CHIEF DEPARTMENT OF THE INVESTIGATIVE COMMITTEE OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION FOR THE CITY OF MOSCOW
Main Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for Moscow
CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT OF MOSCOW - INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENTS OF THE CAO INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE
Investigation Department for the Central Administrative District of Moscow
Investigative departments of the SU in the Central Administrative District of Moscow
Investigation Department for Basmanny District
Zamoskvoretskiy Zamoskvoretskiy MRSO SU for the Central Administrative District of the Main Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for Moscow)
Meshchanskiy Interdistrict Investigation Department
Presnensky Interdistrict Investigation Department (Presnensky MRSO SU for the Central Administrative District of the Main Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for Moscow)
Investigation Department for the Tagansky District
Investigation Department for Tverskoy District
Investigation Department for the Khamovniki district (Khamovnichesky Investigative Department of the Investigative Department of the Central Administrative District of the Main Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation in Moscow)
NORTH-EASTERN ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT OF MOSCOW - INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENTS OF THE INVESTIGATIVE COMMITTEE OF NWAO
Investigation Department for the North-Eastern Administrative District of Moscow
(SU for SVAO GSU SK RF for Moscow)
Investigative departments of the SU in the North-Eastern Administrative District of Moscow
Babushkinskiy interdistrict investigation department
Butyrsk interdistrict investigation department
Ostankino interdistrict investigation department
NORTH-WESTERN ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT OF MOSCOW - INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENTS OF THE INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE OF THE SZAO
Investigation Department for the North-Western Administrative District of Moscow
(SU for SZAO GSU IC RF in Moscow)
Investigative departments of the SU in the North-West Administrative District of Moscow
Tushinsky Interdistrict Investigation Department (Tushinsky MRSO SU for SZAO GSU IC RF for Moscow)
Khoroshevsky Interdistrict Investigation Department (Khoroshevsky MRSO SU for SZAO GSU IC RF for Moscow)
NORTHERN ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT OF MOSCOW - INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENTS OF THE CAO INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE
Investigation Department for the Northern Administrative District of Moscow
Investigative departments of the SU in the Northern Administrative District of Moscow
Golovinsky Interdistrict Investigation Department (Golovinsky MRSO SU for SAO GSU IC RF for Moscow)
Koptevsky Interdistrict Investigation Department (Koptevsky MRSO SU for SAO Main Investigation Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for Moscow)
Savelovsky Interdistrict Investigation Department (Savelovsky MRSO SU for SAO Main Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for Moscow)
Timiryazevskiy Interdistrict Investigation Department (Timiryazevskiy MRSO SU for SAO Main Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for Moscow)
EASTERN ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT OF MOSCOW - INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENTS OF THE WANO INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE
Investigation Department for the Eastern Administrative District of Moscow
Investigative departments of the SU for the HLW of Moscow
Izmailovskiy interdistrict investigation department
Perovskiy Interdistrict Investigation Department (Perovskiy MRSO SU for HLW GSU RF IC for Moscow)
Preobrazhensky Interdistrict Investigation Department
WESTERN ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT OF MOSCOW - INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENTS OF THE CJSC INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE
Investigation Department for the Western Administrative District of Moscow (SU for ZAO GSU IC RF for Moscow)
Investigative subdivisions of the SU for ZAO Moscow
Dorogomilovskiy Interdistrict Investigation Department (Dorogomilovskiy MRSO SU for ZAO GSU Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for Moscow)
Kuntsevsky Interdistrict Investigation Department (Kuntsevsky MRSO SU for ZAO GSU Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for Moscow)
Nikulinsky Interdistrict Investigation Department (Nikulinsky MRSO SU for ZAO GSU Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for Moscow)
Solntsevsky Interdistrict Investigation Department (Solntsevsky MRSO SU for ZAO GSU IC RF for Moscow)
SOUTH-VOSTOCHNY ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT OF MOSCOW - INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENTS OF THE INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE OF SEAD
Investigation Department for the South-Eastern Administrative District of Moscow
Investigative departments of the SU in the SEAD of Moscow
Kuzminsky interdistrict investigation department ( Kuzminsky MRSO SU for SEAO GSU SK RF for Moscow)
Lefortovo interdistrict investigation department
Lublin Interdistrict Investigation Department (Lublin MRSO SU for SEAO GSU IC RF for Moscow)
SOUTH ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT OF MOSCOW - INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENTS OF THE INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE OF THE SAO
Investigation Department for the Southern Administrative District of Moscow
Investigative departments of the SU for the Southern Administrative District of Moscow
Nagatinsky interdistrict investigation department ( Nagatinsky
Simonovsky interdistrict investigation department ( Simonovsky MRSO SU for the Southern Administrative District of the Main Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for Moscow)
Chertanovsky interdistrict investigation department ( Chertanovsky MRSO SU for the Southern Administrative District of the Main Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for Moscow)
SOUTH-WEST ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT OF MOSCOW - INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENTS OF THE INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE OF THE SOUTH WEST
Investigation Department for the Southern Administrative District of Moscow
Investigative departments of the SU in the South-Western Administrative District of Moscow
Gagarinsky interdistrict investigation department ( Gagarinsky
Zyuzinsky interdistrict investigation department ( Zyuzinsky MRSO SU for the South-Western Administrative District of the Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for Moscow)
Cheryomushkinsky interdistrict investigation department ( Cheryomushkinsky MRSO SU for the South-Western Administrative District of the Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for Moscow)
ZELENOGRAD ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT OF MOSCOW - INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENTS OF THE INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE of Zelenograd Autonomous Okrug
Investigation Department for the Zelenograd Administrative District of Moscow
TRINITY AND NOVOMOSKOVSK ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICTS OF MOSCOW - INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENTS OF THE INVESTIGATIVE COMMITTEE
Investigation department for Troitsky and Novomoskovsky administrative districts
Investigative department for the investigation of crimes on the subway, high security facilities and in the environmental sphere
Alexander Ivanovich Bastrykin - Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, General of Justice, legal scholar, Doctor of Law.Childhood
Alexander Bastrykin was born on August 27, 1953 in Pskov. An ordinary working family, in which the future head of the Investigative Committee was born, had, nevertheless, a heroic history.Alexander Bastrykin's father fought on the fronts of the Soviet-Finnish and the Great Patriotic War, was awarded medals "For Military Merit", "For the Defense of the Soviet Arctic", "For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945."
During the blockade of Leningrad, her mother worked at a defense plant, and in 1943 she went to the front, where she became an anti-aircraft gunner, went through the battle path from Leningrad to Konigsberg, participated in the hardest battles, for which she was presented for military awards.
The Bastrykins lived in Pskov until 1958, and then moved to Leningrad. In the northern capital, Sasha went to school with in-depth study of the humanities and managed not only to study very well. The circle of his interests was very wide: classical dance, volleyball, playing the guitar, visiting a theater studio and a school for a young journalist at the youth newspaper "Smena".
Education
In 1970, Alexander Bastrykin became a student at the Leningrad State University. It is worth noting that the competition for the Faculty of Law was 40 people per place, and Alexander entered on a general basis. 
At Leningrad State University, he became the head of the group. His classmate was Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin. The young people made friends.
In 1975, the future head of the Investigative Committee received a diploma and distribution to the police, but two years later he returned to his native university as a graduate student.
In 1980, Bastrykin successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis on the investigation of criminal cases involving foreign citizens.
Career
Alexander Bastrykin's career began in the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs, where he worked as an investigator and inspector of the criminal investigation department. In the police, the future head of the Investigative Committee joined the CPSU and remained a member of the party until it was completely banned, i.e. until 1991. 
After defending his Ph.D. thesis, Bastrykin taught at the Department of Criminal Procedure and Criminalistics of his native university. At the same time, he made a successful career in the Komsomol organization, rising from the secretary of the Komsomol committee of Leningrad University to the secretary of the Leningrad regional committee of the Komsomol. Like most successful Komsomol functionaries, Bastrykin's activities continued in the party: from 1986 to 1988. he was in charge of ideological work in the party committee of Leningrad State University.
It is noteworthy that information about the direct participation of Alexander Bastrykin in the expulsion of Boris Grebenshchikov from the Komsomol ranks became public, although Grebenshchikov himself did not confirm this.
In 1987, Alexander Bastrykin became a doctor of sciences, and in 1988 he was appointed director of the Institute for Advanced Training of Investigators under the USSR Prosecutor's Office in Leningrad, which he held until 1991.
From 1992 to 1995, Bastrykin was the rector and professor of the St. Petersburg Law Institute, in 1995 he headed the Department of Transport Law at the University of Water Communications.
In 1996 - 1998, the chief investigator of the Russian Federation was the deputy commander of the troops of the Northwestern District for legal work, and then headed the Northwestern branch of the Russian Legal Academy.
In 2001, Bastrykin moved to work in the Ministry of Justice, and in 2006 - in the main department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, where, as Deputy Prosecutor General, he oversaw the observance of the legality of the preliminary investigation. The position of the Prosecutor General at that time was occupied by Yuri Chaika and, thus, was the immediate superior of Bastrykin.
In 2007, an Investigative Committee was created within the Prosecutor's Office. The order to transfer 18 thousand employees from the prosecutor's office to the Investigative Committee was signed personally by Bastrykin, as the acting head of the committee. The new structure, independent and controlled by the President of the Russian Federation, was entrusted with the direct investigation of crimes.
Bastrykin was appointed Chairman of the Investigative Committee on January 15, 2011 as an independent structure. I must say that the head of the IC held personal receptions of citizens every month.
Earlier, in 2008, the Anti-Corruption Council under the President of the Russian Federation was created, which also included Alexander Bastrykin.
The most high-profile cases of Alexander Bastrykin
In February 2008, regional prosecutor Yevgeny Grigoriev was killed in Saratov. Alexander Bastrykin personally headed the investigation, which ended within three weeks. The case was solved. 
In 2008, the investigative group of the Investigative Committee conducted an investigation into the so-called five-day war - Georgia's armed aggression against South Ossetia. The work of the group, which resulted in 500 volumes of the criminal case, was headed by Alexander Bastrykin. The case was referred to the International Court of Justice in The Hague.
In 2009, the head of the Investigative Committee sharply criticized Russia's migration policy, which leads to an increase in crime among migrants, and a high level of corruption in the Federal Migration Service. It is worth noting that the issues of extradition were in the jurisdiction of the prosecutor's office, and not the Investigative Committee.
In 2010, a massacre took place from the village of Kushchevskaya in the Krasnodar Territory, which received a huge public response. The investigation was led by Alexander Bastrykin.
In 2014, the head of the Investigative Committee initiated criminal prosecution of Ukrainian officials accused of war crimes and genocide against the civilian population of southeastern Ukraine.
Injury during execution
On November 27, 2009, the Nevsky Express branded high-speed train was blown up, as a result of which 28 people died, 132 passengers were injured. Alexander Bastrykin personally went to the scene of the attack. While he was at the scene, another explosive device was detonated. The head of the Investigative Committee received a concussion and a moderate injury. 
Bastrykin's books
Despite being very busy and having a successful career, Alexander Bastrykin always found time for scientific work and writing books. 
In three books by Professor Bastrykin: “Shadows disappear in Smolny. The murder of Kirov "," The ideal crime of the century or the collapse of the criminal case "," The murder of Kirov. A new version of an old crime ”, the author put forward his own version of the events that took place in Leningrad in 1934.
In an interview, the General of Justice said that he published some books at his own expense.
Scandals associated with Alexander Bastrykin
In 2012, Alexei Navalny accused the chairman of the IC that Bastrykin owns real estate in the Czech Republic, is a co-owner of LAW Bohemia and has a residence permit in the Czech Republic.Alexey Navalny about Bastrykin
Bastrykin only admitted that he had a visa and an apartment in Prague with an area of 46 sq.m. The head of the IC said that he bought property worth $ 68 thousand in installments before the start of the civil service. Bastrykin sold his stake in LAW Bohemia.
Personal life of Alexander Bastrykin
Alexander Bastrykin is married. His wife, Olga Ivanovna Bastrykina, is the vice-rector of the Russian Law Academy. The son of the head of the Investigative Committee, Evgeny, born in 1986, is the chief specialist of the staff of the plenipotentiary representative of the President of the Russian Federation for the North-West. 
Head of the UK now
Bastrykin combines work in the Investigative Committee with writing books, actively uses social networks, maintains a VKontakte account, where he writes about the events of the UK, about cultural life and famous people. The professor willingly speaks to law students with lectures.There is information that Bastrykin writes poetry and publishes them on the site "Poems", posing as the Polish poet Stanislav Strunevsky. The main theme of the poetry of the chief investigator of Russia is the activities of liberal politicians, presented by Bastrykin in an ironic manner.
Again Navalny sat down for a day / And our poor minds / Cognized bitterness and sadness / After all, he is our symbol! Ours is steel!
Large-scale events have been taking place recently in the Investigative Committee of Russia. Following September 14, it becomes known about the resignation of the press secretary of the department Vladimir Markin. And later, unofficial sources report that after the elections to the State Duma on September 18, the head of the Investigative Committee will also leave his post. Alexander Bastrykin... recalls interesting facts from the biography of the chief investigator of Russia.
Alexander Ivanovich Bastrykin (born August 27, 1953, Pskov) is a classmate of Vladimir Putin. They studied together at the Leningrad State University. At the same time, Bastrykin was the headman of the group where the future president of Russia studied. Subsequently, Bastrykin entered the closest circle of Putin's associates, where he received the informal nickname of the Headman. After graduating from high school, Bastrykin worked in the police and taught at the St. Petersburg Law Institute. Here he received the title of Doctor of Law, and later - professor. After the collapse of the USSR, he continued to teach and work in government legal structures.
From the prosecutor's office to the Investigative Committee
In 2006, Bastrykin was appointed Deputy Prosecutor General. Yuri Chaika became the Prosecutor General at that time.
In 2007, an Investigative Committee was created within the prosecutor's office, which was entrusted with conducting the investigation. It was headed by Alexander Bastrykin in the rank of first deputy prosecutor general.
In 2011, the Investigative Committee became an independent structure, Bastrykin became its head.
What was the main investigator of Russia doing?
In 2008, Bastrykin personally led the investigation into the murder of the prosecutor of the Saratov region, which was solved within three weeks.
Also in 2008, Bastrykin headed the work of the investigative group of the Investigative Committee to investigate the facts of Georgia's armed aggression against South Ossetia. The investigation resulted in more than 500 volumes of a criminal case transferred by Russia to the International Court of Justice in The Hague.
On May 22, 2009, Bastrykin made harsh statements at an interdepartmental meeting on combating crime among migrants and improving migration policy. In particular, he drew attention to the increased level of illegal migration to Russia and to the high level of corruption in the Federal Migration Service.
In 2010, he led the investigation of the mass murder in the village of Kushchevskaya, Krasnodar Territory.
He supervised the activities of the investigative team of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation to investigate the criminal activities of Barsukov-Kumarin, who was sentenced on August 18, 2016 to 23 years in prison.
In 2014, he initiated criminal prosecution of senior officials of the Ministry of Defense and Internal Affairs of Ukraine, as well as military personnel of the Ukrainian army for committing grave crimes against the civilian population of the southeast of Ukraine. These persons were charged with committing war crimes and genocide, and they were put on the international wanted list.
Injury and contusion
On November 29, 2009, Bastrykin personally went to the site of the explosion of the high-speed train "Nevsky Express". At this time, next to him there was a second detonation of an explosive device, which was hidden under the railroad bed. As it turned out later, the explosive device was detonated using a mobile phone. At the same time, Bastrykin himself received a concussion and a moderate injury.
What's new under Bastrykin?
The head of the Investigative Committee introduced into practice monthly personal receptions of citizens by the leadership of the department.
At the initiative of Bastrykin, in 2016, the RF IC created courts of officer honor to consider cases of misconduct by officers of the Investigative Committee of the RF.
In addition, at the suggestion of Bastrykin in 2016, the Council of Heroes of the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation was formed in the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation to conduct military-patriotic work with young investigators, as well as students of the Academies of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation and cadet corps of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation.
Also, on the initiative of Bastrykin, in 2016, the Council of Heads of Investigative Agencies of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation was formed to discuss topical problems of the activities of the territorial divisions of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation.
On his initiative, the Academy of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation was created and is successfully functioning in Moscow. On September 1, 2016, the Academy of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation began its activities in St. Petersburg.
Bastrykin supported and implemented by his decision the re-creation of the Institute of Criminalistics as part of the RF IC as a research and scientific-methodological base for the development of applied scientific-practical and methodological research in the field of forensic science in relation to the needs and specifics of the preliminary investigation in the system of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation.
What else was interesting in Bastrykin's biography?
In 1970, Bastrykin graduated from the 27th secondary school of the Vasileostrovsky district of Leningrad with in-depth study of the Russian language, literature and history. In his youth, Bastrykin studied classical dance at the People's Ballet Theater of the Palace of Culture named after the First Five-Year Plan under the guidance of the famous Leningrad choreographer, former soloist of the Mariinsky Theater ballet L.M. Molodyashina. He was fond of volleyball, music - he played the guitar in the student vocal and instrumental ensemble of the Faculty of Law of Leningrad State University. He attended classes at the School for Young Journalists at the Leningrad Youth Newspaper Smena.
Scientific works of Bastrykin
In June 2016, the head of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, was officially admitted to the Writers' Union of Russia. It is known that the chief investigator knows how to find time to conduct scientific activities and write books.
So, he already has about 150 scientific works that are devoted to topical problems of state and law, international law, criminal procedure and forensic science.
In addition, Wikipedia reports that in 2015 Bastrykin published books about ballerina Maya Plisetskaya and politics Lyudmila Shvetsova.
However, his most famous book, which received the most positive reviews, also earned the largest number of plagiarism charges. Thus, it is stated that some fragments of the text literally repeat the work "The Age of Forensic Science" 1975 by the German writer Jurgen Thorvald, as well as the work of the Irish writer Anthony Summers "The FBI Empire: Myths, Secrets, Intrigues."
What scandals are associated with Bastrykin?
Even the head of the Investigative Committee cannot avoid scandals. So, in the summer of 2012, the deputy editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta, Sergei Sokolov, said that Bastrykin had threatened him for some material. After the parties apologized to each other, and the conflict was considered settled.
Also in 2012, Alexei Navalny published data that Bastrykin had a residence permit in the Czech Republic and real estate in this country. This information was confirmed by the Czech Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Why did they decide that Bastrykin would leave the post of head of the Investigative Committee?
RBC, citing its sources, published information that Bastrykin will leave his post after the elections to the State Duma.
On September 15, the press secretary of the Investigative Committee Vladimir Markin said that RBC's message about the possible resignation of the head of the department, Alexander Bastrykin, does not correspond to reality: “Don't tell the people. The Kremlin also said that they did not know about Bastrykin's resignation. Answering the question, the presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov recommended not to build "hypothetical reasoning" on this score.
According to a source of RBC, the resignation of the head of the Investigative Committee is due to the fact that high-ranking officials of the Investigative Committee Mikhail Maksimenko, his deputy Alexander Lamonov and the deputy head of the main investigation department for Moscow Denis Nikandrov. They were also accused of involvement in the release from prison of criminal authority Zakhary Kalashov.
After the Duma elections, the chairman of the TFR, Alexander Bastrykin, will leave his post. The issue was resolved after the initiation of criminal cases against high-ranking officials of the department, RBC sources say.
Alexander Bastrykin, Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation (Photo: Mikhail Klimentyev / Press Service of the President of the Russian Federation / TASS)
Resignation of Bastrykin
Alexander Bastrykin will leave the post of chairman of the Investigative Committee, interlocutors close to the leadership of the FSB, the central office of the ICR, and three people close to Russia told RBC. administration of the president of the source. The resignation will take place shortly after the elections on September 18, although RBC's interlocutors do not name the exact dates. “This is the first time I hear it,” the presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov told RBC, answering a question about whether Bastrykin’s resignation is being discussed. The representative of the TFR Vladimir Markin (whose imminent departure became known on Wednesday) refused to talk with RBC.
In July, Bastrykin's department found itself at the center of a scandal in connection with a criminal case against high-ranking officials of the TFR. on an especially large scale (part 6 of article 290 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) were presented to the head of the department for interdepartmental interaction and internal security (UMViSB) of the ICR Mikhail Maksimenko, his deputy Alexander Lamonov and Denis Nikandrov, Deputy Head of the Main Investigation Department for Moscow. According to FSB investigators, they tried for money people of criminal authority Zakhariya Kalashova, nicknamed Shakro Molodoy. The key role in the case was assigned to Maksimenko, who, in law enforcement agencies, was one of the most influential officers of the TFR and a friend of Bastrykin, according to RBC sources in the TFR and the FSB. Markin then expressed gratitude for the arrest to the FSB officers.
The question of Bastrykin's career was resolved after the arrests of his subordinates, says an interlocutor of RBC, close to the leadership of the FSB, but all personnel decisions were left for the period after the Duma elections. At the same time, Peskov told reporters that "hypothetical arguments [about the possible resignation of the chairman of the TFR] against the background of investigative actions are absolutely unacceptable."
Dissatisfaction with Bastrykin "Matured over time," explains an FSB source. According to him, the chairman of the TFR often attracted undue attention to himself. In April this year, the chairman of the TFR published in the magazine "K ommersant -Power ", in which hejustified tightening anti-extremist legislation and reasoned that Russia's problems are related to the hybrid war that the United States is waging against it. In the summer of 2012, he was the deputy editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta, Sergei Sokolov. In the same year, the founder of the Anti-Corruption Fund, Alexei Navalny, Bastrykin had a residence permit in the Czech Republic and real estate in this country. And at the end of 2015 it became known that the Spanish prosecutor's office with members of the Tambov criminal group.
In 2015, President Vladimir Putin expressed dissatisfaction with the work of the head of the TFR at one of the meetings, sources close to the government and the security department told RBC. His work to coordinate the work of the security forces of Russia and Armenia in the investigation of the resonant murder of an Armenian family by a Russian soldier was recognized as clumsy, one of the sources.
The Investigative Committee is objectively in crisis, and the head of the TFR has relied on unprofessional personnel, says an interlocutor of RBC close to the presidential administration. The level of investigation in the Investigative Committee has been dropping all the time, says lawyer Ruslan Koblev. According to him, the lack of prosecutorial control negatively affected the quality of the investigation. “Investigations have become opaque and boiled down to the fact that investigators stuff cases with formal evidence, because they know that in the end the courts will still issue convictions,” the lawyer says.
Bastrykin fulfilled his function by creating the Investigative Committee, but in the process of this work, he at first severely spoiled relations with the Prosecutor General's Office, and later the effectively working connection with the FSB was disrupted, says political analyst Yevgeny Minchenko. The head of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation (ICR) lost the war in the apparatus with other law enforcement agencies, says an interlocutor close to the leadership of the Kremlin administration.
New leader
The current deputy chairman of the TFR, Major General of Justice Igor Krasnov, is considered as a possible new head of the department, two interlocutors of RBC, close to the leadership of the TFR and the FSB, say. Krasnov is known for investigating high-profile cases. Since 2009, he has been leading the murder case in the center of Moscow of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and Anastasia Baburova. As a result, nationalists Nikita Tikhonov and Yevgenia Khasis, who were involved in the activities of the "Combat Organization of Russian Nationalists" (BORN), were detained and convicted. Krasnov conducted an investigation into the murder of Boris Nemtsov for two months, after which he was replaced by Nikolai Tutevich at the head of the investigation team. ... In May 2015, Krasnov was in the Investigative Committee, which included the best employees of the department.
Earlier, the interlocutors of RBC said that the current governor of St. Petersburg, Georgy Poltavchenko, is being considered to replace Bastrykin. According to them, the decision to change the head of the Northern capital was also discussed in the circles of the siloviki that he could head the joint Investigative Committee. Theoretically, this option is being considered even now, says an interlocutor close to the Kremlin. Still, there is a doubt that Poltavchenko will be able to actively engage in the operational management of the work of the Investigative Committee.
If Bastrykin really leaves his place, then he can probably be replaced by a person not from the TFR, but from the prosecutor's office or the FSB, suggests lawyer Koblev.
Before the chef
On Wednesday, it became known that the TFR is leaving its official representative Vladimir Markin. About this, citing a source and TASS, the information was confirmed by a source close to the presidential administration to RBC. Markin himself declined to comment on information about his resignation.
The interlocutor of RBC in the FSB explained that the fate of Markin was to be decided after the elections, but the recent scandals around the press secretary of the department "overflowed the cup of patience." Markin is leaving office amid plagiarism allegations. In early September, the Major General presented the book "The Most High-profile Crimes of the 21st Century in Russia", after which the journalists of Novaya Gazeta and Kommersant that Markin used the texts of their publications without the permission of the editorial board and citing sources. Later publishing house which said that the book Markin was published without reference to media excerpts due to a technical error. On Wednesday, September 14, a meeting between Markin and readers at the Moskva bookstore was supposed to take place, but it was canceled for reasons beyond the store's control, according to a message posted on the website.
Markin had a difficult relationship with most investigators of the TFR, say three interlocutors of RBC close to the department. According to one of them, the representative of the TFR was often not warned about the upcoming searches or other operational measures. For example, Mikhail Khodorkovsky at the end of December 2015 came as a surprise to Markin.
A TASS source said that Markin "is changing the field of activity, since he received another proposal, where he will be able to solve no less ambitious and responsible tasks." Interfax, citing an interlocutor in the fuel and energy complex, said that Markin could take the position of RusHydro's deputy general director for public relations and government agencies. A source close to the government confirmed to RBC that this option is possible. “We started discussing recently, just yesterday, but the decision has not been made yet,” he said. The head of the RusHydro press service department told RBC that he did not have such information.
9 years of investigation
Bastrykin is a graduate of the Law Faculty of the Leningrad State University. At the university, he was the headman of the group where Vladimir Putin studied. Later he worked in the internal affairs bodies, defended his dissertation and was the secretary of the Leningrad City Committee of the Komsomol. In the late 1980s and the first half of the 1990s, he first headed the Leningrad Institute for the Advanced Study of Investigators under the USSR Prosecutor's Office, and then the St. Petersburg Law Institute. In the 2000s, he worked as the head of the department of the Ministry of Justice for the Northwestern Federal District, in 2006 he was appointed Deputy Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika. In 2007, Bastrykin headed the Investigative Committee under the Prosecutor's Office, on the basis of which the Investigative Committee of Russia was formed in 2011.
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