At first glance, the statements made by western representatives urging to bring to justice all those guilty of Nemtsov’s killing seem just a little bit strange. In fact, they are well aware that the Russia’s Investigative Committee works efficiently and jointly with operative services has solved this complicated case, which will be sent to court after the accused and their lawyers have read it. Holding the organizers of the crime, who are internationally wanted, is a matter of time.
This confusion with the instances, when instead of law-enforcement authorities the government is asked to investigate the case can be attributed to difficulties of translation. Our system is built not upon the Anglo-Saxon model, but upon the European one. However, we do know well the Anglo-Saxon models as well. It can’t be that the seemingly sympathetic urge of the US Department of State does not hide a taunt or some kind of inner bottom.
This might well be a hint that it is impossible for the Russian Government to find and bring to justice true masterminds, those who pulled the strings from abroad and influenced those who ordered the murder. Indeed, mocking allusions can hardly be presented to the court as the evidence, though the classical principle “Cui bono?”, For whose benefit it is to darken the anniversary of the de-facto reunion of Russian Crimea with its homeland, definitely points to such “well-wishers” from abroad.
The principle of unavoidability of punishment and necessity to as soon as possible forward the case to a court for impartial consideration requires from us to confine ourselves to only proved facts. As for, let’s call them foreign masterminds, and not formal contractors of the murder, in addition to criminal court, there is also a supreme court of history, which will put everything in its places very quickly in historical measures, because with such treatment of international affairs or human relationships you can’t even reckon to be the leaders, let alone be ones.
On my part, I am urging the US Department of State to take care of the reputation of the US Government and try to influence competent authorities of the country which in fact ignore Russia’s requests for legal assistance. The Russia’s Investigative Committee has opened 14 criminal cases into the murders and abuse of Russian children in the United States. Maybe, our colleagues think that we attempt to infringe on their sovereignty this way? But then I have to explain that Russia has professional and competent investigative authorities capable of solving complicated, unobvious crimes and to do that they don’t need any approval or encouragement from abroad.
Head of Media Relations V.I. Markin
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