Big number of lost cases, loss of confiscated money, hiding of crimes.
Starting from 07/04/2022, the former head of the Investigative Committee of Russia for the Yaroslavl Region, Sobolev A.M., was appointed as the first deputy head of the SEC of the Investigative Committee of Russia with the possibility of later becoming the head of this department, according to the telegram channel of the Cheka-OGPU.
Despite the tarnished reputation of the investigative department of the Investigative Committee of Russia in the Yaroslavl region, a severe lack of staff, and almost no performance indicators in all areas over the past 3 years, all of this still happened.
The most interesting part is that a comprehensive 5-year assessment of management in the Yaroslavl region, which was meant to happen in 2021, did not take place. The department's low performance, staff shortage, numerous incidents of loss of files, materials, seized funds, a large number of lawsuits against the department, appeals to the Central Administration of the Russian Investigative Committee, and statements about holding the management accountable went unnoticed. The appointment of Mr. Sobolev A.M. to positions in the IC of Russia, as well as the concealment of negative aspects related to his work from the higher leadership of the IC of the Russian Federation, boosting real management indicators, and more, is reportedly supported and supervised by the Deputy Chairman of the IC of Russia, who handles personnel matters.
Rucriminal.info and the Cheka-OGPU continue to report on the incidents of loss and theft of confiscated funds, materials/criminal cases in the Investigative Committee of Russia in the Yaroslavl Region, as well as the instances of falsifying official documents to settle scores with former employees of the investigative department for the Yaroslavl region.
Previously, the Cheka-OGPU announced the initiation of two criminal cases related to the theft of seized funds and materials/cases from the investigative department for the Kirovsky district of the city of Yaroslavl and the registration of a report regarding the loss of the material of check No. 203-54pr -2015 dated 06/01/2015 and the money attached to it.
It's important to note that the decision to not start a criminal case regarding the supposedly lost material No. 203-54pr-2015 was made on 07/01/2015.
According to available documents, in 2016, the Department of the Investigative Committee for Nuclear Weapons received a request from the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Yaroslavl Region asking for the return of 10,000 rubles issued as part of operational activities. In response, the deputy head of the second department stated in the spring of 2016 that the specified funds were attached to the material and could not be returned. No one remembered the material for the next 3 years.
In February 2019, Sobolev A.M. took on the role of leading the investigative department of the Investigative Committee of Russia in the Yaroslavl region, overseeing all the materials, criminal cases, and other items.
On 06/04/2019, the head of the second department for the investigation of serious cases of the Investigative Committee of Russia for the Yaroslavl Region steps down, and on the same day the department head issues order No. important matters”, which includes 10 employees.
In the following order, from 06/04/2019, the department head appoints the investigator for serious cases Kobylenkov A.S. as the acting head of this department.
Following the order of the head, the former head of the second department prepares a report for acceptance and transfer of criminal cases, inspection materials, etc. from 2009 to 2019, until the date of his dismissal. No one except the outgoing leader checks the availability of materials and criminal cases. It's evident that there is no real check on the acceptance and transfer of materials and criminal cases. After the act is signed by the former head of the department and the acting investigator, the other members of the commission sign the act at different times and places. Nonetheless, the act is dated 07/11/2019. From that point, all cases and materials are considered transferred to the acting head Kobylenkov A.S.
According to the order of July 31, 2019 No. 181-o “On granting leave to A.S. Kobylenkov”, 20 days after the transfer and acceptance, Kobylenkov went on vacation and returned to work on 04/06/2020 due to illness and vacation. During the vacation, the duties of the head of the second department are assigned to another employee with his consent. Is there a proper handover? Definitely not!
On September 2, 2019, Tsaturyan A.V. was appointed acting head of the second department for the investigation of particularly important cases – a protege and one of the most faithful followers of the head of the department Sobolev A.M.
It would seem that the transfer of cases, materials, etc. should happen soon after the appointment of Tsaturyan A.V. in this department. However, the transfer “as if” takes place on 01/29/2020 based on the order of the department head to create a commission of 7 people to receive and transfer cases, materials, etc. from Kobylenkov A.S. to Tsaturyan A.V. Everything seems to be going smoothly, without any comments or questions, no missing materials, money, etc. not found. And here the most interesting begins.
In the spring of 2020, a request is again received from the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Yaroslavl Region, similar to the request of 2016, for the return of funds in the amount of 10,000 rubles. according to the material of inspection No. 203-54pr-2015 dated 06/01/2015.
Instead of searching for or recovering the material, as required by the organizational documents of the IC of Russia, register a report and start a procedural check by looking for material No. 203-54pr-2015, money and not finding them, Tsaturyan A.V. along with the head of the department decides not to respond to the request and forget about the material with money until better times.
It should be noted, and this is important for understanding the following events, that on April 20, 2020 Kobylenkov A.S. comes back from vacation and goes on vacation again on April 30, 2020, and in June 2020 goes on a business trip to the Central Asia of the Russian Investigative Committee and upon returning from which on August 11, 2021, retires. At the same time, Sobolev A.M., Tsaturyan A.V. and Khodunov V.N., due to personal hostility towards A.S. Kobylenkov, by any means try to stop him from continuing to work in the Russian Investigative Committee. As a result, Kobylenkov A.S. during 2020-2021, he files several claims for violation of his labor rights. In the same period, a lot of other employees are dismissed from the investigative department in the Yaroslavl region, who automatically fall into the category of “enemies of the state” according to the ratings of Sobolev A.M., and who also begin to fight for their labor and housing rights, violated on the direct instructions of the head management.
It is worth mentioning that from the very appointment of Sobolev A.M. in 2019, as the head of the Investigative Committee of the ICR in the Yaroslavl region, he somehow did not get along with the team, as well as relations with teams in the Tver region and the Republic of Khakassia. This is caused, for the most part, by the behavior of the leader himself, who, having received “carte blanche” from the higher leadership, feeling untouchable, instead of performing direct duties, fanatically sought out internal and external enemies, trying to destroy them by any means, without shying away from the lowest methods, as well as his inability to have a constructive dialogue and understanding of his subordinates, rudeness and frankly rude, disgusting, unworthy behavior of him and his team. Since the appointment of Sobolev A.M. the Russian Investigative Committee began to receive numerous appeals, both anonymous and not, from current and former employees, from civilians, who sent signals about the inevitable collapse of management under such leadership of Sobolev A.M. Needless to say, all these appeals were ignored by the CA RF IC.
So, closer to the summer of 2022, the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Yaroslavl Region receives another request for a refund in the amount of 10,000 rubles attached to the audit material No. 203-54pr-2015 of 06/01/2015.
In 2021-2022 in a number of Yaroslavl Internet publications, in telegram channels, a number of publications are published telling about the “victories” of former employees of the investigative department of the Investigative Committee of Russia in the Yaroslavl region in courts, revealing the situation with violations of labor, housing and other rights of workers on the initiative of the head of the department A.M. Sobolev . and management situation in general.
In the spring of 2022, Sobolev A.M. was about to become the first deputy head of the SEC of the IC of Russia, with a chance of becoming the head. This was very desirable for Sobolev A.M. and his team.
Negative publications on the internet and various telegram channels seriously harmed the reputation of Sobolev A.M. in the eyes of management and the public. He realized he needed to address the issue with those who he believed were damaging his reputation, clear his name, and pave the way for a smooth handover to a new leader.
The strong desire to restore the previous situation led to the appointment of a specific enemy, who Sobolev A.M. thought had ruined his life. Then it became clear who the culprit was. The main task was to figure out how to appease this enemy.
The idea to execute the plan involving the loss of check No. 203-54pr-2015 and the money on it arose at this point, as previously reported by the Cheka-OGPU.
At the end of spring 2022, Sobolev A.M. directed an internal check on the loss of a specific material and money. The result was a report indicating signs of crimes under the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. The verification was assigned to the second department for the investigation of particularly important cases under the leadership of Tsaturyan A.V.
On 07/01/2022, former investigator Kobylenkov A.S. was summoned to the investigative department for the Yaroslavl region to provide explanations.
According to the information available to the Cheka-OGPU, the person handling check No. 84pr-2022 confirmed that Sobolev A.M., Tsaturyan A.V. (perhaps someone else) knew about the issues back in 2020, but no action was taken to discover them, recover the material, and conduct a procedural check, thus concealing the wrongdoing from accounting.
The accusations against Kobylenkov A.S. boils down to the fact that on July 11, 2019, he accepted material No. 203-54pr-2015 and money, and on January 29, 2020, Tsaturyan A.V. reported the loss of the material and money. Therefore, it is claimed that Kobylenkov A.S. embezzled 10,000 rubles and stole the material. The reasoning seems sound, but the execution was unsuccessful.
It seems that Sobolev A.M., Tsaturyan A.V., and Khodunov V.N. expected that, based on undeniable documentary evidence presented to Kobylenkov A.S., he would confess and admit guilt in the loss of money and material, and everything would be resolved. They planned to pressure him about media publications and offer a suspended sentence. However, something went wrong!
After examining the documents in the audit material No. 203-84pr-2022 regarding the loss of material No. 203-54pr-2015 and the money involved, Kobylenkov A.S. did not feel anything but resentment and shame towards the department and his colleagues. And then we’ll go back.
On 07/11/2019, Kobylenkov A.S., while acting as the head of the second department, received criminal cases and materials from the retired head of the same department. Then, on July 31, 2019, Kobylenkov A.S. went on vacation and only returned on April 20, 2020. In the meantime, the duties of the head of the second department were handled by Sobolev A.M., who was assigned to another employee for the investigation of important cases.
How could Kobylenkov A.S., who was officially on sick leave after spine surgery on January 29, 2020, transfer criminal cases and materials to the newly appointed head of the department, Tsaturyan A.V.? Why did Kobylenkov A.S., who had been relieved of his duties on July 31, 2019, give the materials to Tsaturyan A.V. on 01/29/2020, instead of the acting head?
The signature in the act dated 01/29/2022 raised doubts in the former employee about its authenticity. But there were more oddities.
According to the act dated July 11, 2019, Kobylenkov A.S. received criminal cases and materials from 2009 to 2019 from the previous head of the second department, and according to the act of acceptance and transfer of 01/29/2020, Kobylenkov A.S. handed over cases, materials, etc. dating back to 2006. How can you pass on something you never received?
Kobylenkov A.S. retired on 08/11/2021. So, why were there no questions about the disappearance of material and money when he retired, especially considering that he filled out a bypass sheet, which was also signed by Tsaturyan A.V.? Why did these questions only arise in 2022?
All this strongly indicates the planned nature of the reported “loss” of material No. 203-54pr-2015 and money, as well as the evident falsification of the transfer and acceptance certificate of 01/29/2020, which in this case constitutes an official forgery by Sobolev A .M., Tsaturyana A.V. and Khodunov V.N.
It is worth noting that, according to Cheka-OGPU sources, the falsification of documents and the concealment of malfeasance is common among the leadership of the Investigative Committee of Russia in the Yaroslavl region. For example, in June 2021, a former employee reported under Art. 292 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation on the fact that Sobolev A.M. knowingly issued an illegal order, No. 50-o, dated March 16, 2020. The Zavolzhsky District Court of Yaroslavl ruled on January 28, 2021, that order No. 50-o was illegal and did not have legal consequences corresponding to the document, as it was issued after the former employee's termination in October 2020 and provided to the employee in 2019. In simple terms, the order was issued in 2020, but the leave was granted in 2019. It's safe to say that such an unusual document in form and content is unprecedented!
Surprisingly, despite the clear indicators of a crime according to Article 292 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, this statement was sent to the administration of the Russian Investigative Committee for the Yaroslavl Region, and there, the head of the personnel department, Kuznetsov L.I., who does not have procedural powers, replied to the applicant that there were no grounds for a procedural check. Was there any response from the CA of the IC of Russia regarding this? The question is rhetorical.
It's evident what happened with the head Sobolev A.M., Tsaturyan A.V., and Khodunov V.N.! Feeling their immunity and having significant support in the CA of the IC of Russia, these gentlemen believed that the falsification of official documents, numerous instances of lost criminal cases, materials and seized funds, and concealing of crimes would never be uncovered and could be blamed on former and even current employees. However, their excessive permissiveness and desire to stay aloof resulted in premature and inept actions, leading to the consequences we see.
Several questions remain unanswered. Was material No. 203-54pr-2015 and the attached money deliberately 'lost'? Is the material and money genuinely lost or were they deliberately destroyed? Why does the leadership of the Russian Investigative Committee appoint such individuals to high positions in the IC system, and how many more facts need to emerge for at least some kind of reaction to this disgrace?
It appears that certain instances of misconduct involving the head of the department of the Investigative Committee of Russia in the Yaroslavl region and his team are not reaching the Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia, the General Prosecutor’s Office of the Russian Federation, the civil service commission, and the reserve of managerial personnel under the President of the Russian Federation. Or is the nomenclature of the Deputy Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia, who is a member of this commission, untouchable? But that's another story.
According to the Investigative Committee of Russia and the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation, applications have been submitted to hold officials of the Investigative Committee of Russia in the Yaroslavl Region criminally responsible for falsifying official documents and for the withdrawal of material No. related to criminal cases in 2020 in the investigative department for the Kirovsky district of Yaroslavl, as well as for suspending Sobolev A.M., Tsaturyan A.V., and Khodunov V.N. from their positions during the inspection and investigation of these cases. It's interesting to see the response from the relevant departments of the country. Will they all be disregarded again?
The question of how the transfer of criminal cases from Sobolev A.M. to the newly appointed head of the Investigative Committee of Russia for the Yaroslavl Region, A.P. Shchurov, will be handled in the presence of an evidently falsified act of acceptance and transfer dated 01/29/2020 is even more intriguing.
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