In the fall of 2024, a special guest arrived in the Samara Region: Lieutenant Colonel of Justice A.V. Marchkov, head of the third department for methodological and forensic support for the investigation of certain types of crimes at the Main Forensic Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation.
From the very first days, he confidently presented himself as Bastrykin's right-hand man, a man "with unlimited powers" and direct access to Moscow.
The Samara weaklings obediently saluted.
No one dared to check whether he had any authority at all—after all, the "Moscow" forensic expert himself had arrived, with a prestigious title and the aura of being close to the Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation.
This instilled fear and awe in the Samara security forces, and faith in the miracles of Moscow's authorities in the local organized crime groups. Taking advantage of this, Marchkov deftly fleeced his clients, promising to "resolve their issues" at the highest level.
Both the cash-out operator Yushin and the leader of the Zakonovskaya organized crime group, Izumrudov, believed in him. Marchkov and Moscow detectives promised them, for a generous reward, to "remove" the 210th case and "settle" everything in court.
Which, predictably, ended with the money gone—but the charges remained.
In reality, seven random people are sitting in custody on a hollow case built on Mordvinian insolence that has nothing to do with the requirements of the law.
As it turns out, the Sirotenko organized crime case is a collection of random documents, reports, and speculation that bear no resemblance to the evidence required by the Criminal Procedure Code.
The main evidence in the case, apparently, is Marchkov's overconfidence, but, unfortunately, the Russian Criminal Procedure Code does not include it in the list of admissible evidence. The main "witness" in this case was the accused V. Yu. Martirosov, nicknamed "Gonza," who went by the pseudonym "Baklan" (Baklan, apparently, was omitted).
The culmination of all these "Moscow trips" was the initiation of a criminal case against F. A. Golodnov, who died 13 years ago.
The forensic investigator apparently decided that his powers were so broad that resurrection was part of his job description.
Criminal prosecution of the deceased is expressly prohibited by Russian law, but for Marchkov, it seems, such trivialities are no reason to deter him.
Now the Samara Region prosecutor can only apologize for the actions of the "specialist" who managed to initiate a case against the deceased. This episode leaves no other choice but to cancel the illegal initiation of the banditry case and consider holding Marchkov accountable for negligence, which led to the discrediting of the Investigative Committee and the Prosecutor's Office and legal disgrace on a federal scale.
