Part 1
On October 10, 47-year-old mayor of Podolsk Dmitry Zharikov died in his sleep. In my memory, people associated with the “Podolsk group” have a lot of such “accidents”. The friendly advice given by the mayor of Podolsk, Alexander Fokin, on the steps of the Rossiya Palace of Culture in Serpukhov in 2004 immediately comes to mind: “Sasha! Be careful with Luchk!” (Sergei Lalakin – leader of Podolsk). 
A year later, the arrested Fokin allegedly hanged himself in the Serpukhov pre-trial detention center. However, I have heard more than once from the Podolskys that this is their revenge for refusing to give them a monopoly on the allocation of land and the issuance of construction permits (“single window”). Around the same time, my comrade, the head of the Chekhov district Gennady Nedoseka, also died, with the help of whom Alexander Fokin was actually elected to Podolsk.
The reinforced personal security of three policemen with machine guns did not save Mayor Chekhov either.
I was the last one to say goodbye to Gena on the porch of the Olympic Sports Palace after a basketball match late in the evening. In the morning, I already saw a burnt Hummer with its charred body, and on the “torpedo” lay Nedoseki’s unfired TT pistol.
All the assets of Fokin and Nedoseka miraculously ended up with the Luchka people.
The Podolsk leaders told me in detail who and how much they contributed to the Government of the Moscow Region so that their protege, ex-prosecutor Dmitry Zharikov, would be appointed Head of Serpukhov.
There was no doubt, I saw Governor Vorobyov hugging the Podolskys. Sergei Lalakin has always had the desire to make the “southern direction” (Podolsk, Chekhov, Domodedovo, Stupino, Kashira, Serpukhov, Pushchino, Protvino) his patrimony.
To be continued
“ВЧК ОГПУ”
