In St. Petersburg, the head of the committee for the protection of monuments Makarov was detained after a search Sergei Makarov was searched, and then detained in a case of abuse of power with grave consequences. The Investigative Committee opened the case after the appeal of local deputies who complained about the illegal demolition of historical buildings of the 19th century ” media=”(max-width: 320px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2), (max-width: 320px) and (min-resolution: 192dpi)” >
Sergey Makarov
In St. Petersburg, the chairman of the Committee for State Control, Use and Protection of Historical and Cultural Monuments (KGIOP) Sergey Makarov, he is in charge of the central office of the Investigative Committee. Write about it “Fontanka” and “Kommersant St. Petersburg” with reference to sources.
Before his arrest, Makarov was searched (Fontanka calls the search symbolic), he was charged with abuse of power with grave consequences. This article (part 1 of article 286 of the Criminal Code) threatens with a maximum penalty of imprisonment for up to ten years.
RBC asked the press services of the KGIOP and the regional Investigative Committee of the ICR for comments.
At the end of May, the Investigative Committee announced the appeal of a group of deputies of the Legislative Assembly and municipalities, who asked “to sort out the ongoing demolition of historical buildings in the city center.” The applicants considered that the XIX— At the beginning of the 20th century, they were carried in the interests of developers, in particular, the buildings of the arena of the Life Guards of the Finnish Regiment on Vasilyevsky Island, the commercial baths of Ekimova on the Petrograd side. The deputies warned that the authorities of St. Petersburg are planning to demolish several more historical buildings soon.
Four days later, on May 31, the department opened a case of abuse of power by employees of the city KGIOP, and then the crime was qualified according to the first, milder part of the article, which does not provide for serious consequences. Investigators alleged that officials artificially changed the year of construction of buildings to a period later than 1917, which allowed them to be removed from legal protection under the law on protection zones for cultural heritage sites of the city. The Investigative Committee did not name the suspects then.
The head of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, after studying the course of the investigation on August 18, called the work of the employees unsatisfactory and ordered the creation of a special group in the Main Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee to investigate criminal cases related to the destruction of cultural heritage in St. Petersburg.
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The department then said that investigators would study the circumstances that led to the destruction and loss of cultural monuments. At the same time, they promised to give a “fundamental legal assessment” to the action or inaction of responsible officials. Bastrykin will hold a meeting with city defenders to get information about cases of destruction of historical monuments, the department noted.
In mid-July, director Alexander Sokurov announced “the defeat of the Sokurov group that had existed for more than ten years” & mdash; informal association of city defenders. According to him, the exclusion of city defenders from the Council for Cultural Heritage will have a negative impact on the protection of city monuments. “The work of an experienced and competent group of city defenders, which is very important for the city, has been suppressed,” he stressed in an appeal to Governor Alexander Beglov. The group included, in addition to Sokurov, the politician and former deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg Maxim Reznik, the former head of the Yabloko faction; in the Legislative Assembly of the city, Boris Vishnevsky and others.
The next day, the city administration denied the director's accusations, saying that the new council included “highly qualified specialists in the field of architecture, restoration, history and art criticism.” “Thus, statements about the weakening of the protection of the cultural heritage of St. Petersburg have no basis,” — noted in Smolny.
Later, the city administration promised to create a special commission on urban protection problems, where “respectable people” would be invited, Sokurov said.
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