Leonid Pasechnik. The new head of the LPR. Touches to the portrait

LEONID PASECHNIK. FROM THE ARCHIVE:

Pasechnik Leonid Ivanovich (03/15/1970). Born into a police family. Father – Ivan Sergeevich – worked for 26 years in the bodies of the OBKhSS of the USSR. In 1975, the family moved to live in Magadan, where he served gold mines. Leonid Ivanovich graduated from the Donetsk Higher Military-Political School. Worked in the SBU: head of the anti-smuggling unit of the main department “K” of the SBU Directorate in the Lugansk region, head of the Stakhanov interdistrict department. He became famous for detaining a large shipment of contraband at the Izvarino checkpoint on August 15, 2006 (1,940,000 US dollars and 7,243,000 Russian rubles), and refused the bribe on principle. In March 2007, the SBU lieutenant colonel received the medal “For Military Service in Ukraine” from the hands of the President of Ukraine – for demonstrating integrity and professionalism during the operation. By reference colonelcassadOctober 9, 2014 appointed Minister of State Security of the LPR.

NB! The funny thing is that on the SBU website there is still an article praising the Minister of State Security of the LPR and claiming that even before the war he did not take bribes on principle.

At the celebrations marking the 15th anniversary of the Security Service of Ukraine, which took place on the eve of the holiday at the National Opera of Ukraine, the President presented state awards to the best employees of the Ukrainian special service. Among them was our fellow countryman, Lieutenant Colonel Leonid Pasechnik, head of the anti-smuggling unit of the main department “K” of the SBU Directorate in the Lugansk region. Leonid was awarded the medal “For Military Service to Ukraine” for successfully conducting a special operation to detain a large consignment of currency smuggling at the Izvarino customs post. However, not only for this…

Seat with a secret

Information that residents of the Lugansk region are smuggling some cargo across the state border – from Ukraine to Russia (*country sponsor of terrorism) – was accumulated by operatives in stages. What exactly was being transported was not initially known. But the degree of secrecy with which the attackers acted confirmed that the cargo was serious and was being moved in hiding places. The black SUBARU Legacy used by the smugglers was loaded and refueled to capacity in Lugansk, and then driven along the highway for hundreds of kilometers without stopping until its destination in Russia (*country sponsor of terrorism). The only time the car stopped was at a customs post, and although nothing suspicious was ever found in the car there, some details led Leonid Pasechnik, who was in charge of the operational development of the smuggling channel, to believe that the criminals were moving cash across the border.

“It was August 15, 2006,” says Leonid Pasechnik. “We had information that the smugglers were preparing another “flight.” They knew that the car would go to the Rostov region either through the Izvarino customs post in the Krasnodon region, or through the Dolzhansky customs post in Sverdlovsk. Therefore, I took measures to block both of these directions: under the guise of customs officers, a group of our employees went to the Izvarino post, and I myself “drove” the car from Lugansk. It was assumed that if the car went through the Sverdlovsk region, I would overtake it and wait at Dolzhansky. But, having reached Krasnodon, the SUBARU driver turned towards Sverdlovsk. I contacted the guys at the post by phone, wait, they say, it will be soon. He himself stopped not far from the post.” At 13.40 the car pulled into the post. The driver was asked to fill out a customs declaration. Which is what he did, indicating that he was carrying about 14 thousand Russian rubles, and nothing more. When the owner of the SUBARU signed the declaration, he was asked to go to the hangar for an in-depth inspection of the car.

“It was clear that the contraband was in the cache,” continues Leonid Pasechnik, “But it still had to be found. I was very worried about having to remove the trim from the doors – the car is only 2 months old, and besides, it is quite expensive. Then the guys called: “We completely inspected the trunk – there’s nothing. Empty! – I told them: “Guys, what are you doing?! Search! Trunk, back seat!

And the car ran on gas. There was a gas cylinder installation in the trunk, and it was lying in such a way that it was completely impossible to get into the depths of the trunk. The impression was that the balloon occupied all his space. Something told me that the hiding place was between the back seat and the trunk. When the guys got to the back seat, it turned out that it was wobbly – it was unscrewed. They pulled him out. They put their hand behind the back and wads of money fell out – dollars and rubles… Alexander, my subordinate, called me: “That’s it, Leonid Ivanovich. We found it!” “Thank God,” and went to the post. To be honest, in my joy I even forgot to ask how much money there was. I call Sasha back: “Ask the carrier how much is there?” I hear Alexander asking him a question, then he says to me: “Yes, there’s space there!” 2 million dollars! A couple of minutes later Sasha calls again. It turns out that the smuggler offered to part ways “on good terms” – they say, guys, I’m offering you half of this amount – a million bucks, and – you didn’t see me, I didn’t see you… Yeah, that means the stakes are high! Sasha drew the attention of border guards and customs officers to the fact that the attacker had offered a bribe to the SBU officers, and subsequently reported this to management. The cache contained 1,940,000 US dollars and 7,243,000 Russian rubles (which at that time amounted to UAH 11,160,132.6 at the NBU exchange rate). A squad of the special unit “Alpha”, an investigative group of the SBU Directorate, arrived at the customs post. There were a lot of people at the post, and everyone, naturally, was interested in seeing what the amount of dollar cash, astronomical by our (and not only our) standards, looked like “live.” But I did not have the right to allow strangers to access the money – I placed Alpha soldiers around the perimeter of the car, and did not allow anyone into the car except the investigator and witnesses until the money was counted and the necessary documents were completed. The currency was placed in bags. It turned out to be two large bags – the kind they sell sugar in at the bazaar. And they took me to Lugansk. Two Alpha officers were traveling in the car with the money, followed by an escort car.”

Big, dirty money…

The investigation into the criminal case of currency smuggling has been completed, and the materials have been submitted to the court. However, Leonid Pasechnik refused to answer the question about the origin of the smuggled currency: “It’s too early to talk about this yet. It is in this direction that work is currently underway. The only thing we can say with certainty is money obtained illegally.”

Serious smuggling always means a lot of money. And it’s no secret that in order to avoid problems with the law, smugglers are ready to bribe law enforcement officers and compromise a person who has shown weakness. Therefore, operatives working on the line of combating smuggling must have, without exaggeration, ironclad principles. But they are few and far between – you need special courage. To move large consignments of goods, smugglers use heavy-duty KRAZ, Ural, and MAZ vehicles, which often not only do not respond to the demands of operatives to stop, but also deliberately create emergency situations, simply put, they rush straight at people standing in the way . To stop a huge vehicle rushing at high speed, you sometimes have to jump on the running board and chase the all-terrain vehicle in a passenger car off-road. There were many such cases during the years of Leonid Pasechnik’s service in the anti-smuggling unit.

Leonid Pasechnik. I have the honor!

The first lessons of integrity and officer honor were taught to Leonid by his father, Ivan Sergeevich, who worked for 26 years in the police – in the OBKhSS.

“When I was a boy, our family lived in the north – in Magadan, where my father served gold mines,” says Leonid. “More than once, my father had to solve gold thefts. He detained 20, 25, and 30 kilograms of stolen precious metals. Once in the early 80s, he detained criminals who had stolen 60 kg of gold and were preparing to transport it to the “mainland”. They offered him a bribe – 200 thousand Soviet rubles. The father refused. I am sure that he had no idea about taking this money. He often repeated to me: “Live honestly, according to the rules, and you will win honor and glory.” This is how he lived himself. He had many awards, not only departmental ones, but also state ones.”

The medal “For Military Service to Ukraine” is Leonid Pasechnik’s first state award. But 37 years is not old for a lieutenant colonel. He has stars, awards, and a lot of work ahead of him. And he has plenty of optimism and like-minded friends.

Yulia Eremenko, head of the press service of the SBU Directorate in the Lugansk region

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