independent investigation 28.01.2002 (2002)

"Werewolves" (Murder of Nikonov).

The program is dedicated to the lawlessness of law enforcement agencies in the Voronezh region.

In 1997, one of the visitors to the disco, Evgeny Nikonov, died.

An investigation is currently underway, meanwhile, guilt in the case of the careless murder of Nikonov E. has already been proven.

How he actually died, during a fall from a motorcycle or from well-placed police blows, is still to be determined.

It is assumed that he was killed by law enforcement officers, who then fabricated a version of a traffic accident.

The program is conducting its own investigation, relatives and friends of the deceased, witnesses to the crime, law enforcement officers, investigators, lawyers, and human rights activists are invited to the studio.

On July 27, 1997, at about 9 p.m., a resident of the village of Boevo, Nikonov E., together with his friends, went on a motorcycle to a disco in the village of Dzerzhinsky.

That same night, he died under strange circumstances.

Nikonov's family claims that as a result of a fight that broke out in a village club, Evgeny was killed by local police officers.

According to law enforcement agencies, the young man died in a traffic accident as a result of a collision between two motorcycles, on one of which he was returning home as a passenger.

The judge of the Kashira District Court sentenced the motorcycle driver, Nikonov's friend Viktor Plyakin, accusing him of manslaughter.

Meanwhile, Plyakin, like many others, is convinced that the accident was staged by the police officers.

Video: convicted Plyakin V. describes the events of that evening at the scene of the accident.

Evgeny Nikonov's mother Zinaida Grigoryevna at her son's grave.

In Nikonov's studio, Z.G. says that her son was killed by local police officers.

Plyakin V. about a fight at a disco, a blow to the head and his stay in the hospital.

Judge Lyudmila Batishcheva about the story of Plyakin V., the course of the investigation, and the court's verdict.

Policeman Vyacheslav Nikonov, brother of the deceased Evgeny Nikonov, disagrees with the investigation of the accident, presents arguments, facts and talks about the involvement of the police.

A story about the medical examination of the body of E. Nikonov.

Photos from the funeral of E. Nikonov.

Investigator Yuri Mashkov about the injuries of the deceased.

In the studio, Viktor Kalkutin asks L. Batishcheva about the cause of death of E. Nikonov.

Batishcheva L. reads an excerpt from the case. V. Kalkutin asks Z.G. Nikonova a question about the examination of her son's things by the investigation, the woman says that such an examination did not take place. V. Kalkutin takes the things of the deceased E. Nikonov for examination. L. Batishcheva reads the protocol of the inspection of the technical condition of V. Plyakin's motorcycle, reads an excerpt from the case about the delivery of the victim to the hospital and talks about the clothes of the deceased.

The presenter hands over the case documents to V.V. Kolkutin. V. Nikonov about receiving the clothes of his deceased brother from the hospital and personal conversations with witnesses.

Human rights activist Svetlana Poznakhirina talks about the failure to conduct a technical examination of motorcycles, the absence of eyewitness names in the case, incompletely completed accident documents, and the dates of eyewitness interrogations. V. Plyakin, L. Batishcheva, V. Nikonov talk about the accident, eyewitnesses, police officers, and the investigator. V. Nikonov names the police officers suspected of murdering E. Nikonov. L. Batishcheva talks about the consideration of the case in various supervisory instances of the court.

A video story about Z. G. Nikonova's attempts over the course of 4 years to review the case of her son's death. V. V. Kolkutin, after examining the deceased's clothing, gives his conclusion, pointing to a mannequin in a shirt and jeans. L. Batishcheva claims that an additional examination will not affect the review of the case. V. Plyakin talks about the clothes the deceased was wearing before and after the disco.

In the studio, Z. G. Nikonov reads out an appeal to the authorities and judges to conduct an additional investigation.