only in the south of Russia. In the central, West Siberian and eastern regions of the country, there are very few hereditary Cossacks today. And most of them are distrustful of the public service, ”says Belichenko. - It is no secret that the Cossacks have a claim to certain exclusivity. This is emphasized by some tendency to fetishism: wearing form and shoulder straps identical to combined arms, traditional weapons, etc. Another ambition of the Cossacks is the desire to obtain its own territorial autonomy in those parts of the country where it has historically developed. By the way, we can talk about the third of the country, which threatens a violation of the internal borders of the Russian Federation and can lead to a weakening of state security, and in the future, possibly, bloodshed. ”

Belichenko said that today the Cossacks are combined into public organizations. According to federal laws 154 (“On the State Service of the Russian Cossacks” dated December 5, 2005) and 7 (“On Non -Profit Organizations” dated 12.01.1996), such structures have the right to commercial activities. Such associations, according to Belichenko, often enter the retired security forces moving to patriotism and familiar with weapons - the military, former employees of special services, law enforcement agencies, etc. “Therefore, the state does not shout to attract the Cossacks in the quality of, say, a sort of gendarme,” continued the Cossack colonel. - At the same time, paying for such activities. Therefore, several years ago, a training manual was published in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, according to which military Cossack societies, such as the CCV, began to create chokes. ”

Participants in the Cossack squad in the square near the Belorussky station, Moscow, November 2012

On the terms of anonymity, NT was expressed by the hereditary Cossack Alexander, whose family has lived in one of the villages of the Rostov region for many centuries. “A Cossack is primarily a way of life, not a uniform with epaulets. In pre -revolutionary times, a Cossack was considered only a descendant of a person who came to the community. It was possible to serve with the Cossacks and live with them, but even after decades to be called only "turned into Cossacks." So all these representatives of the “Moscow Cossacks”, which in itself nonsense, are mummers, looking primarily for their own benefits. ”

In the Moscow Cossacks, posted on the Moscow Cossacks' website, the Cossack General, the first chieftain of the Kuban Cossack army, Vladimir Gromov, writes: “The current state of the Russian Cossacks indicates that a significant part of the register Cossacks is made up of people“ working with the Cossacks ”and not related to the Cossacks genetically. These “came to the Cossacks to work” and even when the population census will not be designated by Cossacks. For them, the Cossacks and stay in his ranks are now a question of momentary benefit, a kind of opportunity to earn extra money. ”

Ataman from the KGB

In the leadership of the Central Civil Code several years ago, a real struggle for power unfolded. The then ataman, the troops, Valery Kalimov, even sent appeals to the Minister of Regional Development with a demand to figure out that his opponent Ivan Mironov allegedly appropriated his title.

Valery Lysenko-Cossack and rock musician, Moscow, December 2014

“Today there is no conflict between Nalimov and Mironov,” Belichenko said. - They are both sovereign people - state advisers. The decision on the appointment of a new head of the Central Committee was made at the Presidential Council for the Cossacks under the chairmanship of the plenipotentiary of the President of the Russian Federation at the Central Federal District Alexander Beglov. The former chieftain was something objectionable, and the authorities decided to replace him with Ivan Mironov, who had previously headed the Vsevolzhsky Cossack army for three years. Mironov began the service in the units of the KGB of the USSR. Today is the Lieutenant General of the FSB reserve, who has devoted decades to the fight against terrorism for decades. At any time, they can be called from the reserve and directed to the current profile position. ” It is mentioned on the website of the Central Construction Center that after the service in various departments of the KGB of the USSR and the FSB of Russia, the leading general general Ivan Mironov served as the Vice President-Director of Security, Group AvtoVAZ LLC, was appointed deputy chairman of the Government-head of the Department of Security of the Samara Region in 2007.

Cossack money

The service of the Fatherland brings good income. So, the amount of the contract for the protection of Moscow courts, acting from January 1 to March 31, 2016, is, according to the Central Committee, 14,654,846 rubles. According to some reports, this CCV contract received without an open competition.

From the budget of the Krasnodar Territory, from 2014 to 2016, a total of more than 3.1 billion rubles will be sent from 2014 to 2016.

“As a result, structures similar to“ black hundreds ”or assault detachments that are ready to participate in accelerations and pogroms may arise”

The Open Russia website claims that, according to the Ministry of Justice, 2560 Cossack societies were registered in different regions of Russia, and gives examples of financing such organizations by the state: the city administration Kizlyar offered 1.1 million rubles. for organizing a three -day seminar to improve the qualifications of the chieftains of Cossack societies and Cossack asset. In Yakutia, within the framework of the program “Harmonization of interethnic relations for 2012-2016”, 200 thousand rubles were allocated. On sewing 71 sets of Cossack uniforms for the Society "Yakut Cossack Regiment". In the city of Kamensk-Shakhtinsk, the Rostov Region allocated more than 50 thousand rubles from the local budget. For travel tickets to the local Cossacks-jackets. Due to the regional budget in the Yamalo-Nenets AO, 20 sets of clothing for 482 thousand rubles were purchased for members of the Siberian military Cossack society. and 20 pairs of boots for 136 thousand rubles. In North Ossetia, the Cossack company received a contract for the protection of municipal institutions by almost 10 million rubles. According to the monitoring system for the expenses of the state budget of the Russian Federation, the Chopa organized by the Cossacks do not poverty. Thus, LLC Private Security Organization of the Kuban Military Cossack Society Plastuna received as many as 60 contracts totaling more than 155 million rubles, the Cossack Spas Council of Council of Party LLC concluded 136 agreements for more than 118.5 million rubles, and the Chelyabinsk City Cossack Society of the village of Novo-Georgievskaya-8 contracts for more than 44.3 million rubles.

Ghost Nagayki

The ex-deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Gennady Gudkov is confident that there is also political interest in the authorities, feeding the self-proclaimed Cossacks. “I know who the Cossacks were before the 1917 revolution,” says Gudkov NT . - They, having special obligations to the state, left their own unkind memory with the bloody accelerations of peaceful demonstrations and strikes. During such law enforcement, the Cossacks showed great cruelty. ” Gudkov believes that the new Cossacks in the foreseeable future can play the same role: “Today's situation is a good example of the power of semi -strong structures that declared themselves to be pillars of the regime and are ready to fight for it even on the verge or the line of the legal field. For this, they receive profitable contracts and material support, selling their loyalty. I can name this activity of the authorities, distributing privileges to those who support it by political corruption. As a result, structures similar to “black hundreds” or assault detachments that are ready to participate in acceleration and pogroms may arise. It is worth recalling that it was the Cossacks who beat Nagikes at the Pussy Riot participants in Sochi Olympics. I can assume that soon the Cossacks will support the call of the Kadyrovites to “wet” the opposition. ”

Photo: George Alexandrov, Gennady Gulyaev/Kommersant