On Saturday afternoon, January 3, 2014, in the afternoon, the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Mari El, Police Major General Vyacheslav Buchnev, committed suicide.
The first to report the suicide of the republican minister on Twitter was a State Duma deputy from United Russia, Alexander Khinshtein. Urgently! The Minister of Internal Affairs for the Rep. Mari-El, Police Major General V. Buchnev,”he wrote in his microblog at about 2 pm.
Then the deputy left a few more messages about Buchnev. Thus, he claims that “immediately after the holidays, a criminal case should have been initiated against V. Buchnev under Article 285 of the Criminal Code. It turned out that he appropriated 3 apartments for himself. The general, in his opinion, decided in this way to avoid shame.
However, according to the newspaper "Vyatka Krai", the reason for the suicide was not shame, not a conflict with the republican leadership, not a serious illness. The mystical, but working version in law enforcement agencies about the reasons for the suicide of the Mari minister may have influenced the extension - until February 2 - of the official deadline for checking the circumstances of his death
As a source from the security forces of the republic told the newspaper "Vyatskiy krai", despite the apparent absurdity of the assumption to most ordinary people, the bodies are working "in a given direction." And there are good reasons for that.
Real mysticism
Last year, the law enforcement agencies of Mari El drew attention to the recently intensified activity of a group of residents of the republic who call themselves “pagan or Mari sorcerers”.
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Vyacheslav Buchnev
The reason for the police interest was the appeals of citizens who reported to the authorities not only about "sorcerers-swindlers" who lured out significant sums for fortune-telling, fortune-telling, love spells and treatment, which did not bring either health or relief, but also about the inexplicable, from the point of view of the complainants, deaths of quite healthy people who were allegedly exposed to the "witchcraft evil eye".
Apparently, by the end of 2014, the investigation, which worked in the usual real framework of the Criminal Code, had enough information about the activities of the "witchcraft group" (the success of the investigation is attributed to the Chief of Police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Mari El - Colonel Andrei Bratukhin, the former head of the Kirovsky UBOB, 2004 - 2009), so the Mari started talking about opening a criminal case against the "pagan magicians". The Minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the republic - General Vyacheslav Buchnev - was reported on the progress of the investigation.
According to the newspaper's source, on December 28, Vyacheslav Mikhailovich received a call on his personal number and an unknown man demanded in an ultimatum form to stop persecuting the "sorcerers", otherwise "we will drive you to suicide." The general, who had sent the threat quite specifically and in Russian, told his colleagues about the call and the "threat to commit suicide."
What Buchnev's friends and associates, having smiled, forgot about until January 3, when initially private, and soon officially confirmed by all the media, information made us remember a half-forgotten and, as it seemed, a ridiculous threat.
He planned to live
According to the general assessment of people who consider themselves to be friends or relatives of Vyacheslav Mikhailovich, the deceased "had absolutely no reason" to leave this life.
- They called, congratulated on the New Year. He laughed, joked, was full of holiday and future plans. I was going to Kirov to see everyone. I was planning to go fishing, talk about future work. No hints of malaise or health complaints. Complete optimism. And then this message: he shot himself with a premium "Makarov" …
And the first feeling - this can not be, with one voice recall the residents of Kirov.
As established by the newspaper, General Buchnev planned to retire in the near future, move to his family in Kirov and take the post of general director of TGK-5, which is confirmed by the company's employees. And the “inner circle” speaks of the new appointment as a “settled issue”.
- When a very limited circle of people knew about Buchnev's transfer to TGK-5, the general's subordinates, using connections and acquaintances, turned to the leadership of the "second echelon" with a request to find a place. Those who left Kirov went to serve him in Mari El, - recalls an employee of the district unit.
And when asked about the possibility of suicide in connection with the initiation of a criminal case against Buchnev under article 285 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Abuse of official powers"), which was reported on January 3 by State Duma deputy Alexander Khinshtein, explaining: "… we are talking about apartments that the general appropriated in the places of their former service in Kirov and Perm ", the authorities answer:
- The criminal case, which became known in Kirov in mid-December, could not be the cause of death. Alas, for a considerable number of power leaders such sins are listed, but Buchnev resigned and would not have brought the matter to an investigation. I would pay the money, arrange it properly with a purchase. Shooting, washing away the shame with blood is too much for the situation.
So today, a small audience of people who know about the existence of a "mystical version" of suicide, answering the question: "Believe it or not?", Firmly or slightly thinking, say: "I believe." Moreover, most do not consider the "witchcraft story" mystical.
PS Magic for life
The story with the "Mari sorcerers" in a strange way echoes the events of Kirov that were not so long ago. During the service of General Buchnev in the Kirov region, many regional newspapers were full of numerous announcements about the provision of services by magicians, fortune-tellers, fortunetellers and psychics.
According to journalists, the scammers who rob the gullible suffering of love and health for tens or hundreds of thousands of rubles could not fail to attract the attention of law enforcement agencies. And as an experiment, it was decided to tell fortunes on the head of the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs.
According to the photograph of the general, who was not recognized by fortune-tellers because of his "civilian clothes", all local sorcerers who received half of the journalist's salary predicted the passionate love of an elderly married man whose name starts with the letter "C", a quick night of love, and made a love spell for a fee. Alas, the general was only offended by the publication, not seeing signs of a crime in the fortunetellers' actions.
Elena OVCHINNIKOVA, "Vyatka Territory"