Sentries on guard of the law

During the searches in the case of bribery, excited against high -ranking officials of the central and metropolitan commanders of the Investigative Committee, a collection of hours worth 500 thousand euros was discovered. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to an unnamed source in law enforcement agencies. Who exactly from the defendants in the case found the collection is not specified.

Also, the agency’s interlocutor said, 70 thousand euros and 30 thousand dollars were found. Searches, he added, took place in Moscow, the Moscow Region and St. Petersburg.

The case of officials of the Investigative Committee became known on Tuesday . It was reported that the FSB detained seven people, but only three names were found in the media: the first deputy head of the capital's head of the department Denis Nikandrov, the head of the Office of the Central Glavka Mikhail Maksimenko and his Zama Alexander Lamonov. It is charged with part 6 of Article 290 of the Criminal Code (receiving a bribe on an especially large amount), which provides for from 8 to 15 years of the colony.

On the same day, the Lefortovo District Court of Moscow arrested Nikandrov, Maksimenko and Lamonov until September 15.

A search on Tuesday was also held in the office of the head of the capital’s department of the TFR Alexander Drymanov. On Wednesday, the media reported that Drymanov retired , and on Monday - the day before the search.

It is claimed that Nikandrov was detained when receiving a bribe in the amount of $ 1 million. For this money, they say at the FSB, he promised to get the closure of the thief in the law of Zakharia Kalashov (Shakro youth), arrested last week on charges of extortion.

Regarding Maksimenko, it was reported that he gave investigators of the Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Central District of the capital to not go to court with a motion to extend the arrest Andrei Kochuykov (Italian) - the right hand of Sharo. Kochuykov was enclosed in a pre -trial detention center, after in December 2015 he entered the shootout in the Moscow Element bar on Rochdelskaya Street. Then two people died, and eight more were injured.

On June 14, the Italian was released, but he was soon again detained by the police and the FSB as a defendant of excited manner about extortion.

For closing the case against Kochuykov, officials of the Investigative Committee, as reported, were supposed to receive $ 5 million.

Earlier on Thursday, Kommersant wrote that the head of the Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin personally opened the case against officials. It was reported that the head of the Investigative Committee intended to entrust the investigation to his department, however, Deputy Prosecutor Grin, Viktor Grin, having received a copy of Bastrykin’s decision, ordered to transfer the case to the FSB - as stated to ensure the objectivity of the investigation.