Saturday, October 4, 2014

In the case of “The System” went systemic change – Kommersant

In the case of "The System" went systemic change – Kommersant

Yesterday the Moscow City Court changed the measure of restraint businessman Levon Hayrapetyan – the first involved in the case of assignment of shares of the Bashkir fuel and energy sector and their subsequent money through the sale of AFK “Sistema”. In jail Levon Hayrapetyan spent more than two months, and after the Prosecutor General’s Office has decided to demand action “Bashneft” of “the system” in favor of the state, and President Vladimir Putin expressed hope that the process will go into arbitration plane was transferred to house arrest.

An application for the transfer of 65-year-old founder of ID “interlocutor” Levon Hayrapetyan from jail under house arrest in Basmanny district court addressed the head of the investigative team CSO TFR Alexei fun. According to the defenders, before they asked the inspector to change the measure of restraint Levon Hayrapetyan any unrelated arrest, due to the poor state of his health.

The same argument appeared yesterday in a petition before the investigation Basmanny court, which supported the prosecutor’s office. The court hearing, which was delivered directly Levon Hayrapetyan, lasted no more than two hours. The judge Valentina Levasheva, agreeing with the arguments as a consequence of, and protect, soften entrepreneur preventive measure. “The grounds for finding the accused in custody is no more,” – said the judge.

At the same time he house arrest for Levon Hayrapetyan does not contain any concessions. The defendant is forbidden to use means of communication, internet and watching TV. Communication is also limited to close relatives, doctors, members of the Federal Penitentiary Service, the police and lawyers. Under house arrest by the court Levon Hayrapetyan will be until 15 December 2014 to the place of their permanent residence in the house 40/2 on the street Prechistenka.

After the meeting, Levon Hayrapetyan, accompanied by an employee of the FSIN, investigators and lawyers left the courthouse through a courtyard. Refusing to comment on his criminal case, he complained of feeling unwell reporters, saying that suffered four strokes and two heart attacks.

Levon Hayrapetyan was detained by the FSB on July 15 at the Domodedovo airport when he arrived in Moscow from Yerevan to pass the routine treatment in a private medical center K-31. The dealer was arrested in a criminal case brought by the GSM TFR in April this year on charges of theft of shares of Bashkir FEC son of a former president of the republic Ural Rakhimov. Indications Levon Hayrapetyan gave departing for serious crimes a life sentence of ex-senator from Bashkiria Igor Izmest’ev.

A few days later, Levon Hayrapetyan was charged under Art. 160 and Art. 174 of the Criminal Code (embezzlement or misappropriation of another’s property, and the legalization of illegally obtained funds). Investigators believe he brokered a deal between the Ural Rakhimov and head of AFK “Sistema” Yevgeny Yevtushenkov, for which he received a $ 50 million fee. And in September, at the request of the mother of Igor Izmestieva Tamara Levon Hayrapetyan was also accused of fraud on a large scale (hours. 4 tbsp. 159 of the Criminal Code). According to investigators, the summer of 2010, he received from Mrs. Izmestieva $ 700 thousand. To address the issue of clemency for her son, but did not keep his word, and money appropriated. Guilt businessman on any of the episodes are not recognized.

Lawyer businessman Samvel Karakhanyan said that protection now withdraw his complaint against the continued detention, which the Moscow City Court had to consider on 8 October. At the same time, according to the defense, he is going to appeal to the investigator in order to Levon Hayrapetyan was allowed to leave the house for a stroll.

According to sources, “b”, close to the investigation, change the measure of restraint Levon Hayrapetyan may be due to a change in the position of the investigation of high-profile case in general. It happened after the Prosecutor General’s Office appealed to the Moscow Arbitration Court with a lawsuit, which seeks reclaim shares “Bashneft” of “alien and unlawful treatment” AFK “System” and “Sistema-Invest”, followed by the transfer of Federal Property Management Agency. Especially that last Thursday at the forum “VTB Capital” President Putin, when asked about the situation around “Bashneft”, in particular, said: “I hope all the solutions lie not in the criminal and in civil, arbitration plane” .

Lawyer Ural Rakhimov Il’nur Salimyanov also named Levon Hayrapetyan release from prison in response to a statement by Vladimir Putin. “Apparently, the consequence of this signal is estimated and realized that somewhere went too far,” – said the lawyer. On the other hand, according to the lawyer, the completion of the case it obviously does not go: “We do not expect that the case will be closed, it will probably remain, but perhaps it will be less impulsive movements.” The period of investigation in the case was recently extended until 28 January 2015.

Monday Basmanny district court will hear the appeal of protection Ural Rakhimov, to seek recognition of the illegal prosecution of his client, because he believes that the case had expired years ago. And then, apparently, there will be changes in the conditions of the house arrest of Vladimir Yevtushenko. Consequence, the recall itself wants to allow him to use telephone and daily trips to work.

Yuri Senators, Nikolai Sergeyev; Natalia Pavlova, Ufa


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