In the Ulyanovsk region, the court will consider a criminal case against the former deputy of the regional legislature from the Communist Party Dmitry Alekseev. He is charged with violating traffic rules while intoxicated, which caused grievous bodily harm. According to investigators, the defendant, in a state of alcoholic intoxication, driving a Skoda Kodiaq, did not give way to a VAZ-21074, which was driving in the opposite direction, when turning. As a result of the accident, the 23-year-old driver and 19-year-old passenger were hospitalized. After the accident, Dmitry Alekseev wrote a statement about the resignation of the deputy.
The investigation of the criminal case against 54-year-old former deputy of the legislative assembly of the Ulyanovsk region Dmitry Alekseev has been completed. He is charged with a violation by a person in a state of alcoholic intoxication of traffic rules, which caused grievous bodily harm (clause “a”, part 2, article 264 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). This is reported by the regional SU of the RF IC.
According to investigators, on the evening of April 16, 2023, the accused, in a state of alcoholic intoxication, driving a Skoda Kodiaq car, when turning onto Telmana Street in the Karsun district, did not give way to a VAZ-21074 car that was driving in the opposite direction. As a result of the accident, a 23-year-old driver and a 19-year-old passenger of a domestic car were injured and hospitalized.
“The criminal case with the approved indictment was sent to court for consideration on the merits,” the regional Investigative Committee of the RF IC said in a statement.
After the incident, Dmitry Alekseev wrote a statement about the addition of the deputy mandate. The deputies of the Legislative Assembly of the region unanimously voted for the adoption of the statement – the powers of the parliamentarian were terminated from May 12.
Dmitry Alekseev was elected to the regional parliament in the regional constituency from the Communist Party in 2019. Mr. Alekseev was a member of the committee on industry, construction and agricultural policy.
“The situation is quite difficult. Understand who is to what extent to blame. We are now waiting for the court’s decision. According to the public profile, he did it honestly so that there would be no talk that he had a position that somehow interfered with the investigation. I think he did the right thing by writing a statement about the voluntary resignation of the mandate, ”Vitaly Kuzin, leader of the Communist Party faction in the regional legislature, said in an interview with Kommersant.
At the end of May, the mandate of Dmitry Alekseev was transferred to Ivan Yefimov.
According to the managing partner of the RI-consulting law firm, lawyer Roman Voronin, there will be a guilty verdict: “I don’t think they would send a criminal case against a deputy to the court for which insufficient evidence has been collected. Because proving in cases of an accident occurs with the work of experts, the conduct of auto technical examinations.
“The main factor in such cases that influences the imposition of punishment is the compensation for the material and moral damage of the victim and their position on what the punishment should be. As a rule, these things are interconnected. If the accused managed to achieve the forgiveness of the victims, to agree on the acceptance of compensation for harm, then a punishment not related to deprivation of liberty is imposed. If the victims insist on the severity of the punishment, then it may be associated with imprisonment. The position of the accused will also affect. If he does not admit guilt and is not going to compensate anyone for anything, then if he is found guilty, the punishment may be associated with real imprisonment, ”says Roman Voronin.
Criminal Defense Firm lawyer Daniil Gorkov notes that the case is indicative and, in general, in 2022-2023, the practice under Art. 264 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation is becoming more extensive and more and more people are involved under this article: “It provides for the possibility of exemption from criminal liability if the person has compensated for the damage (moral damage, expenses for doctors, other medical expenses) and reconciled with the victim. In this case, some concessions are possible. Most likely, the deputy took some action to compensate for the harm. In this case, the sentence will be reduced. But not in all cases, the courts go for it, and not in all cases, the victims themselves are ready to accept compensation for harm.