Peak hour №1 05.08.1996 (1996)

Guest of the program: Vladimir Kolesnikov, First Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation.

Main topics and questions discussed in the studio: 1. Where is the man detained in Georgia on suspicion of organizing the murder of Vlad Listyev?

Does this person exist?

Is he a man? 2. Will it not turn out like with the case of Alexander Men, when an innocent person was detained? ("

Igor Bushnev incriminated himself under the influence of police officers"

was threatened by Kolesnikov, who "

as is clear from Bushnev's statement, threatened to pin on him not only the murder of the Orthodox priest, but also his wife, who died under a train on the Semkhoz platform. 3. By the way, were you in charge of this case and, as far as I remember, Bushnev called you the main falsifier of the case? 4. On July 16, Anatoly Kulikov stated: "

We have every reason to assert that the recent terrorist explosions in Moscow were planned in Chechnya."

What are these grounds? (The minister referred to the text of the radio intercept) 5. But anonymous political terrorism is some kind of absurdity...

Why then is the main organizer of the explosions, who, according to Kulikov, is not just anywhere, but in Grozny itself, still at large and possibly preparing a new terrorist attack? 6. But the president of the Confederation of the Peoples of the Caucasus, Yusup Soslanbekov recently quite seriously stated that the July explosions were timed by the Russian authorities to coincide with the visit of the American Vice President Albert Gore, with the aim of proving to America the need to continue the Chechen campaign.

Now, after the Minister's statement, this version is presumably no longer being considered? 7. To what extent is a provocation possible in such situations? 8. Is the Ministry of Internal Affairs with its anti-corruption minister capable of declaring a serious war on the authorities if such facts are confirmed? 9. Can it be said that the first version about the connection between "

trolleybus"

terrorism and the signing by the President of the latest Decree "

On urgent measures to strengthen law and order and strengthen the fight against crime in Moscow and the Moscow Region"

has not justified itself? 10. This Decree should deal a serious blow to crime.

But, very often people are more afraid of police arbitrariness than of the criminals themselves.

Norwegian professor Nils Christie once said: "In modern society, the main danger of crime is not the crimes themselves, but the fact that the fight against crime can push society onto a totalitarian path of development.

How serious is this threat, in your opinion? 11. The Memorial Society and the Glasnost Public Foundation have asked the Prosecutor General to initiate a criminal case against Yuri Luzhkov and Anatoly Kulikov, whose public anti-Chechen statements fall under Part 2 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR, which provides for punishment for "

violation of the equality of citizens on the basis of race, nationality, or attitude to religion, committed by an official."

I understand that you cannot discuss your superiors.

Do you even investigate such cases? 12. Can you say how many cases the Ministry of Internal Affairs has opened under the article on inciting ethnic hatred, and how many people have been punished? 13. Is this typical only for Nizhny Novgorod or is this the situation throughout the country? (This fact was essentially confirmed by Anatoly Kulikov: "

I am concerned that the country's population does not trust the police." 16. So, the country's citizens do not trust those who are supposed to protect them.

How do you think this can be explained?

In many countries, citizens not only trust law enforcement agencies, but also happily cooperate with them.

This is not in our honor.

Why?

Does the Ministry of Internal Affairs do anything to raise the prestige of its organization? 17. There is an opinion that the Ministry of Internal Affairs registers only an insignificant part of the crimes committed.

What is the level of latent, hidden crime in relation to registered crime?

Phone calls: 1 Recently, vigilantes patrolled the streets.

Has the Ministry of Internal Affairs completely abandoned public participation in maintaining law and order? 2. Why have criminal cases not yet been opened against the Pamyat society and Barkashev, since they are fascists? 3. The Ministry of Internal Affairs has been conducting the Clean Hands operation for a long time, but there is no end in sight.

Is there any effect?