The author of the sensational book "Dog's Heart" Yuri Titovich Shutov seems to be a hero of our time, others consider him a villain and a criminal. The man was born in 1946, in the first month of spring, and died in 2014. His hometown is Leningrad, later - St. Petersburg. All significant milestones in the criminal and political, as well as the writing career of a man, are also associated with him. During the period of political activity, he helped Sobchak, was elected to the Legislative Assembly. In 2006, he received a life sentence.
How it all began
As you can see from the biographies of Yuri Shutov, he appeared in a Leningrad family. Date of birth - March 16. The child first went to a comprehensive school, after its completion he successfully entered the university, choosing for himself a shipbuilding institute in his native city. Having received a diploma of education, the young man got a job at Glavleningradstroy. The beginning of the 80s in his life was marked by new heights andsuccess - he gets the opportunity to replace the manager in the instance responsible for statistics. The institution was engaged not only in Leningrad, but also in the region around it.
The boy was born in a family of front-line soldiers. Subsequently, he married. There is practically no information about personal life and relatives.
In the mid-80s, he was accused of setting fire to the Smolny. The official motive was the desire to destroy the documentation. In addition, the man was found guilty of grand larceny. The investigation was conducted under the leadership of Kornilova. Guilt was successfully proven, the offender was sentenced to five years of imprisonment.
Truth and freedom
For Yuri Shutov, prison at first meant an absolute cross on the future life. In Soviet times, having a criminal record behind him, it was almost impossible to find a decent job. True, to some extent the man was lucky - a new era, rules and opportunities began, and he had the ability to quickly navigate what would later be called "muddy water". At first, Shutov was successfully rehabilitated, then they wrote material about him in Ogonyok, praising his natural qualities. The material was called "Fire in the revolutionary headquarters." The article was published by Grigoriev.
To this day, many are wondering: the victim or the villain Yuri Shutov? Who is he, what qualities did he have? This information is still contradictory today. So, if you believe the very material in Ogonyok, the man was a true perestroika hero, who was condemned completely unfairly. As the author of the material considered, the officials with whom Shutovworked, stealing. To avoid being caught, they quickly shifted the blame to a relatively defenseless colleague.
Life and death go hand in hand
Of course, this version, which removes all the blame from the future author of the books - Yuri Shutov, was not to the taste of the investigator, who was responsible for the case. Wasting no time, Kornilova initiated legal proceedings against Grigoriev. In the lawsuit, she formulated the claim as a biased transfer of information. Grigoriev, in turn, was going to get acquainted with the materials of the case, about which he wrote an article. Some believe that he probably would have changed his mind about the people's perestroika hero, but he just didn't have time. Grigoriev was in the Leningrad Hotel and became a victim of a tragedy that happened there.
The fire at the Leningrad Hotel happened in the frosty February of 1991. The fire began to spread from the seventh floor of the building, causing the death of 16 people, including the author of a popular article in Ogonyok.
New Years and Instruments
The dashing 90s began, giving the cultural capital of Russia the glory of the main criminal city of the country. Yuri Titovich Shutov did not waste time in vain - he assessed his chances of building a career in politics as more than good and immediately began to use them. At this time, he happened to participate in "600 seconds" - a popular TV show through which it was possible to appeal to the population of his native city. The activities of a promising novice politician were highlighted in the best possible way,so the popularity began to grow. Anatoly Sobchak, who at that moment chaired the Leningrad City Council, takes the man as an assistant. True, the career did not work out: soon Shutov was fired, and in the order they entered inefficiency as the reason.
There were many suggestions as to why Yuri Titovich Shutov was left without a job. Some said that it was he who made the deal with the bankrupt English businessman. Allegedly, under a contract, he received exclusive rights in Leningrad, which at that time had the status of a specialized economic zone. Later in his book, the man will present a different version of events, explaining what happened with political differences and differences in views on doing business between the assistant and his immediate supervisor Sobchak.
New milestones - and a dark streak
As the media soon found out, prison Yuriy Shutov again threatened with considerable force. In those days, Gimranov, an Afghan officer, who did not find himself in civilian life and leaned into the criminal sphere, was active in Leningrad. The cavalier, presented for the Red Star award, as the investigation established, gathered his own gang - however, a relatively small one. When an investigation into their activities began, connections with the name of Shutov appeared. The gang was arrested in 1992, and all the participants were taken at the same time. The main motive for the arrest was the destruction of property, extortion.
In 1992, Yuri Shutov was arrested along with a gang of an Afghan officer. He was not kept in prison, they allowed him to sign a paper not to leave, and then they released him. In 96the man was finally acquitted, recognizing the set of evidence as insufficient. Gimranov and some of his associates in illegal activities received minor sentences. Many were released right in the hall where the hearings were held, found not guilty.
Life goes on
From the photo, Yuri Shutov looks calm, he is confident in his abilities. Was he always like this in his personal life - only his friends and relatives know, and not everyone wants to talk about this topic, and those who spoke to the press gave conflicting information. The public has much more accurate data regarding Shutov's career and the official appointments and punishments chosen for him at different points in his life. In particular, it is known that in 1996 he had the opportunity to chair the regional and city commissions organized under the State Duma. The task of the organization was to analyze the results of privatization. It was necessary to identify who was responsible for the failure of the program.
The commission gave Yuri Shutov new opportunities and resources, it became clear that the battle for the probable and so close power is still not lost. In 1997, Manevich, who held the post of city vice-governor, was killed. He was shot with a burst from a machine gun from the roof of one of the buildings near the intersection of Rubinstein and Nevsky. At that moment, Shutov was already suspected as the organizer of the murder. For about two years, the man and everyone with whom he spoke were carefully monitored. Prosecutors also checked whether the politician had anything to do with the murders of Filippov and Agarev.
Farewell freedom
Yuri Shutov finallywas arrested on a winter day in February 1999. The materials collected for it amounted to 65 volumes. He had to spend 2 years and 5 months under supervision while awaiting investigation. Another 4 years and 5 months the case was considered by the court. These meetings aroused considerable interest from the press, since it was decided to organize them within the walls of the Krestovsky Isolator. However, as is known from law enforcement agencies, several times Shutov was close to gaining the desired freedom. Moreover, he was and remains the only person in our history who, while in prison, not only tried to get into the city parliament, but also successfully won the elections.
The juicy details of Yuri Shutov's case occupied the media for a long time. Of particular interest was the fact that in 1999 the politician was arrested not by ordinary policemen, but by a SOBR group. In November of that year, the Kalinin court, which considered the documents in the man’s case, decided to acquit him, considering the materials untenable, and immediately after that, the capture group took up the case. The city prosecutor's office was responsible for organizing it, and Sydoruk, who served as chief prosecutor, issued orders.
How it ended
The final sentence was handed down in February 2006 - not just a prison sentence, but a life sentence. Yuri Shutov was found guilty of contract killings. The court considered that he had several attempted murders behind him. Guilt was admitted in episodes of abductions. Law enforcement agencies have proven involvementmen to organized criminal activity - it was as a member of an organized criminal group that he committed his illegal acts. In addition to him, Denisov, Lagutkin, Gimranov, Nikolaev were imprisoned for life.
The accused and found guilty man refused to admit his crimes. When he had the opportunity to sum up the results of the investigation, he explained the verdict as the result of his struggle with those who plundered the Motherland, who steal from ordinary people. Shutov said that the responsibility for his unfair conviction lay with the accomplices of the thieves holding prosecutorial positions, and sooner or later these people would get to him in order to kill him. The man was sent to be kept in the White Swan. In this institution in 2014, the death of Yuri Shutov was recorded. The cause was considered to be poor he alth. Of course, an official check was initiated on the fact of death, but the conditions of solitary confinement for life are such that all prisoners' he alth is rapidly deteriorating. In many ways, the psychological pressure associated with the realization of a lifetime of being in an institution affects.
Hero or villain?
At the funeral of Yuri Titovich Shutov, there were many who were ready to call the man a real legend. They talked about his patriotism, honesty and sincerity. They recalled that during his lifetime he often reasoned without thinking too much about the wording, and this not only did not please those around him, but also harmed them, and for many - completely unreasonably. Some will later say that the death was not accidental, that it was a manifestation of revenge, an act of fear - the enemies of the prisoner feared that he would come out onfreedom and begin to tell the truth. So it was or not - only Shutov himself knew, and he would not be able to tell anyone anything. However, although this legend of the 90s seems like an innocent victim after decades, many sensible people who remember well the glory of St. Petersburg of those times rightly doubt the legal purity of the politician.
They said that Yuri Shutov's family was his organized criminal group, that his associates called him "daddy" and were afraid like fire. For the townsfolk, he also somewhat resembled his father - that is why certain individuals were ready to believe him, and even during the period of imprisonment in the "Crosses", the man was able to win the elections. Having previously helped Sobchak, who worked in the Legislative Assembly in two convocations, and was engaged in statistics, when it became clear that the conflict with the St. Petersburg mayor would not lead to good, Shutov published the book Heart of a Dog, or Notes of an Assistant Who Went to Power. Then they will say about him: this man lived very loudly and died just as quietly.
Lawyer memories
Moskalenko, who defended Shutov in court, later recalled more than once: her client warned that he would allegedly die of illness in prison, and urged not to believe in this news. The cause of his death, according to Shutov, will be completely different factors. Then she will say that her client was very different from other people she knew. He was unique, and many considered him a terrible criminal, while others revered him as a hero and savior. Many believed and believe to this day that Shutov was slandered and slandered, that he suffered for his courage and ability to speakobjectionable things. His pamphlets on sensitive political topics, his story and interviews were an extremely painful blow to the reputation of those in power.
The trial, which resulted in imprisonment for the rest of his life, according to Moskalenko, went wrong. The woman got acquainted with all the materials to which access appeared, and took a neutral side. Having decided that he will not support those who consider her client a terrible person, and will not agree with those who claim that he is a hero of his time. Then she will say that at some point she stopped thinking about whether the defendant committed illegal acts. According to Moskalenko, from the documentation she saw, it followed that the actions incriminated by the court could not be proved, which means that the result of the hearings was unlawful.
Truth and Justice
Then Moskalenko admits that, being an international lawyer, she set herself the primary task of understanding how fair the verdict was, how the trial was properly organized. Particular attention was drawn to the observance of the Convention on Human Rights. It was assumed that in the course of the case, the sixth article of this document, recognized by all European powers, was violated. Moskalenko had previously encountered cases in which the violations were monstrous, and the representatives of the law trampled on him. And yet, in terms of the number of violations, the Shutov case was definitely in the lead.
Hearings were held in the absence ofthe defendant. In fact, the legal instance has deprived a person of the opportunity to defend himself. Even before that, representatives of the European Court have repeatedly said that a global violation of human rights crosses out the conclusion of the instance in the case, no matter how justified and fair it may be. Moreover, they said that it is not required to consider all the minor issues of violations separately, if there is a global one - and just one of these is enough for the court to be called unfair. In the case of Shutov, the situation was explained as follows: they say, the man demanded a jury, which he was denied, for which he was removed from the territory where the debate was held until they were completed.
Problems and Solutions
Whether Shutov was guilty or whether he was sentenced incorrectly is difficult to judge. As Shutov's lawyer, Moskalenko repeatedly tried to meet with him. Then the woman will say that she was not allowed to work normally, to communicate with the client. There was always a barrier between her and the client, which excluded interaction with official papers.
After analyzing all the features of the case, Moskalenko sent an appeal to the European Court. She also asked to consider the case on a priority basis, and also participated in writing additions to the original complaint. Then Moskalenko will say that she could only hope that the client could successfully live up to the moment of studying the case. In 2014, it turned out that some unknown dossier on Shutov had been destroyed. It took a lot of time to restore the documents. Only later, after his death, Moskalenko will say thather client was an iron man. She will not undertake to judge whether he was right or not, but she will consider that the authorities treated her client extremely unfairly. And more than once he will remember that this man, who preferred old-fashioned forms of explanation, shortly before his death asked her not to believe that he would die of diseases, and told about various people who were given orders to end his life, but not one agreed.
