Biography. Ears of the Russian mafia (Senator V
I continue to talk about politicians who, for one reason or another, have gone into the shadows after a rather bright long service for the benefit of the state. This time we will talk about a man who came to power long before there was a massive demand for security forces and security officials. Vladimir Rushailo is our today's hero.
From the very beginning of his career, Rushailo followed the beaten path. Having received his education at the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR, he immediately began working in one of the MURs. Gleb Zheglov did not leave Rushailo, but after almost 15 years he became the head - first of the regional department for organized crime of the Main Department of Internal Affairs of Moscow, and then the transition to the Main Directorate followed. In the dashing 90s, to establish law and order is an extremely thankless task. But Rushailo did not complain.
And he did the right thing. A professional approach to business already in 1999 awarded him the post of Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. They say that Berezovsky actively promoted him - acquaintance with a businessman helped the security official open the doors to government offices. In any case, perhaps, this bold point became the crowning achievement of Rushailo's career - what else could one dream of? After working for two years in this post, Rushailo goes to the Caucasus. Or rather, they send him there. Now he is a member of the operational headquarters for managing counter-terrorist operations in the North Caucasus region.
If anyone does not remember, then at that time a real war was going on in Chechnya, Dagestan and adjacent territories. In order to restore peace, all the security forces were sent to the hot spot. Rushailo was no exception. He had a very difficult period - from 2001 to 2004 he was the Secretary of the Security Council. That is, he played one of the key roles in the development and implementation of domestic policy. However, the work was not easy. So, for example, during the hostage-taking in Moscow at the musical Nord-Ost, the name Rushailo sounded almost more often than others.
Then the career went not uphill, but downhill. The Executive Secretary of the CIS is a position significantly lower than the rank of the same Minister of Internal Affairs. However, in Putin's Russia, Rushailo could not find a place for himself, and, as often happens in such cases, he became a senator - a member of the Federation Council from the Arkhangelsk region since December 2007. Rushailo is still there. In March 2013, the term of office expires. What Vladimir Borisovich will do after that is still an open question.
And now I would like to tell you a little about the institute of special representatives of the President of the Russian Federation. The fact is that these are state officials who can be appointed by the president in literally any sphere of life: from a special representative to UNESCO to a special representative at a plant in the city of Novokuznetsk. Most often, this is a position occupied by a person with an existing job. Such an additional option.
As you have already understood, it is no coincidence that I started talking about this. Vladimir Rushailo - Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for the Development of Relations with the Kyrgyz Republic. But it seems that this post will be the main one for him after March 13. On this, the career of the 58-year-old politician can be considered over. Rushailo was remembered by everyone as a typical representative of the power direction at the beginning of the 2000s, as a rather dull, somewhat boring minister. And no more. A typical story of an ordinary government official. Let him not shoot the stars from heaven.
R ushailo Vladimir Borisovich - Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, Colonel General.
Born on July 28, 1953 in the city of Tambov (according to other sources in the city of Morshansk, Tambov region) in the family of an officer of the radio engineering troops. Ukrainian. He lived at his father's places of service in the Ryazan region and Moscow. In 1970 he graduated from high school in Moscow. He studied at the Moscow Machine Tool Institute, but left his studies after the first year in 1971 and began his career as a worker, and then as a laboratory assistant at a research institute in Moscow.
Since 1972 in the internal affairs bodies of the USSR. In 1976 he graduated from the Omsk Higher Police School of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR with a degree in jurisprudence, and later - the Academy of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs. Since 1976, he served in various positions in the operational units of the Moscow Criminal Investigation Department (MUR): since 1984 - in the 4th department (first in the department for solving burglaries, since 1981 in the department for solving murders), since 1986 - deputy , and since 1988 - head of the 6th department (combating banditry and organized crime).
Since March 1992 - Head of the Organized Crime Service of the Main Department of Internal Affairs of Moscow. In 1992-1996, he was the head of the Regional Directorate for Organized Crime (RUOP) of the Regional Directorate for Combating Organized Crime (RUBOP) for the city of Moscow and, at the same time, was deputy head of the Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime (GUBOP) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. In October 1996, he was appointed First Deputy Head of the GUOP of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, but a few days later he was removed from his post and enlisted in the reserve of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. In 1996-1998, he was an adviser on legal issues and security to the chairman of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation, E.S. Stroeva.
On May 9, 1998, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation - Head of the Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs. By Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of May 21, 1999, V.B. Rushailo was appointed Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, and by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of May 31, 1999, he was included in the Presidium of the Government of the Russian Federation. Since June 1999, ex officio, he became a member of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.
Since August 1999, he took part in the leadership of military operations of Russian troops and law enforcement agencies against illegal armed gangs in Dagestan and the Chechen Republic. The press of that time reported on his stay in the combat zone and participation in the work of the headquarters of the Joint Group of Russian Forces in the North Caucasus. Often, police officers were involved in combat operations along with military units.
At by order of the President of the Russian Federation ("closed") of October 27, 1999 for courage and heroism shown in the performance of a special assignment, Colonel General Rushailo Vladimir Borisovich He was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation with the award of a special distinction - the Gold Star medal.
Since January 2001 - member of the Operational Headquarters for the management of counter-terrorism operations in the North Caucasus region. By decrees of the President of the Russian Federation of March 28, 2001, he was dismissed from the post of Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation and appointed Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.
On September 9, 2002, V.B. Rushailo got into a car accident on the Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky - Yelizovo highway. As a result of this traffic accident, five people died, including three employees of the Russian FSB. Nine people were injured, including the governor of the Kamchatka region M.B. Mashkovtsev and the chairman of the regional Council of People's Deputies N.Ya. Tokmantsev. At the wheel of the escort vehicle V.B. By decree of the President of the Russian Federation of September 19, 2002, V.V. Shatalin was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation (posthumously).
By the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of March 9, 2004, V.B. Rushailo was dismissed from the post of Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation. From April 28, 2004 to October 2007 - Chairman of the Executive Committee - Executive Secretary of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).
On December 5, 2007, V.B. Rushailo was elected by the deputies of the Arkhangelsk Regional Assembly to the post of a member of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation from the Arkhangelsk Region. By a resolution of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation of December 7, 2007, his powers were confirmed, and he became a member of the Committee of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation on legal and judicial issues and a member of the Commission of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation on the development of civil society institutions. He was a member of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation until 2013.
Since August 22, 2008 - President of the A.S. Griboyedov Institute of International Law and Economics. Since May 13, 2010 - Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for the development of relations with Kyrgyzstan. Since 2013 – Vice-President of OAO AK Transneft.
By decree of the President of the Russian Federation of August 6, 2014, Colonel-General V.B. Rushailo was dismissed from military service.
Colonel General (1.07.1999);
militia lieutenant general (1998);
major general of militia (1994).Lives and works in Moscow.
He was awarded the Soviet Order of the Badge of Honor (11/6/1986), the Russian Orders of Merit for the Fatherland, 3rd degree (07/28/2003), Courage (12/12/1998), Honor (11/16/1998), "For Personal Courage" (13.10.1992), medals, award nominal weapons, Certificate of Honor of the President of the Russian Federation (4.04.2012), Certificate of Honor of the Government of the Russian Federation (4.07.2013).
Honored Worker of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, Honorary Worker of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, Doctor of Law. Laureate of the Peter the Great National Prize (2003). Awarded with the Badge of Honor of the CIS (2007).
RUSHAILO Vladimir Borisovich
BIOGRAPHY
Date of Birth
Place of Birth
Morshansk, Tambov region
Education
graduate School
In 1976 he graduated from the Omsk Higher Police School. Police Colonel General.
Family status
Has three children.
The main stages of the path
In the internal affairs bodies since 1972.
On operational work since 1976, he worked in the criminal investigation department of the Moscow police department.
In 1988-1993, he headed the 6th department of the MUR (combating banditry and organized crime).
1993 - 1996 - Head of the Regional Directorate for Combating Organized Crime of the Main Department of Internal Affairs of Moscow.
In 1994, Vladimir Rushailo was awarded the rank of major general of militia.
In October 1996, he was seconded to the Federation Council, remaining on the staff of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation.
1996 - 1998 - Advisor to the Chairman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Yegor Stroev on legal issues.
In May 1998, he was appointed Deputy Minister of the Interior with the rank of Lieutenant General.
In May 1999 he became a colonel general.
After the resignation of the Stepashin government (August 1999) - acting. Minister of the Interior of the Russian Federation.
Awards
He was awarded the orders "Courage", "Honor", "For Personal Courage", as well as the badge "Honored Worker of the Ministry of Internal Affairs".
IMAGE - NOTHING
He is "the main collector and keeper of compromising evidence on everyone and everything." He is also the "chief controller of the domestic mafia." He is also a "talented detective". He is "Berezovsky's man". He is also a "rich man". He is "Narushailo". He is "the personification of police lawlessness." He is "Shabolovsky". These labels and nicknames stuck to Vladimir Rushailo gradually, as he climbed the career ladder.
However, he is one of the most mysterious and closed personalities in the government. Few people can tell about his hobbies and his leisure. He rarely appears in public places, almost never gives interviews. Rushailo is a man with a brief official biography, which does not even list the names of his parents. If given the opportunity, he would prefer to wear a mask.
Once, one of the oligarchs hired a PR agency called “Privy Councilor” to promote Rushailo. The first thing that the head of the agency, Vladimir Pily, advised his ward was to have plastic surgery on the ears. Say, a person with such a "decoration" cannot be taken seriously. However, Rushailo did not listen, which in the end turned out to be quite justified. Everyone takes Vladimir Borisovich not only extremely seriously, but they are also afraid. And panic.
TALENTED DETECTIVE
Vladimir Borisovich was born in the Tambov region, in the city of Morshansk. After some time, the family moved to Moscow, where young Volodya graduated from school, and then worked as a worker and laboratory assistant in one of the capital's research institutes. He was never the leader of the team. Rather the opposite. He constantly had to defend his dignity in front of his peers.
Nondescript appearance, clumsy surname, lop-eared - and all this in the presence of a great desire to prove to everyone that he is the best. A typical teenage set of complexes, from which Rushailo has not got rid of to this day. He does not tolerate leaders next to him, and if any appear, he eliminates them without the slightest doubt.
Apparently, these same complexes explain his desire to go to work in the police.
In 1972, the future minister entered the Omsk Higher Police School. The choice for this educational institution was not accidental. If the Moscow “tower” was accepted only after serving in the army, then they were taken to the Omsk one after school. At the end of it, Rushailo, without any cronyism, managed to get into the 4th department of the MUR, which was engaged in thefts and robberies.
After several years of impeccable service, Vladimir Borisovich was appointed deputy head of the newly created 6th department for combating banditry. Initially, the work of the department was based solely on bare enthusiasm.
Rushailo spent the day and night at Petrovka. Entered the topic. Studied thieves' structure. When he got used to it, heavy and complicated crimes, as Vladimir Borisovich's former colleagues say, clicked like nuts. With his help, specialists from the Research Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs prepared a report to the government, after which a special resolution was issued "On Combating Dangerous Manifestations of Group Crime."
The state finally agreed that such a relic of capitalist society as organized crime exists in the USSR.
In 1988, Rushailo became the head of the 6th department. The opera soon celebrated a major victory. During the all-Union operation, detectives covered a large gang of counterfeiters, headed by the authoritative mafia Muromtsev. It was followed by other, no less significant defeats of various criminal groups. However, with the collapse of the USSR, the bandits turned around so much that one small department of the MUR was clearly not enough to fight them. The capital was flooded with shaven-headed scumbags in crimson jackets, gold chains and 600 Mercedes.
GODFATHER
In 1993, Vladimir Borisovich was asked to head a new structure - the Regional Directorate for Organized Crime (RUOP). The unit was given one floor in the massive building of the former Oktyabrsky District Committee of the CPSU on Shabolovka. Soon the RUOP completely occupied the house, and after a while the criminal people began to bypass it for a kilometer.
Vladimir Borisovich chose the most correct tactic, initially putting his unit above the law and adopting "Zheglov's" methods. Throwing a cartridge, pistol or drugs into a suspect's pocket was considered absolutely normal.
If the MUR tried not to talk about its successes, then the RUOP, on the contrary, advertised them in every possible way. All operations were filmed and then shown to journalists. Moreover, the seizures were extremely brutal. Before the eyes of the population, the self-confident owners of the "six hundredths" turned into hunted invalids.
During the screening of breathtaking footage at briefings, Rushailo liked to watch the enthusiastic reaction of the writing brethren and at the same time made such a face as if he himself was detaining, wringing and torturing the offenders.
The so-called "show masks" and the abbreviation SOBR (special rapid response unit) are also Vladimir Borisovich's inventions. He loves to let in fear.
Businessmen, crushed by their "roofs", rushed to Shabolovka to seek justice. Rushailo's popularity began to grow rapidly along with the well-being of the head of the RUOP and his closest associates.
The “gratitude” from the businessmen who received protection (militia “protection”) was so unlimited that over time it had to be streamlined. To do this, at Shabolovka, at the suggestion of the banker Smolensky, a special charitable foundation was created to promote the social protection of high-risk professional groups. Received protection - make a contribution. If you want to work calmly and further - pay us, not bandits.
In other words, law enforcement officers created a cash desk, which in the thieves' environment is usually called a "common fund". This organization, formally headed by retired colonel Alexander Kachur, has been written about dozens of times. For three years, more than 16 billion rubles and almost two million dollars passed through her accounts, according to official data.
Rushailo was not greedy. The funds received from philanthropists were spent on bonuses to the operational staff, on food, on vacations abroad, and on treatment. Any ordinary Ruopovets looked much more prosperous than their colleagues from other police units.
So imperceptibly RUOP turned into what it was called upon to fight. In a powerful, well-armed and almost omnipotent group, where everyone is bound by mutual responsibility, where their own laws, based on strict discipline, rule, and where dual power is unacceptable. Subordinates called Rushailo nothing more than "dad", and the employees of the RUOP in the criminal environment began to be called simply "Shabolov".
THE MAN OF BEREZOVSKY
Apparently, even before the formation of the RUOP, Rushailo realized that it was useless to fight organized crime. And since the disgrace cannot be stopped, it must be organized and led.
In a short period of time, Vladimir Borisovich established control over all the criminal clans of the capital. Thanks to a powerful network of agents, he possessed complete data on the movement of financial flows between bandits, the authorities and big businessmen. The nascent oligarchy soon realized that Rushailo was beneficial not only as a defender, but also as a walking warehouse of compromising evidence and various kinds of operational information.
Rushailo is usually called Berezovsky's man. With the same success, he can be called a man of Gusinsky, Smolensky, Boyko and others. Gusinsky once even said: "We will bring this guy to the Minister of the Interior." The prediction came true, but without Gusinsky. At a certain stage, Rushailo's career ceased to depend on him. Influential and wealthy "producers" took up the promotion of the general.
However, Rushailo also had enemies who did not want to put up with the lawlessness perpetrated by his chicks. For example, Otari Kvantrishvili openly threatened Vladimir Borisovich and his family. But where is Kvantrishvili now, and where is Rushailo? They say that the fun at Shabolovka on the occasion of the death of Otari Vitalyevich lasted two days. "Dad" gave the command: "Walk!"
The instinct of self-preservation of the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is very well developed. They protect him no worse than the president. When Rushailo's motorcade moves through Moscow, it can be assumed that a third person of the state is traveling.
By the end of 1996, Rushailo's activities as head of the Moscow RUOP began to openly irritate the then head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Anatoly Kulikov. A lot of papers on Rushailo had accumulated at Zhitnaya, which required verification.
Specialists of the Control and Revision Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs went to Shabolovka, and in parallel with them, the Internal Security Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (USB) also took over the RUOP.
The RUOP learned about the impending threat immediately, for which they took a number of measures. The head of the investigation was invited for a "friendly" conversation in a restaurant and offered a number of conditions on which one could "negotiate".
The conditions were rejected, after which the CSS official began to seriously and not unreasonably fear for the lives of his loved ones. The inspectors from the KRU also had a hard time. They could move around the RUOP building only when accompanied by strong local employees, and enter the building only with a pre-ordered pass. But even in such an environment, the auditors managed to dig up something. Basically, all the violations found related to the relationship between the management of the RUOP and the aforementioned fund "Promoting the protection of high-risk occupational groups."
At the end of September 1996, the collected materials lay on Kulikov's desk. Anatoly Sergeevich did not want to take out the "collection" from the hut, but simply decided to remove Rushailo from the RUOP, offering him a position with a promotion.
The chair of the deputy head of the GUOP Rushailo took less than a week. Realizing that he was simply deceived and forever separated from Shabolovka, Rushailo told Kulikov that he would seek protection from journalists. Kulikov responded by threatening to fire him and kept his promise after Rushailo held a press conference. The materials of inspections of the activities of the RUOP turned out to be in the prosecutor's office.
Kulikov clearly underestimated the capabilities of his opponent and his wealthy "producers". He understood this only two years later, when he turned from an all-powerful deputy prime minister and minister into a pensioner. With the resignation of the Chernomyrdin government in 1998, Kulikov was the only one who was banned from performing his former duties until a new cabinet was formed. The documents sent to the prosecutor's office lay without movement until they appeared in some publications in a completely rotten form.
The future head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs miraculously did not become a prisoner
Khinshtein Alexander
This is possible only in Russia: the defendant in a criminal case becomes the main fighter against crime, the possibility of arrest of which was discussed at one time in the prosecutor's office and the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
"From the bag and from prison..." - Vladimir Rushailo understands the meaning of this saying like no one else...
A new church is being built at an accelerated pace near the building of the Ministry of Internal Affairs on Zhitnaya Street. It may turn out that the current minister, Vladimir Rushailo, will still have time to visit it. However, you can pray for sins in any other place. Thank God, there are more than enough churches in Moscow. We have much more of them than prisons and temporary detention facilities.
Fate is an interesting thing. Just yesterday you were a candidate for the bunk. Today - you are responsible for the fight against crime throughout the country.
Yesterday - miraculously, you were not expelled from the service. Today - you expel others, getting more and more orders and stars on shoulder straps.
Or maybe it's not fate, but something else? In what is for some reason considered to be "Russia's special way"?
Vladimir Rushailo does not like to stir up the past. No wonder: the past of the Minister of the Interior is teeming with unpleasant episodes for him. I think it's scientifically called existentialism: living in the present...
In 1996, Vladimir Rushailo - the head of the Moscow RUOP and a thunderstorm of criminal authorities - was unexpectedly removed from the promotion. He was transferred to the Ministry of Internal Affairs - Deputy Head of the Main Directorate for Organized Crime. But ten days had not passed before a scandal unusual for those times erupted.
On October 22, against the will of the leadership of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Rushailo went to a press conference and announced that he refused to work with the head of the GUOP of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Petrov, accusing the latter of incompetence and uncleanliness. Rushailo said that he had already filed a report with a request to return him back to the RUOP, but Minister Kulikov refused the request, warning that he would fire the apostate if he held a press conference. (“There are certain forces at the top, as well as in financial structures, that are interested in this or that personnel reshuffling,” the founder of RUOP hinted, without failing, on the contrary, to curtsy to Luzhkov - then he still loved the mayor of Moscow.)
Rushailo did not listen to the minister, but he was not fired. Why?
For the first time, the reasons for this metamorphosis are explained in an interview with MK by the former Minister of Internal Affairs, State Duma deputy Anatoly Kulikov:
“I learned that Rushailo was going to give a press conference. “You know,” I told him, “we are in such a difficult situation now, any such outburst will be perceived as an internal showdown in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. I just ask you not to do this. "It seemed to me that I convinced Rushailo. Nevertheless, after leaving my office, he immediately held this press conference, which, by the way, had no public outcry.
As a single commander, of course, I could not tolerate such disregard and gave the order to send him to the military medical commission for dismissal from service. But at this time there were walkers and intercessors. Berezovsky was the first to come and openly said: "Rushailo and I are friends, he helped me a lot, I ask you to return him."
My answer was clear: "I don't sign my orders twice." However, just a few days later, Stroev called me - apparently, someone also turned to him - and asked to second Rushailo to the staff of the Federation Council. I tried to explain to him that this was not advisable, I said that there were many questions, but Stroev insisted. Naturally, it was inconvenient for me to refuse a third person in the state, all the more I thought: maybe for Rushailo this will be some kind of school - after all, he is actually a good worker.
An interesting picture emerges, right? A businessman of a suspicious nature walks around, fussing about the threat of organized crime, the most honest person in the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
"We are friends," Berezovsky admitted openly. I would venture to add - not only friends ...
Rushailo himself, however, is somehow shy about friendship with the oligarch. From the outside it looks ugly. How can you refuse (even in words) from the person who helped make your career?
Benefactors
We answered the first question - why Rushailo was not fired. But the second question remains: why should he be transferred to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, pushed into a sure scandal, if the head of the RUOP coped with his former duties so brilliantly?
Again - the word to Anatoly Kulikov:
"There was no unity in the Ministry of Internal Affairs - should structures like the RUOP be preserved. Even my deputies said that they had turned into gangster formations, they were creating "roofs" for various criminal groups. To be honest, I was tempted to come up with a proposal to the president and disband the RUOP , but I still decided to first look into the problems in detail.I entrusted the Department of Homeland Security to deal with this.
Soon I was informed that in some RUOPs - and primarily in Moscow - not everything is going smoothly. There was an incorrect distribution, misappropriation of extra-budgetary funds from the fund, smuggling of weapons took place. There were also signals on Rushailo himself - in particular, on the illegal receipt of apartments.
These circumstances became one of the reasons to move Vladimir Borisovich in the service. I decided to move him away from the RUOP so that no questions would arise in the future, and at the same time use his experience and professionalism for "peaceful purposes". Unfortunately, this did not happen".
But something else happened. According to the materials collected by their own security, criminal cases were initiated. (Is that why, when he returned to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the first thing Rushailo dispersed was the entire CSS?) True, we already wrote about one of them, concerning theft from the RUOP off-budget fund ("Oysters for the oligarchs" - "MK", December 17, 1999 .). However, I repeat:
In 1993, a public fund was created at the RUOP - "Promoting the social protection of professional high-risk groups."
It was headed by Rushailo's close friend, retired police colonel Alexander Kachur. (So close that Rushailo even registered him as a junior inspector of the office - for a sergeant's position - and issued two service pistols at once. This is a pensioner!)
Actually, the fact that many (if not more) intelligence officers hold a "roof" for businessmen is an open secret. But Rushailo and Kachur went even further: they legalized "protection".
Employees of the RUOP came to the merchants and politely asked: could you throw a couple of soldiers to fight crime? The merchants, of course, did not refuse, especially since in return they received invaluable support from the most formidable police unit. And how can you refuse if the director of the fund carries two pistols with him!
Many structures became "sponsors" of RUOP - banks "Russian Credit", "Alfa", Eleksbank, Promradtekhbank; all kinds of CJSC, CJSC and LLP. Decent money was accumulating - from 1993 to 1996, 16.4 billion non-denominated rubles and 1.8 million dollars were transferred to the fund's settlement account.
This is where the fun begins. A significant part of the "charitable" funds disappeared into the pockets of crime fighters.
Rushailo himself received 90.9 billion (non-denominated) rubles in the form of "charitable aid" - that's about $20,000. The head of the RUOP took another 130 million for things very necessary for the fight against crime - perfumes, flowers, souvenirs, banquets.
The commander is an example in everything. Other leaders of the RUOP did not lag behind Rushailo. Everyone got it. And that's right: when you still win crime! And money is needed...
I'm not talking about such nonsense as financial discipline: until January 1997, the RUOP did not have its own accounts and even financial departments. All calculations had to be made through the Central Internal Affairs Directorate. That there was no income tax. About the fact that some employees received assistance through personal accounts in SBS-Agro - many had credit cards opened by the fund.
War is war, and dinner is on schedule...
Probably, Rushailo was very surprised when the CSS of the Ministry of Internal Affairs became interested in the "black cash desk" of the RUOP and began to ask stupid questions. He, naive, thought that there was nothing shameful in extortion from commercial structures and pomp at someone else's expense. After all, no one took the money by force - everything was of good will. Once you give, you must take.
However, the fate of the development, which was started by the internal security of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, as well as the criminal case initiated by the prosecutor's office, was doomed in advance. When Boris Abramovich Berezovsky gets down to business, Themis pulls the blindfold even tighter...
The gun in the 4th act
Like any real man, Vladimir Rushailo is not indifferent to weapons. However, his love is not simple - with interest.
Evil tongues claim - I will make a reservation right away, this is nothing more than a rumor - that in the year 1993 the leadership of the RUOP decided to seriously engage in the arms business. There was no order in the country, no one paid taxes, and it was also easy to negotiate with customs. Do what you want.
Soon, 1,119 firearms were smuggled into the country. (I don’t know if the prosecutor’s office managed to get to the Sheremetyevo customs and find out how and who took these guns?)
The further fate of these guns - at least most - is shrouded in obscurity. However, we still know about some "trunks".
I quote:
“In the period from 1993 to 1994, unidentified persons across the customs border with concealment from customs control moved to Moscow over 45 guns (1119, by the way, this is also “over 45”) of imported production of the Mosberg-500 and Germanika brands ", which entered the RUOP in Moscow.
The fact of illegal importation of firearms into Moscow is confirmed by the fact that employees of the RUOP for the city of Moscow tried to legalize firearms by receiving non-commodity waybills in stores.
When it’s already there to fight organized crime - just have time to legalize guns!
By the way, later it turned out that this weapon was partially paid for from the account of the RUOP fund we knew, but no one was interested in that. Rushailo again went up the hill, and it was out of hand to quarrel with him.
Who and what contraband imported into Russia remained unclear. It's a pity...
triumphant return
RUOP fund flourished until the departure of Rushailo. He prospered to such an extent that, according to the newspaper Segodnya, its director Kachur, after several years of work in the charitable field, managed to buy a good-looking mansion in the Cypriot town of Oroklini. It is possible, however, that these two circumstances are nothing more than a coincidence.
The slanderers - do not feed them with bread, let them discredit a person - however, they claim that another mansion is located next to Kachurov's villa, owned by a certain policeman, a friend of Kachur. But of course we don't believe them.
But the stubborn employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the prosecutor's office tried to believe. And even check.
Shortly after Rushailo's transfer to the Federation Council, the Internal Security Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs handed over the collected materials to the Prosecutor General's Office. Criminal cases were initiated. The investigation was interested in many things - including apartments in elite houses, bought in 1994-95 and decorated in the name of Rushailo's relatives.
“There was also material,” says Prosecutor General Yuri Skuratov, “related to checking the activities of the Moscow RUOP. We uncovered terrible facts when people were illegally kept in the premises of the RUOP, how illegal methods were used to extract evidence. How the RUOP got involved in civil law conflicts on the side one of the firms to get money from the other. (I wouldn’t be surprised if the firms that RUOP took the side of regularly contributed funds to a charitable foundation. - A.Kh.)
If there is a corpus delicti, there must be a guilty one. And he was.
Anatoly Kulikov:
"I told Skuratov that, from the point of view of our specialists, there is a corpus delicti in the RUOP cases, and we are even talking about imprisonment. True, I did not say that Rushailo himself should be arrested, but in the future, if the guilt succeeded to prove it, I did not rule out the possibility of arrest."
Yuri Skuratov:
“The Ministry of Internal Affairs raised the question that there were grounds to take Rushailo into custody, but prosecutors considered that such a measure was premature. However, Rushailo showed great concern. He contacted me several times…”
You'll be worried here! The machine of justice is a tank that cannot be stopped. Since she was dispersed, that's it, write wasted. More and more new cases will be opened. And friendship with Berezovsky - you understand, obliges a lot.
And if it were not for the rapid change in political scenery, the future of Rushailo would clearly not appear in a rosy light.
However, the patrons of Vladimir Borisovich were not going to leave him to the mercy of fate. By 1998, for example, they had the closest relationship with Berezovsky.
In the Federation Council, meanwhile, Rushailo felt out of place. Then Berezovsky again made an attempt to transfer him to a new place - to begin with, to the Security Council. Ivan Petrovich Rybkin repeatedly went out to Kulikov, but this time the minister stood firm.
In 1998, Kulikov was removed. Before the business executives had time to rearrange the new furniture in the ministerial office, Rushailo returned to his native land. He became Stepashin's first deputy in order to take the chair of the country's chief policeman exactly one year later.
MVD-NKVD
Did Stepashin know about Rushailo's connection with Berezovsky, about the dark past of the "illustrious" general? No doubt he knew.
“In the spring of 1998,” says Anatoly Kulikov, “I was at Stepashin’s and heard that they were planning to appoint Rushailo as first deputy. “Look,” I said, “so that there are no troubles later. They haven’t sorted out the old cases there yet.” Subsequently, I had conversations with both Skuratov and Kovalev (director of the FSB. - A.Kh.). They agreed with me that Rushailo should not be appointed as long as in all cases dot will not be set.
They agreed to agree, but what's the point? Contrary to all logic and common sense, Rushailo took another foothold.
"I do not rule out that Boris Abramovich Berezovsky could have influenced this," Kulikov believes. "He, I repeat, did not hide the fact that they were on friendly terms. I admit that it was precisely at Berezovsky's request that this was done."
Personally, I have little doubt about it. And the point here is not so much in friendly feelings, but in the pragmatism of Boris Abramovich. To take control of the whole Ministry of Internal Affairs - one can only dream of this. True, at first Berezovsky tried to put Rushailo in an even more serious position - director of the FSB. Fortunately, this did not happen. (I wonder if Putin knows about this?)
In less than a year, Rushailo managed to firmly gain a foothold in the reclaimed patch. A tough and domineering man, who knows the system from the inside, he very quickly crushed the Ministry of Internal Affairs under him. People from his team were put in key places - reliable, electronically tested. They know to whom they owe everything, and therefore they are devoted to the minister faithfully. (With the speed with which the eagles of Rushailo receive stars, ranks were handed out only during the war. Assistant Minister Orlov - also a former RUOP member - in six months, for example, from colonel "grew up" to lieutenant general.) In turn, the most powerful, but independent professionals were imperceptibly pushed aside from the crucibles, and then completely thrown overboard.
This happened, for example, with one of the candidates for the ministerial portfolio - First Deputy Interior Minister Vladimir Vasiliev. More recently, another first deputy, Vladimir Kolesnikov, a generally recognized professional of the highest class, was forced to write a report.
They ruthlessly cracked down on the leadership of the Investigative Committee, removed the heads of the GUUR, GUBEP, and other key departments.
Actually, the appointment of Rushailo in May last year as the Minister of Internal Affairs was rather a formal act. Even before that, he felt himself the first among equals. Too powerful forces stood behind him.
The "family" liked Rushailo. He did not ask unnecessary questions, did not bother about social law and order, unquestioningly carrying out all the commands issued. (No wonder he was seriously considered as one of the contenders for the post of prime minister.)
Against the general background of officials, Rushailo, no doubt, stands out strongly. In conditions of total impotence, he is one of the few who are capable of drastic actions, who are not afraid to take responsibility and are ready to take risks. Eh, if only this energy were for peaceful purposes...
Vladimir Rushailo is well aware of his criminal cases. Like no one else, he understands that a criminal case is as easy to resume as it is to stop. There would be a desire.
Rushailo is tied hand and foot by these deeds. In fact, he does not belong to himself. He is a slave to the magic lamp. And, as you know, who owns the lamp, he owns the genie.
We did not notice how the Ministry of Internal Affairs gradually began to take on the menacing outlines of the NKVD. At the forefront today is not the law, but political interests. A person who falls into the millstones of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is already a priori guilty.
Crime in Moscow increased by 40%. After the purge organized by Rushailo in the Central Internal Affairs Directorate, three thousand employees filed reports for dismissal. This is not a coincidence, but a completely meaningful pattern. The minister could not help but understand what the persecution unleashed by him would lead to. And yet the life of the city was at stake in the name of a political game.
What about the Babitsky case? I already wrote that the fake passport with which the journalist was detained was issued to the Ministry of Internal Affairs a week before and deliberately planted on him. No person - no problem. (By the way, we still have not heard an official reaction to this from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Strange.)
Ex-Minister Kulikov also experienced all the delights of political investigation. When he was elected to the Duma, a special commission came from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to his district, in the Stavropol Territory. No one concealed what tasks were set for the commission: "to find and neutralize" ...
Rushailo's danger lies not in the fact that he is friends with Berezovsky. His danger is that for the sake of a friend he is ready to do anything. And most importantly - can go for anything.
Do not forget: the Ministry of Internal Affairs is the strongest service in the country. Absolutely all aspects of life are under her supervision, and this is perhaps one of the most important problems that the new president will have to face. If you haven't already...
"What will happen to the oligarchs after your victory?" Putin's confidants were asked on the eve of the elections. "There will be no oligarchs," the faces replied.
Well, if so. But it is impossible to uproot the baobab without cutting its roots. It is in the roots that their magical power is concentrated.
As long as these roots are not torn out, the baobabs will continue to live.
I hope you understand what I mean.
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