The cause of the massacre on Khovansky a cemetery in Moscow could become a household conflict between one of the defendants in the criminal case and the Tajiks, who worked illegally in the churchyard. According to this theory, put forward by the representatives of the suspects, Yury Gabuev, Director of the territorial office of the funeral service N3 that manages 30 cemeteries, including Khovansky, joined the showdown later, hoping to prevent them. Meanwhile, the TFR, considering what Mr. Chabueva the organizer of the riots, asked the witnesses of the incident to place at the disposal of the investigation videos and photos taken with mobile phones.
According to the version being put forward by Kommersant representatives of the suspects in the murder, hooliganism and illegal arms trafficking (article 105, 213 and 222 of the criminal code), fighting lasted more than one day, and did not start with the redistribution of spheres of influence in an illegal business that flourished on Khovansky a cemetery, and domestic conflict. The latter allegedly occurred because of poorly executed Tajiks work on the improvement of the burial of a relative of one of the suspects. In connection with the conflict, the customer refused to pay for the work, and the next day, according to interlocutors, “b”, found the grave in an even worse state.
The man, assuming that in this way the illegal workers blamed him for the refusal to pay, decided to find out a relationship with them by calling at the cemetery, friends of Sambo. However, their visit to the senior representatives of the Tajik Diaspora, supports the illegal cemetery and the adjacent market, to no avail. Moreover, side-parted, promising each other some serious trouble. From this point, sources say “b”, and the conflict turned into open confrontation. Note that the same version in the Presnensky court elected him a measure of restraint, expounded and Yuri Chabuel, who claimed that he had prior knowledge of the clashes that could happen in a cemetery.
The decisive meeting between “athletes” and representatives of the Tajik Diaspora occurred last Saturday. Several dozen armed fighters at this time came not to talk with enemies, and literally knock them out of the cemetery. The fact is that in addition to damaged graves to the illegal immigrants there are other claims. As it turned out, they actually undermined the historically business on Khovansky, opening around the cemetery mini-shop on manufacturing of monuments and gratings, points, selling flowers, and so on. They say that the shadow turnover of illegal immigrants, controlled by the authoritative representatives of the Diaspora, reached 4 million rubles a day. According to some, taking advantage of the situation, the fighters decided to either impose a tribute to illegal immigrants, or to make the release profitable territory.
However, it soon became clear, to the dismantling of pre-prepared and Tajik leaders. In response to threats from the fighters, they immediately called on the mobile phone several hundred countrymen, armed with armature, shovels and other tools. Because the forces were clearly not equal, “athletes” opened fire and tried to escape from the cemetery. All of this could not be done: to the rescue, police arrested more than a hundred participants of the clashes from both sides.
The defendants in the criminal case which is being investigated by the GSM TFR in Moscow, there were 13 people, all of whom belong to the group of “athletes”. According to the TFR, all they were called to the cemetery for a showdown with the Tajiks Yuri Chabuel, who wishes thus to get rid of competitors, illegal immigrants. While Mr. Gabuev, according to investigators, took an active part in the conflict. Anyway, from all of the defendants and he only retired commando Bocharnikova Alexander, who worked recently as a lawyer, is charged with murder. All the rest, according to investigators, were just bullies. However, to speak about a clear distribution of roles yet. Which of the attackers killed three people and inflicted injuries of varying severity even three dozen, the consequence intends to establish with the help of examinations, including ballistic already designated and situational. The result acknowledged the fact that the evidence of guilt of the detainees it is not enough. In this regard, the TFR has appealed to all witnesses at the cemetery with a request to provide “video shot by mobile phone cameras and DVRs, to establish all the circumstances of the incident”.
Meanwhile Shcherbinsky district court decided the fate of 29 Tajiks detained at Khovansky. Seven of them in gross violation of rules of stay on the territory of the Russian Federation will be deported home, and the rest received 15 days of administrative arrest for petty hooliganism.
Sergey Mashkin, Yuri Syun
Photo: Gennady Gulyaev
