Rutsky’s suitcases

Alexander Rutskoi became the head of the anti-corruption commission in October 1992 on behalf of President Yeltsin . Just before that, Yeltsin instructed Rutskoi to raise agriculture . Parliamentary control over the work of the commission was entrusted to the first deputy chairman of the Supreme Council of Russia Sergey Filatov .

Rutskoi energetically began to fight corruption , saying that “we must begin a powerful attack on crime , the mafia and corruption” and that he will not and will not allow others to “joke with this issue”. However, he also commented that with this request, Yeltsin intended to discredit him, as it had “one root resemblance to the first (agriculture): it cannot be fulfilled if you were at least seven spans in the forehead”.

February 19, 1993, Rutskoi published a program to combat crime and corruption, entitled "It’s dangerous to live on."

On April 16, the results of the commission’s work were published, which claimed that Rutskoy had collected 11 suitcases of dirt on top officials.

On April 29, 1993, Yeltsin removed Rutsky from the leadership of the commission and approved the commission of the Supreme Council to investigate corruption of senior officials. Rutsky was forbidden to meet with power ministers, as these ministers are subordinate to the President. The chief Russian controller Yuri Boldyrev , who violated this ban, was fired.

May 7, 1993 ^[1] deprived Rutsky of all instructions, stating: “Another difficult and bitter moment for me. The referendum was the defeat of Vice President A. Rutsky. Recently, from criticizing certain areas of the government’s activity, its individual actions, he has moved to a sweeping denial of everything that the President and the executive are doing. ”

On June 16, 1993, A. Rutskoi stated that he would transfer 11 suitcases to the prosecutor's office. His statements began to be published in the newspapers, in which he called his opponents "crooks, thieves and pederasts ."

On July 23, 1993, the Supreme Council agreed to institute criminal proceedings against Vladimir Shumeyko .

In response, Yeltsin dismissed the head of the Ministry of Security, V. Barannikov, on suspicion of helping Rutskoi collect 11 suitcases of dirt.

Finally, Rutsky himself was accused of corruption. The Interdepartmental Commission on Combating Crime and Corruption held a press conference at which it was announced that "compelling evidence of the involvement of the well-known Renaissance Fund, working under the careful care of Vice President A. Rutsky, has been collected." According to the commission, Rutskoi had an account with a Swiss bank and that "it’s not clear what money Alexander Vladimirovich is building his mansions for."

In early December 1993, the investigative team of the Moscow city prosecutor’s office established that the vice president of Rutskoi, who had been arrested by this time, was not related to Trade Links Ltd. and its bank account. The trust agreement, according to which Rutskoi was the owner of Trade Links Ltd., was found to be fake ^[2] .

On January 17, 1994, the Moscow City Prosecutor's Office dismissed the case against Rutsky for lack of corpus delicti. It was stated that Rutskoi had nothing to do with the Swiss account.

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