Rucriminal.info continues the story about the "bandit state" in the Smolensk region, which was created by the now former head of the Department of the M UFSB for the Smolensk region, Demin Aleksey Viktorovich. He is also called "Smolensk Cherkalin". He is the organizer and leader of a community engaged in the smuggling of cigarette products from the Republic of Belarus to the territory of the Russian Federation. Quite recently, including thanks to our publications, Demin lost his post as the head of the Department of the M UFSB for the Smolensk region and is now a seconded employee in the position of assistant to the head of the UMVD for the Smolensk region. Thus, Demin was seconded to the department with which he has the closest corrupt ties, through which his group earns billions of rubles.

It can be said that Demin "dodged" the attempt to softly remove him from the system and at the same time still controls such issues in the Smolensk region as:

 

illegal cashing of funds - very skillfully uses the schemes of Myagkov A.V., built through the management of the tax inspectorate for the Smolensk region and "attached" businessmen;

initiation or non-initiation of criminal cases for monetary compensation - protects legal and illegal businesses, can easily "remove" competitors, etc.;

who and how will sit in pre-trial detention centers or colonies - the leadership and internal security of the Federal Penitentiary Service are completely under the control of Demin and the new leadership of the M UFSB Department for the Smolensk region.

appointments to positions in the UMVD, UFSB, customs authorities - the heads of the internal security services of the above departments are actually subordinate to Demin A.V., who, for example, easily "dragged" his brother to the customs service for the Smolensk region for greater control over the organized smuggling of cigarettes;

he controls the transit of foreigners across the border with the Republic of Belarus, illegal migration;

According to the source of Rucriminal.info, in this way, Demin even strengthened his position in the corruption hierarchy in the Smolensk region. He began to actually control his protégés in the Ministry of Internal Affairs from the inside, and he exercises external control and influence through the notorious Department M of the UFSB in the person of his protege Dmitry Petrovich Mikheev, who, when he was the head of the UFSB's own security department, covered Demin's schemes from all sides, transported the "share" to Moscow, enriched himself and gave his relatives the opportunity to enrich themselves. Incredible efforts were made by all members of the organized crime group in order not to lose control over the law enforcement block of the Smolensk region - Mikheev D.P. even took a demotion (the position of the head of the SB department is higher than the position of the head of the M department). According to our information, the former head of the UFSB for the Smolensk region, and now one of the heads of the Central Office of the FSB of Russia, Oleg Nikolaevich Konoplev, provides full patronage and support to this group in the Central Office of the FSB of the Russian Federation.

Accomplices of Demin A.V. in the Ministry of Internal Affairs:

The head of the UMVD for the Smolensk region, police general Valery Aleksandrovich Sarzhin covers the activities of the group from the police units and the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate in the territories of border district centers (Rudnyansky, Krasninsky, Gagarinsky districts of the Smolensk region) in order to ensure the safe transit of trucks filled with cigarettes, and also covers up illegal retail and small-scale wholesale trade in cigarettes in populated areas of the Smolensk region. Due to the fact that the general starts to drink a glass of strong alcohol at 10 a.m. after holding morning meetings, he is easily influenced and controlled by other members of the organized crime group. According to our sources, the general is so detached from current issues in the department entrusted to him that one of his daily mandatory tasks is testing natural home-made moonshine for fusel oils and additives in the forensic laboratory of the UMVD for the Smolensk region on special equipment. The general has regular suppliers of natural moonshine, which he prefers to any purchased drinks. By the way, one such analysis costs more than 30 thousand rubles. The head of the UMVD of the city of Smolensk, police colonel Kapitonov Sergey Anatolyevich, by the way, is in the Federal General Reserve and may soon become the head of the UMVD of some other region of Russia, is responsible for the sale of cigarettes in the territory of the regional center in small points, as well as wholesale trade in large bases, warehouse storage of cigarette products, movement throughout the city; in addition, Kapitonov S.A. controls the illegal cashing of funds, the sale of counterfeit alcohol and protects illegal migrants in the territory of the regional center. Through Kapitonov S.A., it is possible to initiate a criminal case, appoint an inspection in a commercial structure, and then “resolve” the issue.

Thus, some time ago, Kapitonov S.A. organized the mass receipt of bribes for high-ranking employees in the form of purchase of apartments with a discount of up to 50% at the address: Smolensk, Shevchenko Street, Building 6 and Building 13. in exchange for stopping the inspection of the developer. At the same time, the developer was clearly involved in a criminal scheme to cause damage to the state through the sublease of land for development for several tens of millions of rubles.

The following employees of the UMVD purchased apartments with a special discount in the form of bribes at the specified addresses for themselves or their close relatives:

Kapitonov Sergey Anatolyevich - Head of the UMVD of the city of Smolensk;

Boslovyak Maksim Ivanovich - Head of the UEBiPK for the city of Smolensk, "wallet" of Kapitonov S.A., carries out all his orders, so shameless and fearless that he actually lives in the apartment at the address: Smolensk, Shevchenko Street, Building 13, which he received as a bribe;

Zabelin Dmitry Aleksandrovich - Head of the UEBiPK for the Smolensk Region;

Myagkov Alexander Valerievich - former head of the UEBiPK for the Smolensk Region;

Let me remind you that the OSB for the Smolensk Region reports to the gang leader Demin A.V., so you can't count on anyone in Smolensk paying attention to these facts. However, the UMVD for the Smolensk Region is expecting a visiting personnel commission from the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation in early December 2024, we hope that the listed facts will be the basis for a more thorough investigation of all high-ranking police officers.

 

Now the former Prosecutor of the Smolensk Region Karapetyan Sergey Eduardovich, since 04.11.2024 "honored" pensioner. He was not a member of the organized criminal group of Demin A.V., but they had an unspoken agreement - not to touch each other. Karapetyan S.E. turned a blind eye to what Demin A.V.'s group was doing in the Smolensk region, and Demin A.V. promised support through the M Directorate of the UFSB in further promotion of Karapetyan S.E. up the career ladder. Karapetyan S.E. really wanted to be appointed prosecutor of the Rostov region and had to completely "lie down" under Demin A.V. These relations explain the fact that Demin A.V. was never brought to criminal responsibility in the case of torture in the Smolensk pre-trial detention center. It was Karapetyan S.E. who did not give any progress to this case and covered for Demin A.V. in every possible way, hoping that the latter would fulfill his promises. However, when trying to appoint him to the position in the Rostov region, Karapetyan S.E. received a negative and discrediting review through the M Directorate of the central apparatus of the FSB of Russia, which served as the reason for his well-deserved pension. Thus, the promises of Demin A.V. turned out to be a sham and now there is no one to cover for him from the prosecutor's office of the Smolensk region; we hope that even despite the mutual guarantee in the Prosecutor General's Office in terms of acquitting their employee Polonsky E.V., repeated complaints from Vladimirov A.Yu. about torture will not go unnoticed by the prosecutor's office and the court of the Smolensk region. 

Arseniy Dronov

Source: www.rucriminal.info