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Chairman of the Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin has held a reception of members of the Civic Council, Advisory Council for helping orphans and children left without parental care, Council of the Investigative Committee’s Heroes, veterans of investigative authorities devoted to the sixth anniversary of the Investigative Committee.

The reception was attended by: People’s Artist of the USSR Vasily Lanovoi, People’s Artist of the Russian Federation composer Yuri Antonov, chairman of the presidium of the National Association of NGOs of investigative authorities’ veterans Union of Investigation Veterans Vladimir Dontsov, first deputy CEO of PAO RusGidro Vladimir markin, director of the Russian Academy of Sciences’ International Safety Institute Andrei Kokoshin, chancellor of the RF Foreign Ministry’s Moscow State University of Investigation Relations (university) Anatoly Torkunov, USSR, world and Olympic champion Alexander Yakushev, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, member of a regional NGO Stanislav Shubin, advisor to the Prosecutor General Alexander Sukharev, head of the education department, Hero of the Russian Federation Sergei Petrov, director of the Alexander Nevsky Cadet School of the Investigative Committee, Hero of the USSR Igor Zaporozhan, veteran of investigative authorities, Hero of the Russian Federation Magomed Gimbatov, space pilot, Hero of the Russian Federation Yuri Lonchakov, president of the Russian State Humanitarian University Yefim Pivovar and other guests of honor.

Mr. Bastrykin thanked members of Investigative Committee’s councils for their fruitful activity in assisting the Investigative Committee to solve its tasks, for help in protecting rights of children and building an active civic attitude among the younger generation – cadets of the Investigative Committee’s cadet schools and young investigators.

He pointed out that “Training of the younger generation in the area of protection, sports, education and culture is a priority for the Investigative Committee under modern conditions. The Moscow and Saint Petersburg Academies of the Investigative Committee, the Alexander Nevsky Cadet School and our cadet classes have created a whole system of Patriotic education. Our inmates take active part in the All-Russian Military Patriotic Non-Governmental Movement Yunarmia, regularly hold All-Russian judo team competitions among juniors for the Cup of the Investigative Committee Chairman dedicated to the memory of young heroes of the Fatherland and employees of the Investigative Committee killed in the line of duty. For stronger spiritual and moral basis of our inmates, we concluded an agreement last year with the Russian Union of Writers, Maly and Mariinsky Theaters of Russia.”

Mr. Bastrykin also expressed special gratitude to veterans for everything they had done for patriotic education of Russian citizens, for preserving the memory about the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945 and for consolidating Russian statehood. “What you do is especially important today when there are attempts to revise the history of World War II and to put the blame for waging it not only on the Nazi German, but on the Soviet Union, which was treacherously attacked and made a major contribution in bringing down the Nazi aggressors,” the Chairman said.

Mr. Bastrykin named success of the Investigative Committee in investigating major crimes: “In 2016, the Investigative Committee solved most part of murders (91%) and deliberate causing of grievous bodily harm (92%), as well as 97% of corruption crimes and all conspicuous terrorist attacks. Over 6 years, investigators together with operative units of the Russian Interior Ministry and the Federal Security Service with active adoption of modern forensic equipment have solved almost 42 thousand crimes, investigations into which were suspended before. Almost 5 million reports on crimes have been checked resulting in 800 thousand criminal cases opened since the Investigative Committee was formed. More than 560 thousand cases (564,786) against 632 thousand of the accused have been referred to courts which is one of the main factors of the investigative work. Activity of almost 300 organized criminal groups and 19 criminal communities involved in corruption has been broken up. Nearly 153 billion rubles has been compensated during initial investigation (and checks), while property of suspects or the accused of crimes worth more than 77 billion rubles has been arrested to guarantee that compensation. Those numbers clearly show that our service is necessary to certain people, public and the country.”

In the conclusion of the reception, Mr. Bastrykin awarded members of the Civic Council, Advisory Council for helping orphans and children left without parental care and Council of Investigative Committee’s Heroes medals “For Merit, Courage and Valor, For Devotion to Duty and commemorative awards.

Acting Head of Media Relations                                                                                                               S.L. Petrenko