The former head of the Volgograd Investigative Committee, accused in the case of arson of the governor’s house, was asked to serve 20 years in a maximum security colony

During the debate in the Southern District Military Court, the state prosecutor asked the former head of the Volgograd department of the Investigative Committee, Mikhail Muzraev, to serve 20 years in a maximum security colony. this TASS reports with reference to its correspondent in the courtroom.

In addition, the prosecutor asked to deprive Muzraev of titles and awards. According to investigators, Muzraev, who then headed the regional investigative committee, ordered the arson of the house of the governor of the Volgograd region, Andrei Bocharov. In addition, the investigation believes, as part of the investigation of one of the cases, he gave his subordinates instructions that did not meet the interests of the service. In the summer of 2019, he was sent to a pre-trial detention center.

Muzraev is accused of organizing a terrorist act (clause “a” of Part 2 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code), illegal trafficking in weapons (Part 1 of Article 222 of the Criminal Code) and using official powers contrary to the interests of the service (Part 1 of Article 285 of the Criminal Code). Businessman Vladimir Zubkov is involved in the case with him; the prosecution has asked him to serve 15 years in a maximum security colony.

In December 2021, in the case of arson of the governor’s house, the court sentenced businessman Evgeny Remezov to six years in a maximum security colony. He was found guilty under articles of committing a terrorist attack (clause “a”, part 2, article 205 of the Criminal Code), destroying someone else’s property by arson (part 2, article 167 of the Criminal Code) and causing grievous bodily harm (clause “a”, part 3, article 111 of the Criminal Code).

set fire to the house of Volgograd governor Andrei Bocharov in the village of Latoshinka They tried to in November 2016: several men climbed over the fence and threw a Molotov cocktail at the wall. Three participants in the arson received sentences of up to eight years in a maximum security colony. The investigation named Muzraev as the customer of the arson, and Remezov as the organizer, who since 2003 had rented the premises of the Volgograd Central Market from the city and rented it out to traders. in 2016 At Bocharov’s request, the lease agreement was terminated , and the courts recognized the decision as legal.