The Russia’s Investigative Committee carries on investigating criminal cases connected with the incident at the Matveyevsky market place opened against police officers Alexey Pravkin, Vladrimir Cherezov, Yuri Lunkov and Khalimat and Magomed Rasulov suspected of an attack on the agent of criminal detection department.
Cherezov and Lunkov were charged today with a crime under part 2 of article 293 of the RF Criminal Code (negligence). Under the investigators’ request the court ruled to place them in custody.
That was actions, or better said inaction of the so called police officers, which let Magomed and Khalimat Rasulov to feel themselves master of this tine spot in Moscow. And this is their silent agreement that made it possible first for public beating up of their colleague and comrade and then for Magomed and Khalimat Rasulov to freely leave the crime scene.
Wer remind that yesterday another criminal case was launched, this time against Stanisalv Solovyov, former chief of police of Ochakovo-Matveyevsky district office of Interior Ministry in Moscow. He is charged with taking bribes from tradesmen of the Matveyevsky market (paragraph “c” of part 5 of article 290 of the RF Criminal Code). Under the investigators’ request the court ruled to place him in custody.
These two cases in general explain behavior of such apology for police officer if I may say so as Cherezov and Lunkov. They surely knew under whose patronage the market workers were. This explains insolence of tradespeople to the police officer. To all appearance he was associated for them with the image of such people as Cherezov, Lunkov and Solovyov. This is why investigators are going carefully look into not only circumstances of the crimes, but find all the reasons and conditions, which contributed to them. All normal people do understand that the incident at the Matveyevsky market is no exception. So the Investigative Committee will carry on discovering corrupt connections between representatives of law enforcement, control bodies and such tradesmen.
Investigation of the criminal cases is ongoing.
Head of Media Relations V.I. Markin
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