The court kept the "threat" of money launderers in custody: "I have fought against crime my whole life."

      The Supreme Court of Tatarstan deemed the decision of the city court of Naberezhnye Chelny to place the deputy head of the investigative department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the automotive city, Elena Ganieva, in a pre-trial detention center for two months justified. The defense requested a softer measure of restraint today. Recall that the colonel of justice is suspected of falsifying evidence against one of the numerous figures in the so-called case of new money launderers. Elena Ganieva herself attended the session via video conference from the pre-trial detention center. "Your Honor, I ask you not to deprive me of my freedom," Ganieva stated in court. "I have fought against crime all my life. I am a good mother, I have two children, the youngest is not even 14, my son is 15, and the OGE starts in May. I ask you to consider the issue of another measure of restraint; I want to stay with my family." Earlier, lawyer Evgeny Kotov outlined the position of the defense in a conversation with Chelny-biz.ru. "Operational activities began on October 14, after examining the premises - Ganieva's office - and seizing case materials, and separately - a draft version of the protocol without a title page, which the investigation refers to in its ruling, claiming that she allegedly forged it and attached it. That is, two sheets, without a title page, were seized separately; they are not attached to the case. The funds of the figure in the money laundering case were seized from an intermediary (Kotov refused to name him, but according to the publication, it is about a Chelny lawyer) on October 14. As the witness (Dinar Zaripov - ed.) claims, they were kept in the settlement account of the bar association. The question is: why were they not returned to the person against whom these actions were taken, the figure in the money laundering case?" Kotov commented. "The decision to terminate criminal prosecution against several individuals, not just him, was made, including at the level of the Main Investigative Department, the prosecutor's office of Chelny and Tatarstan. By that time, Ganieva was no longer the head of the investigative group - the case was transferred to the Main Investigative Department, and she could not make procedural decisions unilaterally, without the knowledge of the head of the investigative group and without being heard." The lawyer emphasized that Ganieva did not receive any money. "After the ruling to terminate the criminal case on February 19 of this year, further implementation was initiated. During it, no funds were received or transferred to Ganieva. Ganieva is not suspected of receiving funds, and no case has been initiated against her in this regard," Kotov continued. "I believe that the lawyer had no right to represent the interests of the figure in the money laundering case after October 14 - operational activities were conducted based on this person's statement against the defender. Also, the law on advocacy states: a lawyer has no right to participate in operational-search activities." Ganieva was detained on April 6. She is suspected of committing crimes under two articles of the Criminal Code - abuse of office (part 3 of article 286 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) and falsification of evidence and results of operational-search activities (part 3 of article 303 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). Law enforcement officials believe that Ganieva included in the interrogation protocol the testimony of one of the suspects, denying his guilt. Although initially, the man partially confessed to the crime. The protocol was subsequently attached to the materials of the criminal case. A criminal case was also initiated against the head of the department for investigating crimes of the OP "Komsomolsky," Dinar Zaripov. The investigation believes that the same figure in the money laundering case transferred a large sum to an intermediary last autumn, which he was supposed to "share" with the law enforcement officer. In return, he allegedly could resolve the issue of his release from criminal liability. 1.5 million rubles were distributed as follows: 500 thousand rubles were taken by the intermediary for his services, another 500 thousand rubles were intended for Zaripov himself. He is charged with mediating in bribery (part 3 of article 291.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), and he is under a ban on certain actions. More details about the case can be found here on Chelny-biz.ru.