The Cheka-OGPU source shared the backstory of the new head of the Internal Affairs Directorate in the Kherson region Igor Sobol. The individual who relocated to this new role after a major scandal previously led the department responsible for the leaders of the criminal underworld in the Main Directorate of Criminal Investigation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and then in the CSS of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Moscow Region. Sobol personally knows most of the prominent “criminal generals” and was dismissed when he attempted to arrest a group of operatives at their request. Now Sobol has emerged in Kherson.
According to the Cheka-OGPU, a large number of employees of the Internal Affairs Directorate in the Kherson region have accused the head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Vladimir Lipandin and his associate Igor Sobol of abducting, torturing, imprisoning in a secret basement jail, and stealing from them.
As per the Cheka-OGPU findings, after working as the head of the “criminals” department in the Main Directorate of Criminal Investigation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Sobol joined his acquaintance Viktor Paukov in the CSS of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Moscow Region. While in this role, he maintained connections with criminals in the legal world, which was one of the reasons for his resignation. According to the informant, criminals in the legal world instructed Igor to remove 6 operatives they did not approve of. Only now the investigator also turned out to be resourceful and obtained a video recording, which captured Sobol’s unofficial meeting with the leaders of the criminal underworld. The matter was covered up internally, as was the career of a colonel from the CSS at that time. In 2019, an evaluation was conducted, during which details incompatible with his job were revealed from the life of a high-ranking security official. Specifically, Sobol was criticized for the financial state of his family, which his wife, a well-known blogger with a million followers, openly boasted about on social media. In the same year, Igor filed a report and was dismissed. Following this, he found employment in a law firm. However, his civilian life was short-lived, and Sobol was reinstated in the Internal Affairs Department. He took on a new (previous) role in the Kherson region.
The source from Rucriminal.info shared another version of the resignation of the former head of the “criminals’ department” and the CSS of the head office near Moscow, Igor Sobol. Before appearing as the head of the Internal Affairs Directorate in the Kherson region, the individual was removed from a similar position in the prestigious Moscow region. According to the informant, Igor Sobol facilitated General Timur Valiulin in assuming the role of the head of the GUPE Ministry of Internal Affairs, who stepped down after his ex-wife revealed undeclared real estate in Bulgaria. Not all of the FSB were pleased to see a friend of criminal authorities in their ranks, and an expensive overseas vacation surfaced in the personal file of the individual. One of the videos on Sobol’s wife's account (she is a blogger with a million followers) from the Dominican Republic revealed a high-ranking police officer. An inquiry to the resort provided a response that not only hindered Igor's path to the position of the main fighter against extremism, but also led to his dismissal. Within 10 days, Sobol and his wife incurred expenses amounting to several hundred thousand dollars, which were confirmed.
According to Rucriminal.info, when Sobol was in charge of the thieves’ unit of the GUUR, he had a subordinate named Dolgushin who is now facing serious criminal cases, for which Sobol was allegedly involved in their dismissal.
“At the end of 2011, I was kidnapped, badly beaten, and demanded 3 million rubles from me. I was too scared to report it to the police because I was threatened with revenge if I did.
In early March 2012, I confided in my friend about what happened to me – Dolgushin Dmitry Alexandrovich. At that time, Dolgushin was working for the 27th department of the GUUR of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. He was very interested in my story and claimed he had connections with high-ranking officials in the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for Moscow and could help me.
Towards the end of May or beginning of June 2012 at the “Shokoladnitsa” cafe near Sukharevskaya metro station, I gave Dolgushin 2000 USD. A week later, he arranged a meeting at the cafe and introduced me to a man who said they would contact me soon and invite me to the police station. After a few days, Dolgushin gave me a phone number and I was invited to the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for Moscow the next day.
I told Dolgushin D.A. about the situation. He quickly said he would decide everything and start the UD soon. He also reminded me of the need to transfer another 8,000 US dollars. I gave him the rest of the money within 5 months. Additionally, I gave him a Vertu mobile phone worth about 150,000 rubles for his birthday in September 2012. He mentioned that the UD couldn't be initiated due to the employees of the Moscow Police, but he had already given them the money and couldn't return it to me. He said I could contact him for other reasons and the money would go towards a new appeal, which made me extremely upset.
I started having financial problems in the spring of 2013, so I asked Dolgushin D.A. to return the money. He said he would give me the money soon and then transferred 70,000 rubles to my bank card about 10 days later. When I asked about the rest of the debt a month later, he rudely told me to forget about the money. This unexpected reaction led to less communication between us, although he still asked for my help with transportation for him and his family.
In the spring of 2014, a UD was initiated against me and I was arrested. During this time, my mother and girlfriend met with Dolgushin D.A. for help, but he eventually said he couldn't help. When I called him from the pre-trial detention center, he seemed more interested in what evidence I had and whether I would expose anyone. He also introduced me to someone he claimed was close to criminal leaders, who offered to pay 200 thousand rubles to make my prison life easier. I refused. My mother asked Dolgushin D.A. about the debt, but he said he didn't owe me anything.
While in the pre-trial detention center, I filed a statement against a BSTM employee introduced to me by Dolgushin D.A. An officer from the Security Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs came to get an explanation. I mentioned the situation with Dolgushin D.A. Later, the officer informed me about serious problems for Dolgushin D.A. and said he now works in the drug enforcement department. He promised to consider the information about Dolgushin D.A. but never returned. He visited me several times and mentioned that the GUSB officers would not deal with Dolgushin D.A.
Being in the MLS, I was afraid to write a statement about Dolgushin D.A. Since I knew that he had influential friends, incl. in the criminal world, and in the case of writing an application for Dolgushin D.A. I may have problems. I was released on parole and before the end of the probationary period I was also afraid to write an application for Dolgushin D.A. Associated with this is too long a period of time from the moment the described events took place until the moment they were made public and the statement was written.
On the basis of the above arguments, I ask you to conduct an audit in relation to Dolgushin Dmitry Alexandrovich. Incl. using a psychophysiological study using a polygraph.
For my part, I undertake to send all the necessary materials to the Investigative Committee.
