The meaning was this. When Shakro’s “right hand” Andrey Kochuykov (Italian) was arrested, the thief in law made it clear to the businessmen in his circle that they needed funds to ransom Italian. Many responded, since at least a dozen billionaires maintained a relationship with Shakro. Thus, David Mirzoev (as a representative of David Yakobashvili) and Shalva Gibradze (transferred by intermediary Dmitry Smychkovsky) each allocated $500 thousand. There were others who wanted to finance the “good cause” – the total amount reached $5 million.
As a result, the line was drawn that Kalashov created an organized crime group of businessmen with the aim of bribing employees of the Investigative Committee. However, it was not possible to carry this line to completion; the billionaires won. Shakro eventually went to jail for extortion along with Kochuykov. Investigative Committee employees were jailed for receiving two bribes – $500 thousand and $1 million.
Smychkovsky disappeared and David Mirzoev (as a representative of David Yakobashvili) and Shalva Gibradze, who transferred the money through him, remained “unidentified persons” in the case. Like, in fact, other businessmen who were ready to throw Shakro into the “basket” for a bribe
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