independent investigation 09.12.2002 (2002)

"Fish Mafia".

Video: Footage from operational newsreel filmed in the Russian waters of the Sea of Okhotsk, border guards open fire on a poaching vessel.

Participants in the program will find out who the fish mafiosi are, how to resist them, and whether they are involved in the death of border guard General Vitaly Gamov.

On May 21, 2002, an assassination attempt was made on General Gamov V. in the city of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.

At 3:00 a.m. local time, three Molotov cocktails were thrown into the window of the apartment where the Gamov family lived.

Eyewitnesses say that the explosion that night resembled an earthquake in terms of the force of the shock wave.

The General's wife Larisa Gamova with skin burns spent three months in the Japanese clinic for treatment.

She underwent seven complex operations, then Gamova L. was transported to one of the Moscow clinics and at the moment her life is out of danger.

General Gamov V. died a week after the tragic events.

Video: Uzikova Svetlana, Tchaikovsky Alexander - neighbors of the Gamovs talk about the explosion, fire and the rescue of Ivan Gamov's son.

Funeral of Gamov V. Totsky K.V. says that the "Fish Mafia" is involved in the death of General Gamov.

In the studio Mazhirin Sergey Ivanovich - Gamov's colleague, speaks about the interest of the "Fish Mafia" in the death of General Gamov V. A minute of silence in court in honor of General Gamov V. Mazhirin S.I. about the discontent of the population of the border regions with the actions of the border guards and the threats received from the mafia.

A fisherman talks about possible reasons for Gamov's death.

Mazhirin S.I. about the border guards' decision to fire on a poaching vessel.

Reznik B.L. answers the question of who the people are who make up the "Fish Mafia".

A fisherman talks about receiving fishing quotas, poaching, and smuggling.

Belyakov A.S. about the law on the protection of fish resources of the Russian Federation and its implementation.

The second story of the program is devoted to illegal fishing and the protection of fish resources by border guards.

Sergei, the captain of a poaching vessel, talks about his earnings.

Severov Aleksandr -- deputy commander of the border ship brigade, talks about equipping poaching vessels.

Video: A border ship detains a poaching vessel, border guards are in the hold.

Mazhirin S.I. about poachers' profits, fines, and conditional sentences for criminals.

Reznik B.L. says that poachers' profits amount to 2.5 billion dollars.

Belyakov A.S. on the need to stop illegal fishing.

Mazhirin S.I. on joint inspection of fish catches by the Border Service together with the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation.

Belmesov Yu.M. on the detention of trawlers with unaccounted products by inspectors and the conflict with the FPS. Antipin Vladimir on the detention of an unscrupulous FPS inspector when disembarking from a Japanese ship with a large sum of US dollars.

Gritsenko Oleg on fishermen and the law on fisheries.

Video about the illegal export of fish to Japan.

Video: Fishing trawlers at sea.

Moskaltsov Yuri on the sale of poached products to Japan.

Video: inspectors conduct an inspection and examination of a trawler.

Osadchy Viktor speaks about the legalization of unloading Russian fish in Japanese ports.

The fisherman speaks about the need to move away from the distribution system of catch quotas.

Mazhirin S.I. on the need to amend the legislation and the absence of new border ships.

Antipin V.S. on making additions to the outdated fishing rules of the Russian Federation.

Chekanov Vladimir speaks about the need for state regulation and management in the fishing industry of the Russian Federation.

Continuation of the story about the assassination attempt on General Gamov V. Video: Funeral of General Gamov V. Alekseev Vladimir -- head of the investigative group on the case of General Gamov, speaks about the involvement of criminal structures in the death.

Video: Arrest of suspects in an apartment.

Photo of the suspect on the monitor in the studio.