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Another criminal investigation launched in connection with incident at Matveyevsky market place in Moscow

Investigating bodies of the Russia’s Investigative Committee has launched a criminal case against acting chief of Ochakovo-Matveyevskoye department of the Interior Ministry Alexey Pravkin, under whose leadership the traffic police officers suspected of negligence during detention of Magomed Rasulov worked. Alexey Pravkin is suspected of a crime under part 2 of article 293 of the RF Criminal Code (negligence).

According to investigators, on 27 July 2013, after getting a report of a crime committed at the territory in his jurisdiction, that is at Matveyevsky market place, Pravkin did nothing to organize the work of his subordinates to prevent an especially serious crime and its consequences. As a result Magomed Rasulov caused a serious brain injury to an operative agent and fled the crime scene. Investigators are going to look carefully into causes that contributed to the crime at the Matveyevsky market place and give an objective assessment to all those who was involved directly or indirectly.

It is obvious that Khalimat and Magomed Rasulov acted too confidently and even lawful demands of the police officers caused only aggression in them. They did not pay any attention to the police officers who stood beside. Though they made a timid attempt to get the attacker into the car, he still escaped. We cannot rule out that the true reasons of this situation lie deeper than a banal negligence of two traffic police officers. For that reason, the investigators are going to check on the corrupt connection between the law-enforcement agents and representatives of the Matveyevsky market. Maybe then it will be possible to explain both insolent actions of tradespeople at the market and the criminal negligence of the police officers.

Investigation of criminal cases against Alexey Pravkin, Vladimir Cherezov, Yuri Lunkov, Magomed and Khalimat Rasulov is commissioned to Moscow Main Investigations Directorate of the Russia’s Investigative Committee.

Head of Media Relations                                                                                                  V.I. Markin