Restorer war memorial faces six years in prison

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On Wednesday in the town of Volokolamsk court announced the verdict in the exotic and the case in the history of Russian embezzlement case of German self-propelled guns , mounted on the memorial to the heroes - sappers .

In the dock - a young but already famous Moscow historian and restorer, philanthropist and collector of antique weapons and tanks - Dmitry Busmachiu . He is accused of that back in 2011 , during the reconstruction of the memorial to the soldiers- sappers at the 114th kilometer of Volokolamsk highway , he replaced the original German self-propelled " Shtug " on novodelnuyu . More precisely , according to the prosecutor's office , he "has replaced the parts on the aftermarket part that caused the actual destruction of the main fragment of the monument of history and damage totaling about 4 million rubles."

On the eve of the prosecutor Valery Lokotkov asked for a 33-year Bushmakova no less six years in colony. The prosecutor's decision came as a shock as the accused with his defense, and the few spectators present at the trial , including the correspondent "RG" .

Honestly : 's longstanding practice court reporter with such an unusual and interesting process for the first time I encounter . First, I've never seen that all the prosecution witnesses - more than twenty people , testified in defense of the accused completely refuting built consequence version. Even the prosecutor after another examination of the witness could not resist: "It's all wrong any witnesses - they only say in defense ."
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Yes, and the most interesting : during the trial and has not been proven that the theft , and most importantly selfish intent restorer. Moreover, for today's verdict in the left side of the victim - the Ministry of Culture of the Moscow region said that the monument is not standing on its balance sheet , and belongs to the city . City officials , in turn, refused to recognize themselves as victims and said they did not have any claims to Bushmakovu . That is, it actually means that if in the case of embezzlement nobody recognized as a victim , it can not be the case itself .

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