He was stabbed several times, from which he died. Who benefited from the death of a top manager of a state corporation, arrested in a case of theft ten years ago, found out

The body was found in the toilet

Initially, a member of the Moscow Public Monitoring Commission reported Evdokimov's death. Later, they confirmed the information about the death of the person involved in the corruption investigation and the fact that traces of violent death were found on the body.

“According to the investigation, on March 18, 2017, at approximately 4 o’clock, the body of a man born in 1965, arrested in a criminal case of fraud, was found in a cell of a pre-trial detention center located on Vyborgskaya Street in Moscow. During a visual examination, investigators found two stab wounds in the chest area and a wound in the neck on the victim’s body,” the ICR website reports.

Soon, detectives found a knife, which allegedly became the murder weapon. A criminal case was opened for murder. As it turned out, there were 11 other prisoners in the cell with Evdokimov; Investigators are now working with them.

“Evdokimov was found dead in the toilet room, which is not within the range of surveillance cameras. He was found to have several knife wounds, but shallow ones, which does not exclude the possibility that he could have inflicted them on himself,” said a source familiar with the situation.

The case of massacre in the capital's pre-trial detention center is extraordinary, but not unique. The capital's Federal Penitentiary Service promised to conduct an internal audit of its employees.

The path to captivity

Evdokimov was placed in pre-trial detention center No. 5 in December last year as part of an investigation into a criminal case of real estate fraud.

In court, he asked not to be taken into custody, since he does not intend to hide and is cooperating with the investigation. The defense insisted on release on bail of 30 million rubles, but the judge listened to the opinion of the investigator.

Together with Evdokimov, the former director of the Scientific and Technical Center company, Alexander Zolin, was involved in the case. As Kommersant wrote, investigators believe that from 2007 to 2009, the alleged accomplices, through companies controlled by them, acquired rights to the state property of RSK MiG, the value of which was estimated at 200 million rubles.

Neither Zolin nor Evdokimov admitted their guilt.

It is worth recalling that this investigation was part of a larger case of theft at RSK MiG. According to investigators, at the beginning of the 2000s, Alexey Ozerov (former deputy head of MiG-Rost, a subsidiary of RSK MiG), together with the deputy general director and former deputy general director of Helicopter Service Company OJSC, illegally acquired more than two hectares with three buildings corporation on Khodynka Field (total area of ​​premises - about 16 thousand square meters).

Later the buildings were renovated and were rented out. Also included in the investigation is Noskov’s brother, Akim, the former general director of the Helicopter Service Company. He and Andreev are now on the international wanted list.

Who benefits?

As part of this investigation, on December 2, searches were carried out at the Rocket and Space Instrumentation Plant (part of the Russian Space Systems).

The plant produces equipment for Soyuz-2 launch vehicles, Progress-M and Soyuz-TMA spacecraft. The visit of law enforcement officers to the enterprise is associated with fraud in the supply of components to Roscosmos, which is a subsidiary of Roscosmos.

Non-conflict person

The version of a conflict between cellmates is being considered, but is unlikely, a former employee of the prison department told Lenta.ru, since the murder of a person in a detention center requires the sanction of the so-called thieves in law, who are responsible for order in a particular pre-trial detention center or colony.

In addition, Evdokimov’s cellmates were mostly people far from the thieves’ criminal world. “In the detention center with him were mainly suspects and accused of economic crimes,” human rights activist Eva Merkacheva, who went to the scene of the events, told Lenta.ru. According to her, Evdokimov complained of pain in his shoulder, he was examined by doctors, but he did not express any complaints against other prisoners.

“All our thoughts today are with Vladimir’s family and his children. Of course, we will insist on clarifying all the circumstances of his death and a comprehensive investigation of the case,” the general director of Roscosmos commented on the tragedy.

Komarov made attempts to alleviate the fate of his subordinate immediately after his arrest. On December 26 last year, through lawyer Evdokimov, he asked to change the measure of restraint for the top manager.

Is it true that the former city manager of Rostov, Sergei Gorban, died after receiving stab wounds from unknown people in the Lefortovo pre-trial detention center? Should we believe the information about the mass resignations of southern governors and the fact that the Socialist Revolutionaries in the Krasnodar Territory are bargaining only for seats in the legislative assembly? Whether to believe these and other rumors is in the FederalPress special project. Happy reading and have a nice weekend!

Southern Federal District

The regions of the Southern Federal District are looking for new heads

On the eve of the presidential elections, further resignations of governors in Russian regions are expected. By the end of the year, several governors of the South may leave their positions at once. Several knowledgeable sources reported this to FederalPress. Allegedly, the Kremlin is ready to replace some leaders due to the stalling of large-scale infrastructure projects. And some are ready to retire on their own, tired of a long tenure in office. FederalPress sources note that decisions on the heads of regions have not yet been made, but the likelihood that such deliveries will take place before the end of the year is quite high.

Comment: there will be resignations, but later

A number of Russian governors are indeed facing the threat of dismissal, comments political strategist and director of the NPR Group consulting agency Dmitry Fetisov. At the same time, according to the expert, both southerners and leaders of other regions are at risk. However, the key factor in this issue is the reluctance of the presidential administration to increase the number of gubernatorial elections this year, adds Dmitry Fetisov. “Consequently, it is possible to predict the dates of resignations. Elections can be called by parliament within 90 days (June 13), and by the electoral commission within 80 days (June 23). In addition, in the regions, the electoral legislation needs to be changed so that it is possible to run as self-nominated candidates, and not, as now, only from parties. In addition, it is better to carry out resignations in the summer, so that the new acting ones have time to prove themselves before the presidential elections. And if they can’t cope, then in the winter you can still have time to replace them. That is, potential retirees have until June 23 to try to somehow change the situation and sit down,” adds Dmitry, director of NPR Group.

Kondratiev, in particular, has been predicted for a month now to leave after the September elections

Rostov region

Ex-head of Rostov administration stabbed to death in Lefortovo

Former city manager of Rostov Sergei Gorban died after receiving stab wounds from unknown people in the Lefortovo pre-trial detention center. One of the informed sources reported this information to the publication. According to an anonymous source, investigators investigating the death of the politician suggest that the cause of the tragic death of the former city manager was the actions of prisoners of the same correctional institution. However, whether there is a personal conflict behind this or whether what happened was a planned assassination attempt has not yet been established.

Let us recall that the information that Sergei Gorban is sitting in the Lefortovo pre-trial detention center was reported at the end of spring by former prosecutor Yevgeny Berkovich on his Facebook page. In his video message, he mentioned that he had received a letter from the investigative department of the investigative committee, which contained information about the decision to prosecute the ex-mayor. According to Berkovich’s statement, Gorban has been in a pre-trial detention center for about ten months, but until now there has been no order to “put him in jail.” Let us add that official information about the death of Sergei Gorban, as well as about his arrest, has not yet appeared.

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There is no reliable information about Gorban’s fate yet

Krasnodar region

The owner of "Klyuchavto" will go to the ZSK from the Socialist Revolutionaries

Krasnodar businessman Viktor Sergeev, who heads the Klyuchavto holding, one of the largest car dealers in the south of Russia, may become No. 2 in the territorial group of A Just Russia in the upcoming elections to the legislative assembly of Kuban. This was reported by the online publication Obzor, citing a source in the regional branch of the party. Let us remind you that the leader of the “A Just Russia” faction in the State Duma, Sergei Mironov, is first on the party list. Let us add that there are rumors in Krasnodar that Sergei Mironov can win in the territorial group nominated for the central district of Krasnodar. Allegedly, this is why the little-known political activist Yuri Kostomakha won the United Russia primaries here. Let us add that in December 2016, the regional branch of the party was headed by Eduard Kuznetsov, who left the ranks of Mironov’s supporters a few months later and accused the party leadership of “trading” places on the party list behind his back. At the end of May, Denis Khmelevskoy headed the Kuban Just Russia.

“They became accused for the first time, they have the so-called first trial,” Gorshenin said about Evdokimov’s cellmates in the last month of his stay in the pre-trial detention center. During the investigation, Evdokimov’s cellmates were moved to different cells, members of the commission told RBC. According to Melnikov, on the day of Evdokimov’s death, interrogations lasted until two o’clock in the morning. In addition, the detention center staff were also interrogated.

The case of the murder of Evdokimov is being processed by the investigative department for the Northern District of Moscow, Tatiana Potyaeva, Commissioner for Human Rights in Moscow, clarified to RBC. She demanded that investigators keep her informed of the case. “When the investigators finish working, we will go there and meet with [Evdokimov’s] cellmates,” Potyaeva noted. The official representative of the capital's Investigative Committee, Yulia Ivanova, was unavailable for comment at the time of writing.

In one of the blocks of pre-trial detention center No. 5 (Photo: Dmitry Lebedev / Kommersant)

Murder in the toilet

Evdokimov's cellmates told public observers that they found the body in the toilet. “The door to the toilet was locked from the inside. They tried to shout to him, pulled the door; blood flowed from under her,” Melnikov retells their version. After this, the prisoners called the administration employees, and they called the doctors, who confirmed death, a member of the PMC clarifies. Evdokimov lost a lot of blood, “he looked pale,” the death of the Roscosmos top manager was established “within five to ten minutes” after they managed to break through to him, Melnikov noted.

Evdokimov had no conflicts with fellow inmates, the prisoners told observers; The pre-trial detention center administration did not put pressure on him. “The inmates are young guys. Several people are accused of fraud and illegal banking activities, but most are accused of drug trafficking. Previously, he had an older cell for six people,” Melnikov said.

In the story of the murder of Evdokimov, two things are surprising, Olga Romanova, head of the human rights organization Sitting Rus', told RBC: both the very transfer of a high-ranking accused to a cell without video surveillance, and in general the fact that he was in custody in pre-trial detention center No. 5, where “ high-status prisoners are a rarity.

As a rule, Romanova says, high-ranking prisoners are kept in the Matrosskaya Tishina special detention center or in the Lefortovo detention center. As in Lefortovo, a separate block in Matrosskaya Tishina is managed by a special unit of the Federal Penitentiary Service and is unofficially controlled by the Federal Security Service, the human rights activist clarified. But unlike Lefortovo, where those accused of crimes against the state system are kept, Matrosskaya Tishina houses “status” prisoners for a variety of cases.

RBC is awaiting a response from the Federal Penitentiary Service and the Investigative Committee on the reasons for transferring Evdokimov to a cell without video surveillance and whether transfer to such a cell is considered as part of the preparation of an assassination attempt. Based on the fact of what happened in pre-trial detention center No. 5, the capital's department of the Federal Penitentiary Service began an internal investigation, the department's press secretary told RBC. The Moscow prosecutor's office will also inspect the detention center, official representative of the Prosecutor General's Office Alexander Kurennoy told RBC.

On the territory of pre-trial detention center No. 5 (Photo: Artem Geodakyan / TASS)

Versions

Such murders, as in the case of Evdokimov, are prepared in advance; preparation takes at least a month or even more, says Romanova. “When I was dealing with ordering the murder of my husband [entrepreneur Alexei Kozlov], it was prepared by a man who was an agent in the cell, and he was a career employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He refused to fulfill the order for a number of reasons.” According to Romanova, in the case of Evdokimov, the murder was carried out “at the highest level”: “He [the perpetrator] is not a gopnik. This is a man who looks like a gopnik. Most likely, this is an ideological person who receives a salary in one of the law enforcement agencies. But he sits honestly, and the investigator who is leading his case has no idea who he is.”

The probable murder of Evdokimov could be beneficial to those against whom the executive director of Roscosmos could testify, suggested an Interfax source in law enforcement agencies. According to Melnikov from the PSC, one can believe in a contract killing if one of Evdokimov’s cellmates “received an assignment”; The transfer of a prisoner to a cell without video surveillance may also be associated with preparations for an assassination attempt. However, Melnikov doubts that the staff of the pre-trial detention center administration are involved in this: “They are quite competent specialists, I cannot suspect them of serious violations.”

A member of the PMC is inclined to believe that the murder of the top manager was the result of a conflict with cellmates. “I can assume that this is some kind of domestic conflict. Although, as far as I know, he was a non-conflict person,” one of the lawyers participating in the trial in the Evdokimov case, Pavel Zaitsev, agrees with Melnikov. Chairman of the Moscow Public Monitoring Committee Vadim Gorshenin is also inclined to the everyday version of the murder. Moreover, the conflict, he suggests, could have been a consequence of Evdokimov’s recent transfer to a general cell, where mostly young people were imprisoned.

Photo: Petr Kassin / Kommersant

Theft case

At Roscosmos, Evdokimov was responsible for quality control and reliability; during his work, the number of defects decreased by 21%, the top manager himself reported in May last year. Previously, he worked at the United Rocket and Space Corporation (PJSC UAC) as Deputy General Director; Before that, he was a member of the management of FSUE Aviatekhpriemka for nine years. For more than 20 years, Evdokimov worked at nuclear industry enterprises.

The former vice-governor of the Rostov region, who in 2014 decided to downgrade his status by becoming the head of the administration of Rostov-on-Don, Sergei Gorban did not submit documents to extend his contract with the city. This information was disseminated by the Rostov media on October 18, and confirmed in the evening by the municipality. Sergei Gorban himself, who two weeks ago, during the traditional Saturday tour of the city economy, promised journalists to hold a press conference on October 18 and talk about future plans, is now on vacation until November 7.

According to some reports, he is resolving issues of his employment in Moscow.

This turn of events was unexpected for everyone who has been following the career of Sergei Ivanovich, since his arrival in the Rostov region in the summer of 2010. A native of the Azov region, after graduating from school he entered the Minsk Military-Political School and until 2001 built a military career in various parts of the USSR, and then the Russian Federation. He retired with the rank of colonel, having resigned as an officer of the Air Force General Staff.

Sergei Gorban began his career in politics as a consultant to the secretariat of the chairman of the government of the Moscow region. After this, he received the position of deputy head of the administration of the Leninsky district of the Moscow region, and Vasily Golubev headed that administration. According to Moscow journalists, the only thing that marred the successful tandem of two fellow countrymen was the periodic scandals associated with the development of expensive land near Moscow. Information appeared in the media every now and then about the personal interest of Gorban and Golubev in the work of individual companies, among the owners of which were either their spouses or children.

After the appointment of Vasily Golubev to the post of governor of the Rostov region in 2010, Sergei Gorban received the post of first deputy and took on the management of the region with such passion that he sometimes overshadowed the “first person” with his activity.

Almost from the first days of his work, he had a conflict with the long-term mayor of Rostov-on-Don, Mikhail Chernyshev, who, after the resignation of Vladimir Chub, became the personification of the entire Rostov elite, which had greatly “sagged” under the pressure of the Moscow “Varangians”.

Four years of desperate confrontation ended with a “water truce”: Chernyshev was given the post of deputy governor for minor matters, and Sergei Ivanovich, having resigned from the post of vice-governor, began repairing sewers, painting facades, changing the heads of districts, and at the end of his reign he started such a road redistribution in Rostov, that his refusal to further govern the city looked almost like a triumph of justice. Especially considering that two years ago Rostovites were deprived of the right to directly choose their mayor and thus influence the situation in the southern capital.

Gorban was suspected of lobbying the interests of large construction companies, which, one after another, suddenly began to enter the city, displacing local businesses, and over the course of several years built up the Don capital with high-rise buildings, without thinking much about solving the issues of lagging social and transport infrastructure. He was accused of infringing on the interests of small businesses for the war declared on tents and kvass outlets. A black spot on the mayor's reputation this summer was the death of a 14-year-old schoolgirl, who was pulled under a car during rain in the city center by a stream of water.

At the same time, Sergei Gorban can safely be called one of the most open officials. He surrounded himself with a retinue of public advisers, seriously began to form a city public chamber, and even started a regular television show, where he invited the famous Don TV personality Dmitry Dibrov to discuss the most pressing city problems with the audience. By a strong-willed decision, Sergei Gorban deprived Rostov of many years and, despite the skepticism of the townspeople, introduced paid parking in the center.

True, the media regularly received information about significant expenditures on “PR” by the mayor: for the publication of the so-called. "socially significant materials about the activities of the Administration of Rostov-on-Don" tens of millions of rubles from the city treasury went to news agencies.

Experts who have been closely following Gorban’s career all this time noted that the scope that the city manager took was clearly not intended for two years of work. Therefore, the news of his departure surprised many.

Rostov political strategist Sergei Smirnov believes that Sergei Ivanovich was “eaten” by the local elite, which, unable to unite, individually bombarded various authorities in Moscow with complaints about the energetic city manager.

“All these petitions with or without reason, collecting signatures, endless complaints - all this ultimately led to the fact that “at the top,” I think, a certain irritation towards Sergei Ivanovich accumulated, and an appropriate decision was made,” says Smirnov. “Although I continue to believe that his appointment to the post of city manager of the largest city in the south of Russia was logical and justified.”

Business Quarter's own sources in the government report that, based on the results of numerous complaints and denunciations, a delegation from the Presidential Administration visited the city in the summer and fall, the conclusions of which were not long in coming.

Little is known about the future fate of Sergei Gorban: some media reports about the position of head of one of the Moscow districts, which is already waiting for the former Rostov city manager; there is a version about the return of Vorobyov to the office of the governor of the Moscow region. But experts in nomenclature laws cannot be fooled by this.

“Gorban was the owner of a million-plus city, an independent political figure. In two years there will be a World Cup here. This was the beginning of a serious political career without being tied to the “patron” - Vasily Yuryevich,” one of the city’s former comrades told Delovoy Kvartal. manager. - And now he will again become a second-tier figure. Yes, perhaps from the point of view of “income”, a seat near Moscow or Moscow is much more attractive, but Sergei Ivanovich had political ambitions, and this is not a cold, it does not go away. Apparently, "They really "asked" him. Politely and according to the laws of the game, which he himself, apparently, religiously observed. If he had not followed, they would have asked "impolitely": with a criminal offense and other matters."

The candidacy of the current Minister of Transport Vitaly Kushnarev, whose career is also directly related to the personality of Vasily Golubev, is being discussed as the new city manager of Rostov: Kushnarev comes from the area where the governor was born - Tatsinsky. After graduating from the NPI, he worked at a mine for several years, and then went into municipal service in the administration of the Belokalitvensky district. From there, from the position of a 35-year-old department head, in the summer of 2010, immediately after Golubev’s inauguration, Kushnarev moved to Rostov to the position of assistant to the governor. He headed the Ministry of Transport in 2014. A few days ago, the Prosecutor General's Office transferred to court a case against two of his subordinates, who are suspected of fraud during a competition among applicants for intercity passenger transportation in the region.

According to those who worked with Kushnarev, he has enough experience to lead the million-strong Rostov.

“I came across him as the Minister of Transport and I can say that there were no moments that would allow me to criticize our interaction,” says Andrei Ivanov, city manager of Volgodonsk, former head of the Department of Consumer Market and Services. “Calm, pragmatic, everything.” "does it without unnecessary fuss. I think that as a minister he acquired sufficient experience in dealing with federal structures to lead a municipality."

In the work of any city manager, Ivanov believes, the most difficult thing is selecting a team. “This is the first and main problem that he will have to solve. It is very important to create a team of like-minded people,” says the municipal official, who experienced all the “delights” of the “Varangian” fate, having moved from working in the government to the position of head of the administration of Volgodonsk. There should be no “insiders” and “outsiders”. There are people ready to work for the benefit of the municipality, and others. You need to work with those who can do it with you at the same pace."

For the sake of decency, several people will traditionally participate in the competition for the position of head of the administration of Rostov-on-Don, but Kushnarev’s candidacy is considered agreed upon and satisfactory by all interested parties, primarily the regional governor. However, after the resignation of Sergei Gorban, Vasily Golubev is unlikely to be able to feel calm and confident against the backdrop of the ongoing activity of the old Rostov elite, for whom in 6 years he never became one.

The former city manager of Rostov, Sergei Gorban, has been found. The former head of the Administration of Rostov-on-Don, Sergei Gorban, got a job as an assistant to State Duma deputy Evgeniy Moskvichev. This information was confirmed to journalists by the deputy’s press secretary Diana Novikova. According to her, Sergei Gorban really works as an assistant to Moskvichev on a voluntary basis. Evgeny Moskvichev represented the interests of the Rostov region in the last convocation of the State Duma. Since he was little known to the residents of the region, he received a mandate from it in 2011 on the lists of United Russia. In 2016, there was no place for him on the Don party lists, so now he represents the interests of several other regions and heads the Committee on Transport and Construction in the State Duma. Sergei Gorban disappeared from Rostov in the same year of 2016. After working for two years as a city manager, he did not submit documents to extend his contract with the City Duma, went on vacation, and until recently nothing was heard about him. Unverified information appeared that he had been arrested, anonymous sources reported searches in his office in Rostov. Gorban was “buried” several times in Lefortovo, and each new version of the further fate of the extraordinary manager was more tragic than the previous one. Gorban’s disappearance looked all the more strange because in the 2000s he was a loyal ally of the current Rostov governor, together with him in 2010 he came to Rostov and served as vice-governor for four years. Vasily Golubev personally recommended him for the post of city manager of Rostov, noting his exceptional business qualities and the acumen of a strong business executive. Sergei Gorban is remembered by Rostovites for his radical city decisions in terms of landscaping: he made one-way traffic on several streets in the city center, created a pedestrian zone on a section of Soborny Lane and placed huge tubs of trees around the city, for which he was repeatedly criticized. The turning point in Sergei Ivanovich’s career was the downpour that hit Rostov on the night of June 30 to July 1, 2016, when parked cars were demolished by streams of water on Budennovsky Avenue and a schoolgirl died - she was pulled under the car, and the girl choked. The tragedy was preceded by the total cutting down of trees in the city and the destruction of lawns, which, together with non-functioning storm drains, provoked the formation of severe rain flows, experts said then. Sergei Gorban was a fan of spectacular proceedings with negligent business executives; under the gun of video cameras, he traveled to unauthorized landfills, abandoned factories, small enterprises and, in a tragically quiet voice, caused loud scandals. He terrified small entrepreneurs selling on the streets. By his order, assorted stalls disappeared from the city streets and were replaced with standard non-permanent buildings. Rostov now has original bus stops, a municipal co-working space and luxurious New Year's illumination in the city center. Why such a bright figure and “strong business executive” disappeared and, apparently, still has not found a permanent place of work, is not clear. According to one version, the reason for Gorban’s flight from Rostov was his conflict with the regional governor. Moreover, soon after Sergei Ivanovich, Deputy Prosecutor General for the Southern Federal District Sergei Vorobyov left Rostov, then the Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee for the Rostov Region Yuri Popov, and then, after a three-year confrontation with the personnel, the head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Rostov Region Andrei Larionov went home. The office of the Commissioner for the Protection of the Rights of Entrepreneurs, Boris Titov, announced these resignations and associated them with a large number of criminal cases brought against business representatives and the illegal prosecution of entrepreneurs in the region. The new head of the administration of Rostov-on-Don was also recommended for this post by the regional governor Vasily Golubev. Before concluding a contract with the City Duma, Vitaly Kushnarev worked as Minister of Transport for two years. In February, Kushnarev successfully reported to the City Duma about his first year and a half of work, the results of the work were considered satisfactory. It is noteworthy that Sergei Gorban left the building of the Administration of Rostov-on-Don, having worked there for two years and without reporting for any of them. Read more.