Source: www.rucriminal.info

Not long ago, Colonel of Justice Alexander Bessmeltsev was appointed head of the Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Yaroslavl Region.

No one, not even the most experienced and seasoned employees of the department, after this very department was “led” by General A.M. Sobolev, who destroyed the department and then went on to a promotion to the SEC of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, thought that the new acting head of the department could find another bottom in terms of management. But, as always, it was not so easy, they knocked from below.

 

The VChK-OGPU Telegram channel and Rucriminal.info continue to publish their investigation into Bessmeltsev.

 

According to the source, Bessmeltsev has been and is constantly engaged in extortion from subordinate employees to purchase gifts and presents for the senior leaders of the Central Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation. The head of the department must look loyal to his superiors and appease them with gifts in order to continue his antics while keeping a warm place.

Thus, in January 2024, more than three hundred thousand rubles of the employees of the department for the Yaroslavl region were spent on gifts to the Central Investigative Committee, collected on the instructions of Bessmeltsev A.A. on a voluntary-compulsory basis. With this money, fish, meat, sausage, cheeses, alcohol, etc. were purchased as gifts for the employees of the Central Investigative Committee. Everything purchased was packaged in bags, loaded into the service PKL and bus and then taken to Moscow. These facts were recorded by young employees of the department in photos and videos. It should be noted here that the official car is used by Bessmeltsev A.A., as well as by the hero of earlier publications of the VChK-OGPU, the former head of the 2nd Regional Department of Internal Affairs of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Yaroslavl Region, Tsaturyan A.A., around the clock, but not for official purposes. Drivers quit because of this. Bessmeltsev A.A. had the same story with the use of an official car for personal purposes in Tyumen, but there the head of the investigative department radically stopped this lawlessness and simply took away the official car from Bessmeltsev A.A., limiting its use and did not "air dirty linen in public".

As it became clear from the above facts, Bessmeltsev A.A. is very intolerant of refusals from subordinate employees, and creates conditions of intolerance for those who are undesirable at work. Forcing them to quit. During his year of work, about 30% of the experienced employees of the department were fired, and to replace them, Bessmeltsev A.A. "dragged and drags" incompetent personnel, who subsequently, unable to withstand the brutal treatment, setups and inadequate demands of the management, also quit en masse, some without working even a month.

Thus, three weeks after the start of his duties, Bessmeltsev A.A. forced the acting head of the investigative department for the Kirovsky district - deputy head of the first department for the investigation of especially important cases, Lieutenant Colonel of Justice Tumakov A.G. to resign. Needless to say, the investigative department for the Kirovsky district of the city of Yaroslavl is the central and most complex, since all administrative, government and other services and departments are concentrated on the territory of the said department.

Tumakov A.G., being the most experienced employee, was ready to take any position with a demotion in order to keep his job, but Bessmeltsev A.A. did not have a chance. did not give, since the position of the head of this department had to be vacated for people loyal to the management.

As a result, Roshchin A., who had never worked as an investigator for a day, was appointed acting head of the investigative department for the Kirovsky district of Yaroslavl. Naturally, after two months of work, Roshchin A. recorded a complete failure in the work of the department. In connection with this, Roshchin A. was "hidden" in the investigative department for the Zavolzhsky district. (How this reminds one of the management of the Dzerzhinsky and Kirovsky departments of the city of Yaroslavl by Khodunov V.N. during the period of the management of the department by Sobolev A.M.!!!) However, the result of the work there was the same. Two months later, Roshchin A. quit. But this state of affairs did not bother Bessmeltsev A.A. at all, and Afanasyev was appointed in place of Roshchin A., who, having worked for less than a month, also quit.

A.A., who arrived with Bessmeltsev and Erdniev E.A., who was appointed head of the control and investigation department, also did not last even six months in the position.

According to a source of the VChK-OLGPU, two "immortal opportunists" of the department for the Yaroslavl region helped and are helping Bessmeltsev A.A. to get rid of the employees of the investigative department - the head of the forensic science department Akimov D.E. and senior personnel assistant Kuznetsova L.I. The first suffers from a Napoleon complex and believes in his own greatness, the second is a person who simply betrays the team and the people who work with her in order to maintain her position.

It was Akimov D.E., on the instructions of Bessmeltsev A.A. and based on his subjective and not always adequate reactions and relationships with employees, who created the conditions for their dismissal, and Kuznetsova L.I. . gave the appearance of legality to the dismissal of employees by conducting official investigations. Needless to say, since the time of Sobolev A.M., that is, since 2019-2020, Kuznetsova L.I. has perfectly mastered the art of illegally conducting official investigations of unwanted employees, easily manipulating facts and circumstances and framing even innocent people, just to curry favor with the head of the department and not lose her job. For which, like Akimov D.E., she earned the corresponding attitude from the employees. Here Rucriminal.info would like to note that Akimov D.E. and Kuznetsova L.I., who are loyal to the head and help him get rid of unwanted people, assistant to the head Orekhov K.V., who helps the head in distorting statistics to create a picture of the good work of Bessmeltsev A.A. according to statistical indicators, received savings several times more than the entire team at the end of 2024, and they were the only ones who did not have their bonuses for complexity and stress reduced.

Despite the wild failures and imbalances in his work, Bessmeltsev A.A. does not bother himself. He does not come to work before 10-11 o'clock in the summer, and neither he nor his deputy go to work on weekends. However, subordinates are required to be at work 24/7.

Such an attitude to service and lack of control led to the fact that in July 2024, the citizen Popov V.V., detained for the murder of Bogacheva A.V., was denied by the Rybinsk District Court a preventive measure in the form of detention in connection with the violations committed by the investigator.

Released from custody, Popov V.V. after some time committed the murder of the main witness and eyewitness of the murder of Bogacheva A.V. (Criminal case No. 1240278000700063 was initiated on July 8, 2024 under Part 1 of Article 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

At the initial stage, on the "hot trail", control over the investigation of this criminal case and forensic support were carried out by Akimov D.E. Relatives of Bogacheva A.V. and Volkov V.V. tried to get a personal appointment with the Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia. However, Bessmeltsev A.A. and Akimov D.E. understood perfectly well that in the event of the detection of the said gross violations in the work of the department that led to the murder of a witness due to their negligent attitude to work, they would be dismissed in the best outcome, by hook or by crook, promises and promises persuaded the relatives of the murdered not to go to the Chairman of the Investigative Committee and quietly hushed up this incident. Covering themselves and not without the help of Kuznetsova L.I. all the employees of the department, from the investigator to the head of the KSO, who were involved in this case, were punished without conducting an official investigation and the necessary measures.

An official investigation into these facts was not conducted intentionally, so as not to send its results to the Central Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation and, accordingly, to hide the fact that a person who committed a particularly serious crime and was released from custody due to the lack of control and negligence of the management of the department committed the murder of the main witness in a criminal case.

Was the head of the forensic science department Akimov D.E. punished in this situation? Of course not.

It was precisely impunity and intercession on the part of Bessmeltsev A.A. that gave rise to Akimov D.E.'s belief in permissiveness and omnipotence. Akimov D.E., who was already not very balanced in moral and ethical terms, began to allow public insults with obscene language and humiliation of employees of the Investigative Department, all kinds of provocations, including conflicts with the use of physical force. These facts were repeatedly documented by the employees of the department on audio recordings.

09/05/2024 Akimov D.E. threatened to use violence and attacked with fists the investigator for especially important cases of the first department for the investigation of especially important cases, Colonel of Justice Kruglov V.S. The reason was that Kruglov V.S. dared to object to Akimov D.E. in a controversial issue about the sufficiency or insufficiency of evidence for sending a criminal case to the prosecutor. The said fact of violation of the code of ethics, bordering on a criminal offense, was recorded on the outdoor video surveillance camera of the Investigative Department. An official investigation was conducted on this fact, investigator Kruglov V.S. passed a polygraph, which fully confirmed the events described above. Akimov D.E. refused to undergo a polygraph, but indirectly confirmed the fact of threats in his explanations, referring to the fact that he quoted phrases from famous works of the Soviet period and did not mean any violence. It looks ridiculous, but convenient, really, because every employee of the Investigative Committee of Russia, when threatening a colleague, usually quotes classical literature or films!!!

Bessmeltsev A.A. did not give offense to Akimov D.E. and according to the results of the internal investigation it was indicated that the facts of the threat from Akimov D.E. were not confirmed, it was recommended to consider this issue at the court of officer's honor.

At the court of officer's honor, Akimov D.E., oddly enough, confirmed what happened, however, the court of officer's honor found no violations in his actions not established.

But the situation was not exhausted and the vengeful Akimov D.E., fulfilling his threats, achieved the transfer of Kruglov V.S. for two months to the forensics department, that is, to his subordination. Bessmeltsev A.A., knowing about the events that had taken place and Akimov D.E.'s vindictiveness, did not prevent this fact in any way.

As a result, the department lost another experienced employee who could work and be useful, but was forced to retire, realizing that he would not be allowed to work in such conditions and as a result would be subject to dismissal "for negativity" or under the article.

These are the methods that Bessmeltsev A.A., Akimov D.E. and Kuznetsova L.I. deal with unwanted personnel. Through their efforts, the first department for the investigation of especially important cases was completely destroyed. Of the 8 employees, 6 colonels with more than 15 years of experience decided to dismiss. That is, there is no longer a department capable of performing the assigned tasks of particular complexity with maximum workloads.

The said lawlessness, unfounded and illegal punishments, gave rise to mass appeals of employees to the courts with corresponding claims, which in most cases were satisfied by the courts, and the imposed illegal disciplinary sanctions were cancelled.

Not expecting such a turn of events, HR assistant Kuznetsova L.I., apparently already accustomed to the fact that in the event of satisfaction of the claims of employees, their financial claims in the form of moral damages are reimbursed by the employees of the department and wanting to appear loyal to the head of the department, realizing that the claim was lost, offered one of the employees of the department, who applied to the court with a claim to appeal the disciplinary sanction, to compensate him for moral damages from his personal funds. What guided Kuznetsova L.I. in this situation is not entirely clear, since the fact of satisfaction of the employee's claim would still have become known to the Central Investigative Committee of Russia. However, the very fact of such behavior of the main person in charge of personnel indicates the scale of the problems in the Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia for the Yaroslavl Region.

Bessmeltsev A.A., wanting to look like an effective leader in the eyes of his superiors, does not shy away from the dirtiest and most base deeds. Thus, in November 2024, an employee of the Investigative Committee, Brantova K., left maternity leave early to help her colleagues.

 

Brantova K.'s mother is a federal judge in Yaroslavl. Knowing this, Bessmeltsev A.A. decided to close the issue with the employees' claims to the Investigative Department to cancel illegal disciplinary sanctions by using administrative resources and all his authoritative authority to Brantova K.

 

To this end, he summoned Brantova K. to his office and demanded that she turn to her mother with a request to influence the decisions of the judges of Yaroslavl in favor of the Investigative Department on the claims of employees to recognize disciplinary sanctions as illegal. In simple words, to refuse the employees' claims, regardless of the legality of their demands.

But something went wrong, either Bessmeltsev A.A. did not have enough administrative resources, or his own authority, but Brantova K. refused him this demand, which made the latter furious. The rage resulted in threats of dismissal addressed to Brantova K. As a result, Bessmeltsev A.A. kicked her out of the office and on the same day Brantova K. went on maternity leave again. Brantova K. is ready to confirm these circumstances during the inspection, if such is appointed.

The attitude of Bessmeltsev A.A. and his deputy Bakuhin P.P. to work is also special. During the entire period of their tenure, they never went to the scene of the crime, even for the most high-profile crimes. The results of this were not long in coming.

Thus, in 2024, the Yaroslavl Oil Refinery was attacked by UAVs three times. The first time in March 2024, three unmanned vehicles attacked the refinery, which was repeatedly mentioned in telegram channels and social networks. The head and investigators of the first department for the investigation of especially important cases, as well as forensic investigators, top officials of the law enforcement unit - the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the FSB, the prosecutor's office, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, etc. - went to the scene of the incident. Everyone, except the leadership of the Investigative Committee!!!

The second similar fact took place in May 2024. An attack by four UAVs, a private residential sector was damaged. Again, all services responded promptly and top officials arrived at the scene. Traditionally, neither Bessmeltsev A.A. nor Bakuhin P.P. went to the scene of the incident. Instead, the head and investigators of the third department for the investigation of especially important cases, as well as forensic investigators, coordinated the services and worked at the scene. Bessmeltsev himself was busy with more important matters that day, which, despite the incident being significant for the entire country, even his deputy could not do for him. He was engaged in extending the investigation periods for criminal cases. One of these cases was an ordinary criminal case, which was being handled by the 3rd department for the investigation of especially important cases. The investigation periods for this criminal case could be extended on any other day. But 

despite the incident, Bessmeltsev A.A., knowing that the head of the 3rd department was at the site of the UAV attack, where he was carrying out urgent tasks assigned to him to record the crimes of the Kyiv Nazi regime on the territory of the Russian Federation, instructed the head of this department to leave the inspection site and come to the Investigative Department to extend the investigation period.

As a result of the lack of control, the investigator for especially important cases, Sokolov A., who was working at the site of the UAV discovery, received severe fractures of his legs and arms and is currently undergoing treatment.

Naturally, Kuznetsova L.I. conducted an official investigation into this incident, the results of which were hidden from the Central Office. Needless to say, as a result of the investigation, no guilt on the part of the department's management and no violations on the part of this same management in the receipt of serious bodily injuries by the investigator while performing his duties were established.

But unexpectedly for everyone, the State Labor Inspectorate for the Yaroslavl Region conducted its own investigation, according to the results of which the guilt and a number of violations of Bessmeltsev A.A. were established. in receiving injuries by an employee of the Investigative Committee of Russia in the performance of his duties.

Understanding what such a conclusion smells like if, God forbid, it falls into the eyes of the senior management of the Investigative Committee of Russia or the injured investigator, under the threat of criminal prosecution, Bessmeltsev A.A. forced the GIT inspection report to be redone. As a result, it turned out that investigator Sokolov A. was injured due to his own negligence.

Bessmeltsev A.A. and Kuznetsova L.I. did not give a damn about the truth, about the fact that an employee of their department Sokolov A., who received severe injuries and is undergoing long-term treatment and recovery, was forced to go (and has already gone) to court with a claim to recognize the findings of the inspections of the Investigative Committee of Russia and the GIT for the Yaroslavl Region as illegal and about his fate. The most important thing is what? That's right, to prevent publicity, to buy time, to blame Sokolov A. for everything, to prevent Sokolov A. from receiving insurance payments and to keep their jobs. So let him sue. Time is a valuable resource, thanks to which you can settle everything, forget something, solve something, etc.

Also in August 2024, from Friday to Saturday at about 1 am, another UAV flew into the oil refinery. The employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the FSB and the Ministry of Internal Affairs immediately arrived at the scene. And only by 3 pm, the deputy head of the department, P.P. Bakukhin, and investigators deigned to arrive at the scene. All this time, colleagues from the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the FSB and the Ministry of Internal Affairs were forced to wait for the arrival of the Investigative Committee employees. All this caused discontent and claims from colleagues from the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the FSB and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but it should be noted that, although with a significant delay, the work was completed.

Also, the fearless Bessmeltsev A.A. does not hesitate to deceive even the Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia Bastrykin A.I. on the issue of solving problems with orphans. At the meetings with the Chairman, Bessmeltsev A.A. reported with a straight face that all orphans in the Yaroslavl region were provided with housing, a criminal case was opened, which is in the final stage, and the guilty parties were finally charged.

In fact, if we believe the words of Bessmeltsev A.A. himself, the Governor of the Yaroslavl region, at his request, moved the orphans who were received by the Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia from the last to the first places in the queue, and thus provided them with housing, but deprived other orphans of their due housing, who as a result ended up at the end of the queue.

As Bessmeltsev A.A. boasts, this is precisely why the Governor gave him a luxurious apartment to live in. But whether this is true is another question.

At the same time, in a criminal case, without any evidence, a person was brought to criminal responsibility, who was not guilty of any crime in the crime imputed to him. As a result, the case was returned by the prosecutor for additional investigation due to the lack of evidence of guilt of the person brought to justice.

This is such a difficult and hard job for the current head of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Yaroslavl Region. So how can a young leader who arranges shooting for himself once a week, unreasonably exceeding the expenditure of ammunition, hunting, fishing, baths with high-ranking officials of the Yaroslavl Region, etc., improve it? And why is everything so good, money from subordinates is collected in case, undesirables are eliminated, statistics are a fixable thing ....

Here the question arises. Is it possible that the leadership of the Central Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation does not see what is happening? Or such toxic leaders as Sobolev A.M., Bessmeltsev A.A. and their hangers-on, who destroy entire departments and departments with their incompetent, openly corrupt management, but paint a beautiful picture of their own effectiveness against the backdrop of complete decline and pass off obvious failures in their work as “negative growth” and “another victory” have become a trend in the Investigative Committee of Russia and are in greater demand for work than adequate, competent, honest and skillful managers. Is it really true that in such a difficult situation for the country, such employees as Bessmeltsev A.A., who are obliged to record and calculate investigation of crimes and frankly, in front of everyone, sabotaging this work is needed by the Investigative Committee of Russia? Doesn't the Investigative Committee of Russia see what harm and damage these figures cause to the authority of the Investigative Committee of Russia in the eyes of ordinary citizens, that their actions lead to the loss of control over teams, to the growth of discontent among subordinates, and as a consequence to a sharp deterioration in real, not fictitious indicators in the work of the Investigative Committee.

Unfortunately, in recent years, it is the presence of connections, and not professionalism, knowledge, decency and honesty, that have become the determining factor for a successful career in the Investigative Committee of Russia.

So the family ties of Bessmeltsev A.A. with the former Deputy Prosecutor General Vorobyov S.D. apparently instill in him a false belief in impunity and permissiveness. As it became known to the VChK-OGPU, a number of employees of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Yaroslavl Region are ready to confirm all the above facts during checks based on the statements submitted to them, providing the documents, audio and video materials they have as evidence. The VChK-OGPU will closely monitor the developments in the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Yaroslavl Region.

 

Timofey Grishin

 

To be continued

Source: www.rucriminal.info