The Cheka-OGPU became aware of the details of how events developed and are developing during a hunt in the Tver region, during which huntsman Vyacheslav Salnikov was wounded. All participants in the action drank alcohol and then went moose hunting from snowmobiles. Salnikov was driving, and the hunter sitting behind fired, placing his gun on the driver’s shoulder. On a bump, the snowmobile jumped, and the bullet hit Salnikov’s shoulder blade from the back, almost tearing off Salnikov’s arm. Presumably, the shooter was the head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Moscow, Oleg Baranov. According to the source, all the participants in the hunt (including generals from the Ryazan clan of the Ministry of Internal Affairs) were not in very adequate condition and the head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for St. Petersburg, Roman Plugin (also close to the Ryazan people), who has good interregional relations, was entrusted with “resolving” the problem communications. It was he who supervised the emergency delivery of the victim to Sklif in Moscow, and, most importantly, the “covering up” of his tracks. The generals were also given detailed instructions on what to say. This is all, so to speak, “hot on the heels.”
Already in Moscow, the entire leadership of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was sent to resolve the problem. The head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Moscow Region, Viktor Paukov, was an avid hunter who had enormous connections along this line. And, by the way, I myself found myself in similar stories.
Despite the fact that the report on the incident was requested by the Presidential Administration, according to the source, determining the final fate of Baranov can rest on the shoulders of the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Kolokoltsev. He, of course, is completely on the side of his longtime friend Baranov. According to the source, two factors can change something. The first is the emergence of a criminal case. But the Investigative Committee is in no hurry to arouse him and has taken a wait-and-see approach. The second factor is the behavior of Baranov himself. He fell into a deep depression, from which he did not recover throughout this week. Haven’t seen him at work yet. If he continues like this, then Kolokoltsev will have no choice but to accept Baranov’s resignation.
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