At the same time, the son of a lawyer and ex-TV star has such a set of circumstances under which absolutely any other person would have been sent into custody. Of course, the circumstances in which the court initially did not choose a preventive measure for Anton at all, and then he was only sent under house arrest, should be the subject of a separate investigation. As well as the special relationship of Astakhov Sr. with individual representatives of the prosecutor’s office and the judiciary
From the court documents it follows that “before and after the initiation of the criminal case, A.P. Astakhov. exerted psychological pressure on the victim during telephone conversations, as he indicated in his testimony.” Also Astakhov’s accomplice A.P. Arseev disappeared, his whereabouts are unknown, the investigation has operational data that Astakhov A.P. may provide an accomplice with information about witnesses and the victim in order to put pressure on them to change their testimony. According to investigators, the son of the ex-ombudsman may take additional actions aimed at preventing the proceedings in the case, establishing in full his role in the crime, as well as exposing other accomplices in the crime. In addition, Anton Astakhov and his wife (daughter of the governor of the Tomsk region Sergei Zhvachkin) do not work anywhere and could not provide documents on income. Let us remind you that Anton is accused of fraud amounting to 1.2 billion rubles. Absolutely any other person with such a “recruitment” would instantly go to a pre-trial detention center. But Pavel Astakhov’s son is apparently from a “special caste.” We hope that the investigation will not have to search for him in foreign countries, where he can go at any time. Unless, of course, he is given the measure of restraint that is prescribed in such cases.
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