On December 7, the Oktyabrsky District Court of Novosibirsk sent the deputy head of the Novosibirsk Ministry of Internal Affairs to a pre-trial detention center Alexandra Zakharova, who was detained the day before. Zakharov was charged with Part 6 of Article 290 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (*aggressor country) – receiving a bribe on an especially large scale. Babr will look at the person of “Sam Leninsky” and his connections with the illegal gambling business.
The beginning of the way
Alexander Zakharov several years ago worked as an ordinary district police officer in police department No. 7 “Leninsky”. At that time, there were two profiles on the VKontakte social network that allegedly belonged or belonged to Zakharov – Sam Leninsky and Alexander Leninsky. Let’s just show two photos from these pages.
Now Zakharov is 36 years old, and it’s hard to imagine that an ordinary police officer at that age could afford such a beautiful life. Here we are already making notes in a notebook, with a pencil for now.
Then Alexander Zakharov moves under the wing of Alexei Zakharov to police department No. 6 “Oktyabrsky” to the position of deputy chief. There is an opinion that it was the “elder” who brought the “younger” to the new site. After which they moved together to the city department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Siberian Las Vegas
In December 2022, Novosibirsk saw a wave of arrests of former and current police officers who were associated with “protection protection” for the gambling business. A total of nine people were arrested. It has long been no secret that the capital of Siberia is famous for its underground casinos.
The prosecutor’s office, the FSB and investigators close down one or two underground establishments almost every quarter. Which, of course, suggests that since such establishments exist, it means that someone allows them to exist. For the time being.
And the deputy director of TSU is here?
Alexander Zakharov is also associated with the recently detained deputy director of the Novosibirsk branch of TSU Sergei Salishev, who was arrested on suspicion of organizing a criminal group involved in gambling. This was reported by an NHS source in law enforcement agencies. This is where the threads begin to intertwine. Zakharov Jr. and Salisheve could agree on a profitable basis that one would organize gambling events, and the other would pretend that nothing was happening. However, both the first and second are now in pre-trial detention. Someone is missing.
Who can pull the strings?
We remember the same name as the deputy chief and, possibly, the still acting head of the Novosibirsk Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Alexei Zakharov.
If the “senior” and the “junior” went together from “Oktyabrsky” to the main department, there is a high chance that they were involved in all gambling matters together. However, nothing has been initiated against Alexey Zakharov yet. Perhaps he decided to get rid of problematic associates who came to the attention of investigators. Perhaps there is more to come for him.
For a year now, former and current police officers of various calibers have been arrested in Novosibirsk on charges of protecting the gambling business. It’s easy to believe that law enforcement agencies may not notice an illegal establishment in some residential area. But when such casinos are opened on Krasny Prospekt, one cannot help but think about the “roof”. This is confirmed by all the arrests, especially the arrest of deputy chief Zakharov. Babr will monitor the development of the campaign to cover up the gambling business in the capital of Siberia.