One of the defendants in the case, ex-co-owner of GC “1520” Valery Markelov, is feeling worse and worse day by day, which is noticeable even in his appearance: over the past three months he has lost a lot of weight and is obviously weakened. During the hearing, his lawyer asked the judge to give his client the opportunity to be examined by doctors from a private ambulance right in the courthouse. The court gave permission for this, provided that a regular ambulance was also involved, but the convoy allowed only government doctors to see Markelov, citing instructions.
After a short break, during which Zakharchenko amused the audience with the story that numerous fans write letters to him and even propose marriage (a certain Mrs. Chichulina shows particular persistence, who, as it turned out, even wrote to judge Sergei Artemov about Zakharchenko), the defense invited Alexey Savitsky (Associate Professor at Moscow State Law Academy, employee of the Department of Forensic Expertise). Based on the results of studying the documents of the case (primarily “Ploshchadka”), the expert showed that they clearly lack details and documents that would unambiguously prove the fact of transferring money in favor of Zakharchenko or other persons, therefore it cannot be argued that movements of funds in principle took place .
At the end of the five-hour hearing, the court, to everyone’s satisfaction, began interrogating Zakharchenko, whose speech throughout the entire trial was distinguished by imagery, not always appropriate length and numerous irrelevant reflections, causing a smile and the stable interest of those present. The ex-colonel spoke about his friendship with Avsholum Yunaev (the head of Gazprom Automation, who, according to the prosecution, paid for Zakharchenko’s vacation in Sochi), saying that he did not receive any bribes from him, did not discuss work issues, and money for a trip to Sochi on New Year’s holidays 2015-2016. returned. In his speech, Zakharchenko called the bankers Chuvilin and Gorbuntsov “duty applicants” and “scammers who cause a negative reaction in any normal person,” suggesting that the court disregard their testimony as fraudulent. Zakharchenko called Markelov, Stankevich and Motorin “normal men with whom we had normal, but not close or business relations.” Considering my capabilities and the industries with which I was professionally connected, I simply could not be interesting to these people from a business point of view. Zakharchenko, according to him, learned about the existence of the eb2 base only from the case materials, “and the stupid nicknames attributed to me like Cherry or Zakhar the Kricky generally offend me.”
The court scheduled the next hearing for April 6. The Cheka-OGPU will monitor the course of events.
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