Alexander Ivanovich Bastrykin

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Alexander Bastrykin, 2019

Alexander Ivanovich Bastrykin ( Russian Алекса́ндр Ива́нович Бастры́кин ; born August 27, 1953 in Pskow ) is the head of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation .

Career

Bastrykin graduated from Leningrad University in 1975 ; he studied at the same time as Vladimir Putin . He then pursued a scientific and educational activity within the University of Leningrad (later Saint Petersburg ) and the CPSU . From 1975 to 1978 he served in the Leningrad Security Forces. He was an inspector of the criminal police , the investigative department of the militia (police) .

In 2007 Putin set up the investigative committee of the General Procurator's Office, which was, however, de facto independent from the General Procurator; Bastrikyn became the first chairman of the committee.

In 2009 Bastrykin was injured in the bomb attack on the Nevsky Express between Moscow and Saint Petersburg . The second bomb was supposed to be aimed at the investigating authorities investigating the first attack.

In 2012, Bastrykin jokingly threatened a Novaya Gazeta journalist with death, saying he would investigate the murder himself.

In the summer of 2012 he was ironically accused by blogger Alexei Navalny of being a double agent and spy for the NATO countries after Navalny found video surveillance equipment in his own apartment, which he assigned to Bastrykin's subordinates. Previously, Navalny discovered publicly available documents from the Czech Republic , which proved that Bastrykin had a residence permit for the Czech Republic between 2007 and 2009 and that he acquired residential property there through his Czech company. The problem with this is the fact that civil servants are not allowed to own companies in their position by law (even abroad). The company mentioned above was also not listed in Bastrykin's tax return, which is close to tax evasion and also violates other laws that regulate the permitted income of officials. Bastrykin had previously criticized the investigative authorities for not taking action against the opposition member Navalny and for having dropped an earlier investigation.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Die Welt: Putin opponent Navalny finds camera and bug in apartment . In: Welt Online . August 6, 2012. Retrieved May 15, 2016.
2. ^ TAZ: Muzzle by all means . In: taz.de . July 31, 2012. Retrieved May 15, 2016.