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The case of golden parachutes in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Golden parachutes covered the former police officers. The secret about the awards was blabbed by the staff officer

Lawyers will appeal the decision. © Photo by Ivan Shalev, IA Rosbalt

In the small hall of the St. Petersburg judge Anzhelika Morozova on Monday it was hard to breathe. Three dozen spectators - journalists, support groups, lawyers and others - occupied all the benches and chairs. The part didn't fit.

In a small cage were the former head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Northwestern Federal District Vitaly Bykov, the former police chief for the same district Alexander Monastyrshin and his ex-subordinate Ivan Lozyuk. On the front bench are two former employees of the same Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Northwestern Federal District: Svetlana Shatova and Irina Burkhanova.

All five previously worked in the department, which was liquidated in May 2014 by decree of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

According to investigators, the defendants prepared orders, on the basis of which three dozen former employees were paid a bonus totaling 19.1 million rubles. At the same time, the dates on the documents were put down retroactively - before the decree on the liquidation of the department appeared. In addition, Bykov, Monastyrshin and Lozyuk were allegedly introduced to the construction company LSR. Real Estate - North-West" a letter with a request to register 21 apartments, which later went to their relatives or close friends. That is, those who did not need to improve their living conditions. The company began the transfer of apartments worth 101 million rubles, but then it turned out that the department from which the letter came was being liquidated. After that, the leadership of "LSR" turned to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

In the Dzerzhinsky district court of St. Petersburg, the case was considered for more than nine months. Among the witnesses was interrogated the head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, Sergei Umnov, who was subordinated to the employees of the liquidated department three years ago.

Judge Anzhelika Morozova fluttered into the hall at more than noon. Her first words did not leave hope to the accused.

“The court established guilt in misappropriation or embezzlement, official forgery and attempted fraud,” Morozova nailed.

So, according to the verdict, the crime was committed under the following circumstances. On May 5, 2014, the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Northwestern Federal District was abolished by presidential decree. Bykov, who held the position of head of the department, agreed with Lozyuk, Shatova and Burkhanova on the joint embezzlement of money held on the personal account of the department in the bank "Saint Petersburg". For this purpose, an order was prepared to award bonuses to about 30 employees in connection with their performance of difficult tasks. Bykov coordinated the actions of the entire group, and also compiled a list of those in need. Together with Shatova, they calculated the required amount, after which the head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs signed the documents, and Shatova registered them retroactively. In total, 19.1 million rubles were to be spent on the awards. Bykov signed the document.

Then Lozyuk informed the awardees that they had to transfer part of the money in the amount of 100 thousand rubles. There were no objections.

While the judge read out the guilty verdict, Bykov sat with an absolutely straight face. Monastyrshin's face was not visible - active at previous meetings, he sat silently, covering himself with his hands. Shatova fanned herself with a handkerchief.

Morozova, on the other hand, moved on to the second part of the accusation - “apartment”.

“At the same time, the crime was not brought to an end due to circumstances beyond their control,” Morozova minted.

As the court established, the letter sent to LSR was signed by Monastyrshin. The apartments were handed over to the relatives of the defendants and Loziuk.

At the second hour of the reading of the verdict, the hall became quite stuffy. From the open window poured music from passing cars. By three o'clock the journalists began to photograph the stack of sheets on the judge's table. They were clearly not declining at the rate that the press had hoped for. By five o'clock, one of the policemen clearly felt sick - the convoy was replaced. And by the sixth, Monastyrshin was not very well either. However, the ambulance was not called.

During the trial, the defendants chose approximately the same line of defense. So, Bykov claimed that the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Northwestern Federal District was “deleted” from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities only on November 14, 2014, therefore there is no corpus delicti in his actions. Three years ago, he allegedly consulted with a lawyer about whether he has the right to sign orders, to which he received an affirmative answer. Say, he was endowed with rights, and no one released him from his post. Why the dates were backdated on the documents, he does not know - perhaps this was related to the subordinates who held a grudge.

Shatova stated that, from her point of view, the head of the unit (that is, Bykov) had the right to issue orders for bonuses to subordinates, and she had no doubt that he acted within his powers.

Burkhanova justified herself in court by the fact that her husband, who worked as an operative, was never encouraged. And Monastyrshin went against Putin’s words altogether, saying that he considers the decree of the head of state to be incomplete – they say, it did not follow from it that the State Administration was abolished. And the employees were waiting for an explanation of the order from Vladimir Kolokoltsev.

Loziuk had the hardest time - at the investigation stage, he actually confessed to what he had committed and recognized the illegality of his actions. However, he refused to testify at the trial, saying that the investigator put pressure on him.

Morozova had to make a choice whom to trust: Vladimir Putin or the defendants. The outcome was predetermined.

“During the videoconference, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Russian Federation Kolokoltsev and his deputies unequivocally and unequivocally named the status of the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Northwestern Federal District. The personnel of this body was put at the disposal of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, ”Morozova said.

The court appointed real imprisonment for the entire male company. Bykov - 7, Monastyrshin - 3.5, Lozyuk - 5 years. They will serve their sentences in a penal colony. Shatova was sentenced to 4 years probation, Burkhanova, who had recently given birth, to 3.5 years probation.

Bykov was also stripped of the rank of major general of the police. Lozyuk is no longer a colonel in the internal service, and Monastyrshin is no longer a police colonel. Everyone is banned from different dates hold positions in government. In favor of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, more than 17 million rubles were recovered jointly and severally from the convicts.

The prosecution was satisfied with the verdict, which prosecutor Alexander Nikiforov told journalists after the meeting. Lawyers will appeal the court's decision.

At the same time, some of Bykov's former subordinates stand up for their ex-boss. One of them, on condition of anonymity, told Rosbalt that similar orders were issued in other regions (in 2014, units were liquidated in seven districts). However, they did not lead to criminal cases.

“The system itself was not worked out. Hence this criminal case happened, ”the source of the agency suggested.

Ilya Davlyatchin

SAINT PETERSBURG, July 17. /TASS/. The Dzerzhinsky District Court of St. Petersburg on Monday sentenced the ex-head of the disbanded Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the North-Western federal district Vitaly Bykov to seven years in prison in the "golden parachutes" case, a TASS correspondent reports from the courtroom.

"The court considers Bykov's guilt proven on all charges. The court sentenced: to sentence Bykov to seven years in prison in a penal colony, a fine of 400 thousand rubles, to deprive him of the special rank of police major general," said judge Anzhelika Morozova at announcement of the verdict.

The court sentenced the former head of the logistics center of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Ivan Lozyuk to five years in prison, and the deputy head of the department, Alexander Monastyrshin, to 3.5 years. The court also deprived them of their special ranks and the right to receive pensions based on years of service. The former head of the financial and economic department of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Svetlana Shatova, and the deputy head of the conspiracy department of personnel and the civil service of the administration, Irina Burkhanova, received suspended sentences. The court also satisfied the civil lawsuit against the defendants for 17 million rubles from the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

All defendants pleaded not guilty.

Embezzlement, forgery and fraud

In the debate on June 22, the state prosecutor asked the court to sentence Bykov to 12 years in prison, a fine of 1 million rubles, and also to deprive him of the rank of major general. According to investigators, during the liquidation of the State Institution, Bykov stole 19.1 million rubles of budget funds under the guise of bonuses to former employees.

Orders for payments to employees close to Bykov were issued retroactively after the decree on the dissolution of the State Administration was issued. At the same time, 32 people who received bonuses from 300 to 700 thousand rubles were supposed to transfer 100 thousand rubles to Bykov. Charges of embezzlement, forgery and fraud were brought against the ex-head of the department in court.

Similar charges were brought against Monastyrshin, Shatova, Loziuk and Burkhanova. The prosecution in the debate asked the court to appoint them up to 10 years in prison.

In addition, according to the investigation, during the liquidation of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Bykov also tried to illegally register 20 apartments worth more than 100 million rubles in the name of friends and relatives, which were built to improve the living conditions of police officers.

The prosecutor's office does not rule out that the verdict will be appealed. However, the lawyers of the defendants are still cautious about the possibility of appealing against the court decision, citing the need to consult with their clients.

Dmitry Marakulin

The Dzerzhinsky District Court of St. Petersburg issued a verdict in a high-profile criminal case of embezzlement during the liquidation of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for the North-Western Federal District in 2014. As the investigation and the court established, having issued fabulous bonuses to his subordinates, the ex-head of the department Vitaly Bykov received large kickbacks for them, and in addition, the general, together with his entourage, expected to rewrite 21 apartments allocated to the policemen who needed better living conditions for their relatives.

Announcement of the verdict on the so-called case of golden parachutes, appointed yesterday at noon, stretched out for the whole day. The hall where the decision was announced was so full that some journalists could only find a place on the windowsills. At the same time, from the very first lines of the judicial act, it became clear that the guilt of all five defendants in the case had been proven.

The scandal with the embezzlement of budgetary funds of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for the North-Western Federal District erupted in May 2015: then the former head of the head office, Major General Vitaly Bykov, was detained, who was transferred from St. Petersburg to Moscow. Here, the investigators of the ICR charged him under Part 4 of Art. 160 of the Criminal Code (waste in a special large size), and the Basmanny Court authorized his arrest. Subsequently, two of his deputies were detained and arrested - Ivan Loziuk and Alexander Monastyrshin. At the same time, the court ordered detention on the day of his birth - January 27, 2016.

Before the Dzerzhinsky District Court, which began considering the case of golden parachutes in September last year, in addition to the former heads of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Northwestern Federal District, two more ex-employees of the department appeared - the deputy head of the conspiracy, personnel and civil service department Irina Burkhanova and the head of the financial and economic department Svetlana Shatova. In total, they were charged with embezzlement of 19.1 million rubles. or aiding in it; attempted fraud (Art. 30, Art. 159 of the Criminal Code) with 21 apartments, the cost of which was estimated by the investigation at almost 102 million rubles, and official forgery (Art. 292 of the Criminal Code).

According to the TFR, in 2014, on the eve of the dissolution of the department, Vitaly Bykov retroactively issued an order to reward 32 employees for performing particularly difficult tasks in the amount of 400-750 thousand rubles. Such rewards, according to the investigation, were actually comparable to annual income management employee. At the same time, as witnesses noted, there was nothing to reward the Glavk for: for example, the work of the department in the first quarter of 2014 was recognized as unsatisfactory. Moreover, the list did not include department employees who served for six months in hot spots. At the same time, as the prosecutors noted in court, Alexander Monastyrshin, who had an unresolved reprimand, was among those encouraged.

After the bonuses were paid, according to the investigation, Ivan Lozyuk informed the recipients that they should give him 100 thousand rubles each. for transfer to Vitaly Bykov. Thus, according to the materials of the case, 19.1 million rubles were spent.

[Fontanka.Ru, 07/17/2017, "The ex-head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Northwestern Federal District Bykov received seven years for "golden parachutes": The amount of bonuses was equal to the balance of funds in the cash desk of the central office during the dissolution. His successor, the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of St. Petersburg and the region, got an empty account - Inset K.ru]

The second episode of the case is connected with an attempted fraudulent theft of 21 apartments. Housing (four two-room, three three-room, the rest one-room apartments) was to be handed over to the police officers by Nedvizhimost Severo-Zapad LLC. However, the list of recipients, as stated at the trial, did not include police officers who needed housing, but relatives and acquaintances of the defendants in the case. Merchants who learned about the abolition of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Northwestern Federal District turned to the liquidation commission and the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region for clarification - as a result, the transfer of apartments was stopped.

During the trial, the defendants pleaded not guilty. However, the Dzerzhinsky District Court, having studied the materials provided to it by the prosecution and defense parties, came to the conclusion that the guilt of the defendants in the case was proved. Vitaly Bykov, for whom the prosecutor's office requested 12 years in prison, was sentenced to seven years in prison and fined 400,000 rubles. and stripped of the rank of Major General. The court sentenced Alexander Monastyrshin and Ivan Loziuk to 3.5 years and five years in prison, respectively. The latter was fined 200 thousand rubles as an additional punishment. Svetlana Shatova and Irina Burkhanova were given suspended sentences. In addition, convicts are deprived of the right to hold positions in the civil service.

After the process, lawyer Andrey Chertopolohov, representing the interests of Vitaly Bykov, told Kommersant that he intended to file an appeal against the verdict.

The secret about the awards was blabbed by the staff officer

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© Fontanka.Ru, 23.12.2016

Feminine in the case of General Bykov

Alexander Ermakov

“As a result of joint actions of the GUSB of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the FSB, General Vitaly Bykov was detained in the city of St. Petersburg. He was charged with embezzlement on an especially large scale, ”the Investigative Committee shocked the public at the time with a case of police bonuses for 19 million rubles.

It turned out - all this is nonsense. It’s just that the “golden parachutist” let slip to the deprived comrade-in-arms.

Judge of the Dzerzhinsky Court of St. Petersburg Anzhelika Morozova fluttered into the hall and took her place. She has been listening to the case of Vitaly Bykov, the former head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Northwestern Federal District, his two deputies and two more subordinates for six months now. She had heard enough about the staff exploits of people who received gigantic awards, so the next “invite a witness” was uttered casually.

Leonid Shtelmakh, the former commander of the special rapid reaction unit (SOBR) of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Northwestern Federal District, entered the hall. A squat figure with muscles playing under a striped jumper was observed by all but the caged triumvirate. Arrested Vitaly Bykov, Alexander Monastyrshin and Ivan Lozyuk lowered their heads, rustling notebooks with notes.

Do you recognize the defendants? - asked Stelmach.

Yes, - the identification of the former bosses went to the tops.

Shtelmakh's arrival was kept secret until the last moment, even from lawyers, and by hurriedly flipping through the pages, Bykov and company either refreshed their memory or concealed their confusion. It was not clear.

How obscure was the mystery surrounding this witness. Even the only deputy Bykov who remained at large, the current general of the St. Petersburg headquarters, was not hidden so carefully. Well, SOBR, well, Stelmakh.

And Shtelmach began - for peace. Fourteen fighters were subordinate, his salary was 85 thousand rubles a month, the maximum bonus from Bykov was fifteen thousand, but he has no hostility towards the prisoners. In fact, he is now retired.

By May 2014, when Putin liquidated the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Northwestern Federal District, ten Shtelmakh fighters were on a business trip in Dagestan. They had to be released.

I went to the authorities on two issues - how to return the guys and who will provide them with full financial allowance, - Shtelmakh explained.

According to him, Alexander Monastyrshin, the deputy head of the main department, who was directly subordinate to the SOBR, withdrew himself: they say, the department no longer exists.

Nerva added a notice from the bank. Shtelmakh received a salary in the amount of salary and rank, without length of service and other allowances. The Sobrovites, languishing in Khasavyurt, were also alarmed, having not received travel and "combat" allowances. They were evacuated ahead of schedule to St. Petersburg. In the native accounting department, merits to the Motherland were not appreciated. Not only were they denied "combat", but they also demanded the return of two thousand rubles of unused daily allowances.

Monastyrshin, Shtelmakh recalled, told me: “Guys, believe me, there is no money, I have bare pockets, I can’t help in any way.”

From behind the prosecutor's table came:

Have you shared your experiences with anyone?

Silence. Deep breath. Heavy exhalation.

Yes. With Natalya Anatolyevna Kanasheva.

Kanasheva was in charge of the document management department. Not a single order of Bykov passed by her. Friendly relations (sometimes even dined together), apparently, disposed to frankness.

I shared, - admitted a retired colleague. - Kanasheva expressed surprise that someone else, and the guys from the SOBR, could be encouraged. And she said that thirty employees were paid bonuses, including her 650 thousand.

In total, nineteen million were transferred to the elect. Since the total amount of unpaid allowances for SOBR employees was 800 thousand rubles, that is, 4% of the bonus fund that went to others, one can imagine Shtelmakh's reaction.

The situation surprised me, angered me, blew me up,” he explained to the court.

The Sobrovites made a scandal in the accounting department, threatening to appeal to the prosecutor's office, and

Shtelmakh spoke to Monastyrshin. And away we go.

Monastyrshin asked me not to go into someone else's pocket, at the meeting he shouted at Kanashev, demanding to shut up and not talk about the awards, - Shtelmakh painted.

But it was too late. Rumor has spread. The audit found out, the rumor reached its own safety. And only then did the FSB, intrigued by the publicity, come to General Bykov and his deputies.

It was, however, too late. The "Golden Parachutists" made payments to cover loans, repair apartments, vacations and other liberties. And only Kanasheva kept the money. Stelmakh said:

I told her that if she took off even a penny, then ... - the car horn burst into open window courtroom and swallowed the rest of the phrase. She didn't touch the money.

The judge took the floor:

I would like to hear from your lips a moral and ethical assessment of what happened. Not that someone was rewarded, but that your subordinates were not rewarded.

The fact that they did not reward, there is nothing terrible. Used to.

I'm talking about moral and ethical.

baseness.

There was a bad ending, and the three in the cage knew it. Their lawyers took the floor.

Tell me, - they turned to Shtelmakh, - did you have a conflict with Monastyrshin before? Due to refusal to drop cash to help injured police officers during a flood in the Far East, for example?

We were often asked to throw money somewhere, - Shtelmakh retorted. - On the lottery and so on. On Far East we transferred money in the forefront, but I was very indignant at lotteries, it's true ...

And what about lotteries? - Anzhelika Morozova asked naively. - I'm here to learn such amazing things.

The annual lottery of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, in which tickets are forcibly distributed among employees, Shtelmakh said.

Oh my God, - the judge was horrified, stopped the interrogation and sent everyone to rest until mid-January.

For the first time, the court gave the floor to the police officers who received anomalous bonuses from General Bykov. 19 million paid for especially difficult and important tasks in ... offices.

On September 22, the Dzerzhinsky Court of St. Petersburg began interrogating key witnesses in the case of the “golden parachutes” discharged by General Vitaly Bykov during the liquidation of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Northwestern Federal District for performing particularly complex and important tasks. Themis was waiting for stories about exploits. Got a staff routine. Making delicious coffee is also a merit.

32 people are listed in orders for bonuses totaling 19 million rubles. Eighteen police officers received 750,000 each, fourteen - 400,000 each. The payment of bonuses was considered unreasonable. General Bykov, but he is confident in his right to encourage those who have distinguished themselves. Today, September 22, the first "golden paratroopers" came to tell about their exploits.

Ekaterina Antipenko chose a black dress for the trial. She is a lieutenant colonel of the police, works as an inspector for special assignments in the UGIBDD. Under Bykov, her position sounded no less convincing - senior detective for especially important cases. But there was no pursuit of criminals. Ekaterina Borisovna's workplace was the general's reception room.

“I drew up certificates and reports, conducted an individual reception with the head of the GU, answered calls,” Antipenko recalled. - She combined her official duties with the functions of a secretary.

- What kind of relationship did you have with Bykov? - Asked the prosecutor Artem Lytaev.

- In workers.

Catherine in May 2014 received about 800 thousand rubles on the card.

What did you receive the award for?

“For a million years of service,” Antipenko answered with a share of coquetry.

Did you perform any particularly difficult tasks?

- My working day began at 7.45 and ended at 20.00 - 21.00. She didn't leave her phones. There was a constant connection with the state authorities, the media.

- And where did you perform the duties of a senior security officer?

- Right there in the reception.

Alexander Monastyrshin, the former deputy head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Northwestern Federal District, is also being tried for embezzlement of budget millions. He also had a secretary in the position of senior security officer - Tatyana Skuratova. Now she is an employee of the CID of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of St. Petersburg and the region, she is on maternity leave. Tatyana visited the court in an obvious position.

- Under Bykov, I performed staff functions, was an analyst, planned the work of the ORC, conducted office work, prepared reports for the Ministry of Internal Affairs on organized crime, and sorted out incoming correspondence. I was sitting in the waiting room of Monastyrshin. Helped him as needed. The monthly salary was 40-50 thousand rubles. In May 2014, 370 thousand "fell" on the card. Prize is great! The amount is significant for me. Withdrew money and partially repaid the loan for the car.

– And what exactly did they help Monastyrshin?

- Submit documents for signature. Ask the visitor to wait, make coffee.

I worked from seven to seven.

- How did you find out about the abolition of the head office, Tatyana?

- At work from colleagues. Bykov and Monastyrshin did not discuss anything with me. I'm just operas, and they are high bosses.

“It’s just that the operas don’t sit in the waiting room,” Lytaeva’s colleague remarked caustically and doomed herself to criticism of the parties and the remark of the judge Anzhelika Morozova.

– Have you performed particularly important and complex tasks that go beyond the daily functions?

- I didn’t plant or catch anyone. But if my manager thought that what I was doing was especially difficult and important, then it was so.

Skuratova said that for the first time. The prosecutor asked why it was necessary to look for information on the Internet if the entire central board was discussing orders.

“We have such a job, we always sit on the Fontanka,” answered the senior detective of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Another staff officer, Ruslan Salfetkin, received 400,000. He worked as an inspector of the department for interaction with the embassy of the North-Western Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Have you done anything outstanding? the judge asked. “Maybe the culprit has been arrested?”

The answer is negative. It followed from the read out testimony that Salfetkin was listed as Bykov's speechwriter. Prepared reports for the boss at forums, summits, conferences, knocked up numbers, dealt with accreditation for events.

- Well, maybe there were business trips to difficult regions in your biography? - Salfetkin was asked with illusory hope.

- He did not leave the limits of St. Petersburg.

Ruslan also did the right thing with the money - he spent it within two months. Mikhail Berezkin is now responsible for covert events in the St. Petersburg headquarters. He turned out to be the smartest "parachutist". Under Bykov, he was repeatedly encouraged, but a bonus of 700 thousand rubles with a salary of 67 thousand surprised him. In detail, he referred to unconsciousness:

- Such a profession - not to remember too much. I will not name especially important and difficult tasks either.

Evil tongues said that Bykov included his associates in the premium list. The then head of the press service, Igor Odushko, destroyed this legend. Now he is not bound by official ties. A pensioner from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he works in the Life 78 incident department. And then, in May 2014, 600 thousand rubles came to his card.

- What merit can you explain the promotion?

- I worked hard enough, at my usual pace. I had irregular work hours. But I did not perform any labor feats in 2013-2014.

- Were you surprised by the award?

- Partly. Such encouragement is a novelty for me. You won't get snow from Bykov in winter.

- Were you pressured during the investigation? Isn't that the reason for your retirement?

- No. After the dissolution of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Northwestern Federal District, I transferred to Moscow, to the united editorial office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, served half a year until retirement and left. This is the pinnacle of a career.

- Did any of the awardees transfer money to the management in the form of a kickback?

- There are rumors. I don't know for sure.

- Describe Bykov.

I don't have a very high opinion of him as a person. He was not in conflict with him, but rather strained relations. He performed his work in full and with high quality. But he was regularly subjected to Bykov's dissatisfied attitude. In general, working with him, I realized that he does not appreciate subordinates who professionally perform their duty. Bykov surrounded himself with "his" people, that is, those with whom he had previously worked. His people were not distinguished by professionalism, but attributed the merits of others. There are many worthy and competent employees in the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Northwestern Federal District, but Bykov treated them as second-class people. I don’t know how I got on this list and who included me. Several people were also not confidants of the general. How they got there is unclear. Perhaps "to the heap."

27 "paratroopers" remained unquestioned. There are chances for a feat.

Alexander Ermakov, Fontanka.ru

It happened: golden parachutes covered the former chiefs of the St. Petersburg police. On the eve of the Dzerzhinsky District Court of St. Petersburg, a verdict was passed in a high-profile criminal case of embezzlement during the liquidation in 2014 of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for the North-Western Federal District.

As the investigation and the court established, by writing out fabulous bonuses to his subordinates, the ex-head of the department, Vitaly Bykov, received large kickbacks for them, and in addition, the general, together with his entourage, expected to transfer 21 apartments to his relatives, allocated to police officers who needed better living conditions.

The announcement of the verdict in the so-called golden parachute case, scheduled for noon yesterday, dragged on for the whole day. The hall where the decision was announced was so full that some journalists could only find a place on the windowsills. At the same time, from the very first lines of the judicial act, it became clear that the guilt of all five defendants in the case had been proven.

The scandal with the embezzlement of budgetary funds of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for the North-Western Federal District erupted in May 2015: then the former head of the head office, Major General Vitaly Bykov, was detained, who was transferred from St. Petersburg to Moscow. Here, the investigators of the ICR charged him under Part 4 of Art. 160 of the Criminal Code (embezzlement on an especially large scale), and the Basmanny Court authorized his arrest. Subsequently, two of his deputies, Ivan Lozyuk and Alexander Monastyrshin, were detained and arrested. At the same time, the court ordered detention on the day of his birth - January 27, 2016.

According to the TFR, in 2014, on the eve of the dissolution of the department, Vitaly Bykov retroactively issued an order to reward 32 employees for performing particularly difficult tasks in the amount of 400-750 thousand rubles. Such remuneration, according to the investigation, was actually comparable to the annual income of an employee of the department. At the same time, as witnesses noted, there was nothing to reward the Glavk for: for example, the work of the department in the first quarter of 2014 was recognized as unsatisfactory. Moreover, the list did not include department employees who served for six months in hot spots. At the same time, as the prosecutors noted in court, Alexander Monastyrshin, who had an unresolved reprimand, was among those encouraged.

[Fontanka.Ru, 07/17/2017, “The ex-head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Northwestern Federal District Bykov received seven years for the“ golden parachutes ”: The amount of bonuses was equal to the balance of funds in the cash desk of the central office when it was disbanded. His successor, the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of St. Petersburg and the region, got an empty account. - Inset K.ru]

After the process, lawyer Andrey Chertopolohov, representing the interests of Vitaly Bykov, told Kommersant that he intended to file an appeal against the verdict.

The secret about the awards was blabbed by the staff officer

It turned out - all this is nonsense. It’s just that the “golden parachutist” let slip to the deprived comrade-in-arms.

Do you recognize the defendants? - asked Stelmach.

Yes, - the identification of the former bosses went to the tops.

I went to the authorities on two issues - how to return the guys and who will provide them with full financial allowance, - Shtelmakh explained.

According to him, Alexander Monastyrshin, the deputy head of the main department, who was directly subordinate to the SOBR, withdrew himself: they say, the department no longer exists.

Monastyrshin, - Shtelmakh recalled, - told me: “Guys, believe me, there is no money, I myself have bare pockets, I can’t help with anything.”

From behind the prosecutor's table came:

Have you shared your experiences with anyone?

Silence. Deep breath. Heavy exhalation.

Yes. With Natalya Anatolyevna Kanasheva.

Kanasheva was in charge of the document management department. Not a single order of Bykov passed by her. Friendly relations (sometimes even dined together), apparently, disposed to frankness.

The situation surprised me, angered me, blew me up,” he explained to the court.

The Sobrovites made a scandal in the accounting department, threatening to appeal to the prosecutor's office, and

Shtelmakh spoke to Monastyrshin. And away we go.

Monastyrshin asked me not to go into someone else's pocket, at the meeting he shouted at Kanashev, demanding to shut up and not talk about the awards, - Shtelmakh painted.

But it was too late. Rumor has spread. The audit found out, the rumor reached its own safety. And only then did the FSB, intrigued by the publicity, come to General Bykov and his deputies.

It was, however, too late. The "Golden Parachutists" made payments to cover loans, repair apartments, vacations and other liberties. And only Kanasheva kept the money. Stelmakh said:

I told her that if she withdraws even a penny, then ... - the car horn burst into the open window of the courtroom and swallowed up the rest of the phrase. She didn't touch the money.

The judge took the floor:

I would like to hear from your lips a moral and ethical assessment of what happened. Not that someone was rewarded, but that your subordinates were not rewarded.

The fact that they did not reward, there is nothing terrible. Used to.

I'm talking about moral and ethical.

baseness.

There was a bad ending, and the three in the cage knew it. Their lawyers took the floor.

Tell me, - they turned to Shtelmakh, - did you have a conflict with Monastyrshin before? Because of the refusal to throw off money to help injured policemen during a flood in the Far East, for example?

We were often asked to throw money somewhere, - Shtelmakh retorted. - On the lottery and so on. We transferred money to the Far East in the forefront, but I was very indignant at lotteries, it's true ...

And what about lotteries? - Anzhelika Morozova asked naively. - I'm here to learn such amazing things.

The annual lottery of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, in which tickets are forcibly distributed among employees, Shtelmakh said.

Oh my God, - the judge was horrified, stopped the interrogation and sent everyone to rest until mid-January.