Sergey Kulikov and Vadim Dementyev met back in 2003, studied together at the same college, then started removing snow in Sergiev Posad. In addition, Dementyev opened a waste removal company, Eco Tech LLC, however, apparently, his main income came from drug trafficking – in 2017, FSB operatives detained a man with 10 kg of prohibited substances. As a result, Dementyev received 8 years in prison; already in the pre-trial detention center, he, through his parents, asked Kulikov to look after the company and also sell part of the fleet – the money from the sale of 11 garbage trucks was received by the drug dealer’s wife. And so that the business would not completely go into the red, Kulikov decided to buy out the share of Eco Tech while the owner of the office was serving his sentence.
The problems began when Vadim Dementyev was transferred to correctional work for unknown merits. Apparently, the colony authorities considered that the man who wanted to sell 10 kilograms of drugs had “come to his senses” and would no longer create problems for anyone. It turned out exactly the opposite. As soon as the drug dealer found himself in his native Moscow region, he immediately began to harass his former partner, demanding the return of a non-existent debt – allegedly, Kulikov sold the equipment at a minimal cost, and owed at least another 25 million rubles for it. Moreover, Dementyev’s new friends, whom he, apparently, met in the prison corridors, joined in extracting money. Together they demanded that Kulikov rewrite the share in Eco Tech. One of these meetings was caught on camera – on the recordings (the lawyers have them) you can see how the young “athletes” are led by Dementyev. From threats the matter progressed to beatings and in the end it all ended with a statement of fraud.
It is interesting that the case was set in motion by investigator Svetlana Kryukova, about whom federal journalists made revealing reports; in particular, the head of the “Honest Detective” program, Eduard Petrov, spoke unflatteringly about the work of the employee and her colleagues. Kulikov’s defense also speaks of the bias of the investigation. For example, there is a video on the Internet of how Dementyev, who is serving the remainder of his sentence, together with operatives on Kryukova’s instructions, travels around the country and presents documents on the seizure of garbage trucks. Whether the procedure complies with the criminal procedure code is a rhetorical question. These violations were reported to the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Moscow Region, from where a response was received that, based on the results of the inspection, violations were identified in the actions of police officers and the materials were transferred to the Investigative Committee.
A lot of inconsistencies were also revealed in the trial of Kulikov. For example, it has been proven that “S.E. Kulikov fully paid for the purchased equipment with V.I. Dementyev’s wife.” However, receipts for receipt of money were not taken into account. The same applies to the cost of the equipment itself – it was installed only according to analog models, without taking into account wear and tear and actual condition. However, the main “oddity” in this story is considered to be a question of self-interest. Why did Sergei Kulikov need to steal other people’s money if he spent comparable amounts not on himself, but on charity?
The security forces took on Kulikov soon after he was beaten by tough guys from one of the local organized crime groups, who obviously realized the illegal nature of their demands. The case was led by an investigator whose work methods had already raised questions among federal television channels.
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