On 08/09/2022, the Babushkinsky District Court of Moscow will review the request for parole from Krasnodar lawyer A.Yu. Litvinov, a key figure in a massive corruption case. Litvinov confessed to facilitating huge bribes and implicated dozens of judges, officials, and the former mayor of Sochi, Anatoly Pakhomov. However, the evidence was ignored, and only a few minor figures were prosecuted based on Pakhomov's testimony. All his statements were verified, but the evidence was dismissed, and only a few minor individuals were prosecuted according to Pakhomov's account.It's important to note that on September 28, 2021, Litvinov A.Yu. was sentenced to seven years and six months in prison and fined 60 million rubles for his involvement in transferring bribes to Sochi officials.
We'd like to remind you that on September 28, 2021, the lawyer Litvinov A.Yu. was sentenced to seven years and six months in prison and a fine of 60 million rubles by the Khamovnichesky District Court of Moscow for his role as an intermediary in transferring bribes to Sochi officials. Litvinov A.Yu.. was given a seven-year and six-month prison sentence and a 60-million-ruble fine for facilitating bribes to Sochi officials.
The Khamovnichesky District Court of Moscow faced a scandal regarding the sentencing of lawyer Litvinov A.Yu. and briber-developer Stroganov I.A. Businessman Stroganov I.A. “decided to pay 42 million rubles to lawyers Kveidze and Falomeikin to secure the most lenient sentence for Litvinov.
Following his conviction, intriguing events began to unfold for lawyer Litvinov A.Yu.
The Moscow City Court changed Litvinov's prison sentence from strict to general.
FKU “SIZO-4” leadership considered Litvinov A.Yu. to fall under “exceptional circumstances” according to Russian law and kept him in pre-trial detention. However, they later determined that Litvinov had fully recovered and deserved to be released.
Reports from Cheka-OGPU reveal that Litvinov A.Yu. played a crucial role in obstructing the appointment of E.V. Khakhaleva as chairman of the cassation court, replacing the former chairman who fled abroad. Experts believe that Governor V.I. Kondratiev of the Krasnodar Territory was involved.
Alexander Chernov
During the operation regarding Litvinov A.Yu., extensive evidence was gathered on his association with E.V. Khakhaleva. Litvinov boasted about his ability to manipulate judicial decisions in the Krasnodar Regional Court, offering expedited processing in exchange for a bribe. These unrealistic timelines were actually implemented by the courts, demonstrating Litvinov's influence.
According to Rucriminal.info, when Litvinov was arrested, the main problem was the large amount of information he provided. In addition to detailed stories about his relationship with Khakhaleva E.V., including the registering of her real estate for assistant lawyers in the Olympic Sochi, Litvinov also testified against a dozen judges of the Krasnodar Territory.
Our source indicates that the judges in question are as follows:
1. Gorlov A.S. – former chairman of the Leninsky District Court of Krasnodar. His powers were terminated ahead of schedule by the decision of the QCJ on March 27, 2020.
2. Yakimenko A.S. – ex-judge of the Adler district court. His powers were terminated ahead of schedule by the decision of the QCJ on February 26, 2019.
3. Judges of the Judicial Collegium for Administrative Cases of the Krasnodar Regional Court:
– Agibalova V.O.
– Diyanova S.P.
– Yakobovskaya E.V.
– Dunyushkina N.V.
– Bashinsky D.A.
– Rogova S.V.
– Zenin V.A.
– Sibyatulova L.V. and others are still working.
All these judges made court decisions in favor of individuals who are currently being investigated for bribery, including Stroganov, in the case of “Sochi vice-measures”, in which lawyer Litvinov A.Yu. was arrested and has already been sentenced.
Due to the serious impact on the Kuban justice system, it was decided to delay the case against the judges. The vice-measures of the Olympic capital are seen as being involved.
Elena Khakhaleva
Khakhaleva E.V. allowed A.S. Gorlov and A.S. Yakimenko to quietly leave the country, stripping them of their judge status, while the others received lighter consequences. However, not everyone in the FSB central apparatus agrees with these compromises.
Due to Litvinova A.Yew.'s new testimony, the situation changed dramatically. Professional lawyer Litvinov now claims that there is a “corrupt practice” in the Krasnodar Territory where court decisions are made solely to benefit officials. Why do judges allow this to happen?
During the court hearings at the Khamovnichesky District Court of Moscow, Litvinov took the position that judges become “victims” of the administration and the practices that developed during Sochi's preparation for the Olympic Games. He argues that the courts in the Krasnodar Territory were “under the control of the Sochi administration.” The leadership of the Krasnodar Regional Court was given lists of cases by the Sochi administration, and the court was required to follow them.
Litvinov A.Yu. claimed in court that he knew for certain that the head of Sochi, A.N. Pakhomov, in the presence of FSB officers, called the Chairman of the Krasnodar Regional Court A.D. Chernov and said: “What did you take out there ???” Allegedly, after this call, the court decisions were immediately cancelled.
Litvinov stated that the deputies of the Head of Sochi did the same thing. Litvinov described the officials' relationship with the district courts as follows: “Rykov and Yurin opened the doors to the Sochi district courts with their feet.”
Our source says that now there is a question about what to do with the minutes of the court sessions, because A.Yu. Litvinov clearly went too far in his previous testimony. Our expert on the region says that it's unlikely that A.D. Chernov and A.N. Pakhomov could have had a conversation in that tone. We have obtained dictaphone recordings and printed transcripts of Litvinov's speeches in the Khamovniki Court of Moscow, as well as other materials that were not included in the criminal case. These materials allow for raising several questions about the reasons for “confidence” in the lawyer's testimony within the framework of a pre-trial agreement with the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation, which will be done in the near future.
Actually, within this case, the question of the independence of the judiciary in the Krasnodar Territory, a constituent entity of the Russian Federation, was raised. It's surprising that someone’s private interests allowed for such a formulation of the question in principle.
Excerpts from the scandalous testimony of A.Yu. Litvinov: “Later, as I understand it, this is my personal opinion that both Rykov and Yurin (former vice-mayors of Sochi) liked the influence on the courts, and essentially the courts obeyed their will very well, and subsequently, such control lists could be easily used for personal interests.”
Litvinov A.Yu.: “Where did this system originally come from? It was during the preparation for the Olympic Games that cases really arose that required urgent action to resettle people who fell into the resettlement zone and construction of Olympic facilities, and there were control cases, there were instructions from the Government, and in such cases they really ran through the courts, provided these lists, referred to the fact that this is the control of the Government”.
Litvinov A.Yu.: “Rykov and Yurin opened the doors to the district courts of Sochi with their feet, and those district courts overwhelmingly supported the administration’s position.”
Litvinov A.Yu.: “And I was directly in court once, there was an assistant judge nearby, who was just called by Rykov or Yurin, and the court employee received this list by email, opened it, listened to everything. Yes, good. There is. I (unintelligible) work in court for this person, how can you say “yes” to municipal officials, how can you respect yourself to begin with.”
(testimony of A.Yu. Litvinov at the court session of the Khamovniki Court of Moscow dated April 23, 2021 in case No. 01-0010/2022)
According to Rucriminal.info sources, the entire vertical of executive power has repeatedly demonstrated its intention to stop building the resort city of Sochi. In 2012, a ban on construction work was introduced in the “Olympic” law; in 2014, significant restrictions were introduced by a special Decree of the President of the Russian Federation;
The Governor of Kuban V.I.Kondratiev and Mayor of Sochi A.S.Kopaigorodsky have announced a total halt to housing construction until the new General Plan of Sochi is developed and approved.
As a result, the cost per square meter of housing in Sochi has quickly neared the price of housing in Dubai. The authority over construction decisions has shifted from the executive branch to the judiciary, making the 'impossible' possible.
Rucriminal.info will thoroughly examine the process of 'legalizing' large apartment construction in the central area of Sochi, particularly the property at Chernomorskaya, 6, known as 'Marina-Park'. What is the true nature of these names?
On April 24, 2015, the judge of the Khostinsky District Court of Sochi, in case No. 2-703/2015, rejects the claims of the Prosecutor and the Administration of the city of Sochi against the developer E.V.
On August 18, 2015, the Krasnodar Regional Court (judges Makhalai G.A., Sagitova E.I., Shurova I.N.) upholds the decision, denying the complaint of the Sochi administration.
On September 9, 2015, the federal judge of the Hostinsky Court of Sochi Didik O.A. rules in case N 2650/2015 in favor of the developer E.V. Popandopulo against Rosreestr, obliging them to modify the cadastral registration of the property, changing the building's purpose and increasing its area by nearly 1,000 sq.m. Rosreestr does not contest the decision. Consequently, E.V. Popandopulo no longer owns a swimming pool, but a four-story building with an area of 3,166 sq.m.
On October 1, 2015, the judges of the collegium for administrative cases of the Krasnodar Regional Court – Dunyushkina N.V., Bashinsky D.A., Rogova S.V. in case No. 2-5152/2015, revoke the decision of the Central District Court of August 13, 2015 in favor of the Sochi administration, and instruct the Sochi city administration to issue a permit for the reconstruction of the Marina-Park apartment complex on a land plot with code number 23:49:0302010:1289 in accordance with the parameters specified in the conclusion of the non-state examination dated 07/06/2015.
Simultaneously, the Sochi administration rejects the developer, as the land plot is situated in the protected zone of the cultural heritage monument of the peoples of the Russian Federation, where construction is prohibited.
The absence of official expertise and environmental evaluations now seem trivial compared to the aforementioned developments.
On October 11, 2015, the federal judge of the Krasnodar Regional Court Sibyatullova A.V. decides to reject the transfer of the cassation complaint received on 12.10.2015 for consideration in the court session of the cassation instance.
On July 29, 2016, the judge of the Central District Court of Sochi Sluka V.A. rules in case N 2a-4990/2016 in favor of the developer against the administration of the Krasnodar Territory. With this legal decision, the judge acknowledges the completion of the Marina-Park complex.
On 08/22/2016, the judge of the Central District Court of Sochi Sluka V.A. clarifies the decision of 07/29/2016 and obliges Rosreestr to register the property developer’s right to the premises of the 10-story Marina-Park complex covering an area of 9,439.5 sq.m.
On 03/23/2017, the judge V.A. Vlasenko in the case N 2-1511/2017 approves an individual N.S. Vorobyov's claim against cadastral engineer T.A. Chernukha regarding the preservation of the 11th and 12th floors of the building in a reconstructed form and their ownership registration.
As a result, the 12-story complex “Marina-Park” is now complete and the apartments have been sold.
However, the federal center is increasingly dissatisfied. They require actions from the security forces, as it is impossible to ignore the 12-story building in the center of the Sochi resort. The source reveals that the materials were rejected in 2017.
But in October 2018, there are significant arrests in Sochi, with news coverage on federal channels. Vice-mayors Rykov A.N., Yurin S.P., and lawyer Litvinov A.Yu. are arrested.
Lawyer Litvinov is seen as valuable by the Chekists. After reviewing the ORM materials, he decides to testify about the circumstances of the adoption of the judicial acts. But the decision has already been changed and Litvinov is presented with a new version of events. He falsely testifies that the unauthorized building's “legalization mechanism” was planned and implemented by the Sochi administration, and all the above-mentioned decisions were made by the courts legally “under psychological influence” of the Sochi administration.
Ultimately, someone smart ends the game amid the old principle “while two fools are fighting, the smart one earns”. Representatives of the administration of the city of Sochi end up in prison for issuing a legal refusal to the developer and attempting to defend him in court.
The only surprise is that the central apparatus of the FSB of the Russian Federation “believes” in such a mechanism, or, for some reason, pretends to believe it.
The testimony of lawyer Litvinov A.Yu. and the materials of the ORD of the FSB of the Russian Federation regarding judges are almost disregarded. Bye.
The problem is that such a result from the imposed bans is unlikely to satisfy the federal center.
The creator of the “graceful scheme” overlooks the main thing. In November 2014, the President V.V. Putin signed the Decree on the restriction of construction in Sochi.
It will be interesting to see if the President is convinced of the plausibility of the “helplessness” of the federal judges of the Kuban, who issued the decisions that allowed the construction of apartments in the center of Sochi, bypassing his ban under the “psychological persecution” of the Sochi administration. Time will tell.
Rucriminal.info, as soon as it becomes ethically acceptable, will publish the conversation between lawyer Litvinov A.Yu. and the developer of the “Marina-Park” complex Stroganov I.A. regarding the storage of marble for the repair of the premises of the Chairman of the Board of Administrative Affairs of the Krasnodar Regional Court Khahaleva E.V. in the “Marina-Park” complex.
