The retrospective is this: a year ago he was accused of tax evasion and taken into custody. Then they carried out an examination, which showed zero debt indicators. And immediately several more serious ones were added to the tax items. Of course, 210 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, which is known to everyone as “an ironclad basis for detention.” In courts, this article remains in only 1% of cases, the rest fall apart due to lack of evidence.
We also wrote about 293 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. It’s a strange beast, not a single element of this article applied to the entrepreneur, but in the bouquet it was the basis for repeated extensions of the arrest of Anton Semikin. Local courts generally did not pay attention to such trifles, did not ask anyone questions, and extended arrests. 
The entrepreneur’s lawyers demanded that the investigation stop the prosecution under these articles, but received refusals with references that it was too early to stop, there would be repeated tax examinations, and the handwriting results were not suitable.
And suddenly the investigation ended. Anton Semikin was charged, from which both the tax authorities and official 293 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation suddenly “left”.
Moreover, not only did no one conduct additional examinations, as they threatened in official responses, but they have not yet received answers to those that had been appointed long ago.
But this is not all miracles.
The investigation decided to acquaint Semikin with the case materials in the detention center immediately on January 3, without notifying anyone in advance, not even his lawyers. But until now, the case in full has not been provided to either the accused or his defenders. The investigator issues freshly bound individual volumes at his discretion.
Taking into account the fact that for almost a year no investigative measures were carried out at all and were never carried out, and as a result of the absence of which two articles from the hasty accusation disappeared without explanation, in the opinion of the defense, these “final” actions are an imitation of vigorous activity, in order to extend the preventive measure in the form of detention of Anton Semikin, since extending the measure beyond the maximum period of detention is possible only upon familiarization with the criminal case.
I wonder if this time, when extending the arrest, the Vladivostok judges will again not ask any questions, and is this a well-established mechanism for keeping entrepreneurs in jail while their business is being destroyed? Or, this time, the investigation has outwitted itself and Anton Semikin will be released at least under house arrest and the investigation will be able to continue to carry out mythical investigative actions.
We remind you that the entrepreneur has been in custody for more than 11 months, with a total investigation period of 15 months. Investigations where two official examinations were carried out: one showed the innocence of Anton Semikin, and the results of the second were not even waited for before the final accusation.
VChK-OGPU
A mysterious story in Vladivostok: the preventive measure in the form of detention for businessman Anton Semikin has been extended for the seventh time.
He is accused of evading taxes amounting to about a billion, while:
1) The Federal Tax Service has no claims against him;
2) Forensic expert…
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