As the source said, events developed as follows. When, after the massacre at the Elements restaurant, the Italian found himself behind bars, it immediately became known that Shakro would be grateful to the one who would pull his friend out from behind bars. And Kalashov’s gratitude is worth a lot. 10-15 top businessmen were ready to just give money (and a lot of it). However, they also needed someone who actually knew who to give them to in order for the necessary things to happen.
David Yakobashvili, David Mirzoev, Shalva Gibradze were looking for their exits to the TFR. Yakobashvili and Mirzoev are not only friends with Shakro, but are his relatives. Gibradze is Yakobashvili’s partner in a number of projects and is also Shakro’s friend. As a result, they decided to jointly look for ways to reach senior ICR employees who could influence the situation. Everyone was from the south of Russia and knew that the fixer from the Krasnodar Territory, Dmitry Smychkovsky, was extremely close to the ICR. But none of them knew him personally. Even a casual acquaintance was not enough.
We started looking for solutions and asked the fixer Andrei Matus about it. He knew that Smychkovsky’s closest friend at that time was the current head of the unit in the Krasnodar Territory (KK) of the Alpha group of the FSB of the Russian Federation, Alexander Pakholchenko. He was also a close friend and godfather of the then head of the ICR Investigative Committee for KK Bugaenko and participated in many “topics”.
At the same time, Pakholchenko provided such a service to businessmen, including authoritative ones, as providing security with the help of Alpha fighters. In 2018, he was fired from the FSB “due to loss of trust.” It was established that Pakholchenko was living beyond his means. In particular, to be called to duty on the “Gathering” signal, he indicated his place of residence as a luxurious mansion registered in his mother’s name. However, it was established that the real owner of the cottage is Pakholchenko himself.
Pakholchenko agreed to help with this delicate issue and discuss everything with Smychkovsky. The latter, under the guarantee of Pakholchenko and Matus, agreed to meet to discuss the topic with Mirzoev and Gibradze. The meeting took place in Moscow at the Tatler restaurant. At this meeting, it was decided that the fee for the service would be $1 million ($500 thousand from Mirzoev and Yakobashvili and $500 thousand from Gibradze). Mirzoev and Gibradze took on all the financial components, and Smychkovsky had to directly resolve technical issues with Shakro.
As a result, the money went away. The Italian was almost released, but a Russian FSB officer met him at the door of the pre-trial detention center. They soon detained a group of ICR employees, and then Shakro. Smychkovsky managed to leave Russia. The thread leading to the one who paid $1 million was broken.
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