The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia began an investigation into this fact, investigators from the military prosecutor's office are investigating the incident, whose jurisdiction includes incidents involving intelligence officers, both sources confirmed to RBC. The results of the investigation will be transferred to the internal security service of the FSB. RBC sent relevant requests to the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the FSB.
“The video from the outdoor surveillance cameras shows how the traffic police inspector Sergey Grachev stops traffic along one of the lanes, crosses it and stops at the edge of the dedicated line,” the source said. The inspector tracked the flow moving towards the center, while the service car hit him in the back, said a source in the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Moscow. “According to the results of the examination, it will be possible to say exactly what caused the collision of the car with the inspector. The driver could not notice the employee, blinded by the headlights of oncoming cars, ”the source added. During the inquiry, it will be established whether the driver had a business need to be in this area: the investigators will check whether the driver has a waybill and a special ticket.
A special ticket, known as a “non-checker”, is issued to intelligence officers for the operational cover of a car. This document entitles its holder to avoid checking the persons in the cabin, as well as the cargo being transported. A special ticket is issued for operational vehicles and vehicles of high-ranking officials. All normative acts on special coupons belong to the category of information “for official use”.
The movement of official vehicles with special signals is regulated by the traffic rules (SDA), there are no secret instructions that make an exception for cars of law enforcement agencies, Yevgeny Korchago, chairman of the Starinsky, Korchago and Partners bar association, told RBC. “Special vehicles can drive in the oncoming lane and cross a double continuous lane, but only if it has a flashing beacon and a special sound signal,” the lawyer said. If there was no signal, then the driver had to follow the general rules of the road. The traffic police officer has no right to stop a car with a flashing beacon, the source added. A source in the traffic police told RBC that investigators are checking whether a special sound signal was turned on on the car.
The rules of the road state that drivers of vehicles with a blue flashing light on, performing an urgent official task, may deviate from the requirements of traffic lights and traffic controllers. But they can take advantage of priority only by making sure that they give way.
Regarding the situation with the accident, many questions arise for the second special battalion of the traffic police of the Moscow traffic police, which serves the special highway passing through Novy Arbat, Mikhail Pashkin, chairman of the Moscow Trade Union of Police Officers, told RBC. The charter of the teaching staff forbids an employee to be alone at night, the absence of a patrol car also raises questions, RBC's interlocutor explains. “It seems to me that the deceased was sent across the road to provide a special passage, which, perhaps, brought him down. Any special transport can drive along the dedicated lane: the police, the firemen, the ambulance, the FSB, and the FSO. I don’t understand why the leaders of the second special battalion sent him there,” the trade union leader continued. “And where is the FSO officer, with whom they were supposed to provide special passage together, and how they were supposed to block the road.” However, Pashkin emphasized that if the Mercedes was driving without a sound signal, then "100% of the driver of the special transport is to blame." The inspector could cross the street, heading towards the stationary traffic police post, which is located on the opposite side of Novy Arbat, a source in the department noted.
The Kremlin reported that they paid attention to the accident, that this is not a matter for the presidential administration. The investigation of an accident involving special vehicles belongs to a complex category of cases that usually “go down on the brakes,” lawyer Alexander Molokhov, who specializes in criminal cases related to traffic accidents, comments on the situation for RBC.
Beware of flashers
Accidents involving vehicles of security forces or high-ranking officials.
September 15, 2017 Colonel-General Andrey Serdyukov, commander of the Airborne Forces, and three other servicemen were injured in a road accident. The accident happened on the Kola highway in the Murmansk region. The minibus, in which the soldiers were, collided with a car, the driver of which eventually died.
July 13, 2017 in Kabardino-Balkaria, a six-year-old child riding a skateboard died as a result of an incident involving an FSB official car.
September 8, 2016 In the center of Moscow, a car with AMR series numbers, in which Presidential Aide Vladislav Surkov was traveling, collided with a taxi. Surkov's car was moving with a flashing beacon on. The taxi driver was found guilty of the accident, six administrative protocols were drawn up against him.
September 2, 2016 The driver of the Office of Presidential Affairs died in an accident. A BMW car, which was assigned to the Federation Council, collided with a Mercedes on Kutuzovsky Prospekt of the capital.
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On the evening of September 25, at the intersection of Novy Arbat and Novinsky Boulevard in the center of Moscow, a luxury Mercedes with AMR series numbers knocked down a traffic police officer to death (video from the accident scene). Gazeta.ru, citing its own correspondent, reports that after the collision, an unknown person dismantled both license plates from the car. RTVi correspondent informs, which also "twisted the flasher". A TASS source in emergency services claims that the numbers of the Mercedes are assigned to the FSB (perhaps to different cars).
According to the Mash telegram channel (associated with Life), immediately after the accident, “a support group in sharp shoulder straps arrived at the scene,” and the driver “was not even registered.” According to so far unconfirmed information, "Mercedes" was driving along the median strip at a speed of about 120 kilometers per hour.
Cap of a downed policeman. Photo: telegram user @ilgiz_nt
The incident occurred around 22.30 at the intersection of the highway with the Garden Ring. After the collision, an unknown person dismantled both A896MR97 license plates from the Mercedes. According to some reports, an elite foreign car was moving along the median strip at the time of the collision.A large number of traffic police crews, the press, as well as high-ranking representatives of law enforcement agencies arrived at the scene of the accident.
"Gazeta.ru"
"The traffic police officers pulled the front and rear plates of the AMP series from the car involved in the accident," a source [in emergency services] said.According to him, these numbers are assigned to the Federal Security Service, but it is still unknown who owns the car at the present time.
A large number of traffic police cars have gathered at the scene of the accident at the moment. According to a TASS correspondent, employees of the federal media, in particular TV channels, are prohibited from filming the scene.
TASS
The AMP driver avoided the traffic jam on a dedicated line and flew along Novy Arbat at a speed of about 120-140 kilometers per hour. The traffic police officer at that moment specifically stood on the section - he caught such freaks. "Mercedes" threw the downed police officer a few tens of meters. Before the collision, the driver did not even slow down - there is simply no braking distance in place.Published on 27.09.17 09:34The deceased policeman is senior lieutenant 32-year-old Sergey Grachev. At the time of the tragedy, an ambulance drove past - they were taking the child to the hospital. The driver stopped and the doctors tried to save Grachev. But he died instantly from his injuries.
A group of supporters in cool shoulder straps came to the aid of the USAR Mercedes driver. The guys showed some crusts, after which they didn’t even begin to draw up the carrier.
The Mercedes that hit a policeman on Novy Arbat is assigned to military unit 44710 - this is a special garage. Cars only to accompany the coolest Russians.
Experts are confident that the participants in the accident on the Arbat will try to put the brakes on the matter. There was a video of twisting AMR numbers from a Mercedes that hit a police officer.
An FSB ensign was driving a Mercedes that killed an inspector in the center of Moscow. There were no passengers in the car. This is reported by RBC with reference to sources.
On Monday, September 25, an accident occurred in the center of Moscow, in which 32-year-old senior police lieutenant Sergey Grachev died. According to the publication, an FSB ensign was driving a Mercedes Benz S450 official car (2012) with license plate A896MR97. This was told to him by a source in the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Moscow and confirmed by another source familiar with the materials of the audit. By intkbbee According to them, there were no passengers in the car.
Like, a Mercedes S-class fatally knocked down a traffic police inspector at about half past ten in the evening 22:30 on Novy Arbat. Information immediately appeared that a car with a special number "AMP 97" was driving at a speed of about 120 km / h along the median strip. and on the registrars of passing cars.
When doctors from a passing ambulance ran up to the guard, he was already dead. After the accident, the driver immediately “hung” the numbers with a rag, passers-by managed to take pictures. Eyewitnesses of the tragedy reported the number of the car - A 896 MP 97. A car with license plate A848MP97 took him from the scene.
Both cars belong to a military unit related to the Federal Security Service, a source in the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Moscow told the agency. On cars of this class, employees of the central office, heads of departments and their deputies can move. Operational vehicles include cars of the following class: Ford Focus, Ford Transit, Hyundai.
A video has already appeared on the Web of twisting AMR numbers from a Mercedes that knocked down a policeman. In the footage, a man removes the front plates from a car with AMR plates.
The very fact that the license plates were first removed from the car of the culprit of the accident suggests that all those involved in this case will try not to wash dirty linen in public, lawyer Sergei Kucherenko told Reedus.
“Most likely, the police tried to depersonalize the car not on their own initiative, but because there is an unspoken rule in their structure: in the event of an accident, information should not be leaked to the public so as not to excite public opinion. So whoever was driving the Mercedes at the time of the collision with the traffic police inspector, the official himself or his driver, is not so important: the inspectors acted according to some internal instruction, ”the lawyer suggests.
According to this logic, depersonalization of the car is also necessary so that all subsequent procedural actions can be carried out behind closed doors. Moreover, screwing up numbers, even if the driver himself does it, is not punishable in any way - provided, of course, that after that the car remains standing still.
“If employees of law enforcement agencies or higher state bodies are involved in an incident, then usually such cases are investigated by the Investigative Committee, and they are heard in military courts. And since in this accident both the culprit and the victim are employees of law enforcement agencies, it can almost certainly be assumed that the parties will try to agree in their own way so as not to humiliate the honor of each other's uniform, ”summed up the lawyer.
The accident happened at about 10:30 p.m. near house 30/2, where Novy Arbat intersects with the Garden Ring. The correspondent of Gazeta.Ru, who was the first to arrive at the scene of the tragedy, reported, referring to eyewitnesses, that the executive Mercedes with the numbers A896MR97 was moving at a speed of about 120 km / h along the median strip of the highway towards the region and knocked down an inspector. At the same time, there were no traffic jams on Novy Arbat at that time - the driver of an elite foreign car, apparently, was in a hurry and took advantage of his road privileges. According to unconfirmed reports, a flashing beacon was also installed on the sedan.
“Immediately after the collision, one of the police officers shouted through a megaphone: “Stop, b..ka. Stop!”, — told the correspondent of “Gazeta.ru” an eyewitness to the accident.
Mercedes stopped about 50 meters from the downed inspector, whose baton and cap flew off to the side. The police officer died on the spot - the doctors of the ambulance passing by tried to help him, but it was too late.
Crews of the traffic police began to arrive at the scene of the accident. According to the correspondent of Gazeta.Ru, less than an hour after the accident, six traffic police cars and two other police cars were there. Also, an unknown man in civilian clothes arrived at the scene of the accident, judging by the behavior of the police officers, this is a high-ranking representative of law enforcement agencies.
According to data from open sources, the number A896MP97 is assigned to, but who exactly uses it is unknown - the department has not yet had time to comment on the situation. No official information on the fact of the accident was given by the Metropolitan Police.
At the same time, most likely, it was not the “silovik” himself who drove the foreign car, but his driver. Almost immediately after the accident, another car with numbers of the government series A848MP97 drove up to the scene of the accident. His driver had a short conversation with traffic police officers, after which he quickly left.
Before the eyes of the Gazeta.Ru correspondent, an unknown man, possibly the driver of a Mercedes, twisted the numbers - the police did not interfere with this in any way. Prior to this, the rooms were hung with a cloth. Moreover, police officers at the scene of the accident push the videographers away from the place of the collision.
“For the first time I see something like that, they don’t let me shoot,” the operator of the Rossiya state channel was perplexed at the scene of the accident.
It is noteworthy that Russian officials and security forces have not been allowed to buy Mercedes cars for many years. They are not produced in Russia and, according to the law, cannot be the subject of public procurement. Despite this, "AMP" series numbers can be found on many recent Mercedes models.
A year ago, it already happened on Novy Arbat. According to Gazeta.Ru, then a BMW 7-series with numbers A020MR97RUS got into an accident,
assigned to the Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation, who at that moment was in the cabin in the back passenger seat.
Immediately after the accident, the numbers from the broken foreign car were also removed. The collision occurred when a Galaxy was on the way of a BMW driving towards the Kremlin, which, grossly violating traffic rules, tried to turn around through the allocated lane. The car, judging by the special numbers, coloring and inscriptions of Yandex.Taxi, is a licensed Moscow taxi. The press service of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation then disowned the BMW that got into an accident, saying to Gazeta.Ru that there was no such car on the balance sheet of the department.
Literally a week before, on Kutuzovsky Prospekt in Moscow, an accident .
He died after a collision with a Mercedes, which at great speed flew into the oncoming lane, where he collided head-on with a BMW with AMP series numbers.
Judging by the video published later, the driver of a Mercedes CLS car moving towards the center lost control at high speed, crossed a wide median strip and drove into an oncoming lane. There, he immediately crashed into a BMW 7-series with numbers of the government series "AMP" following on the extreme left lane. The main blow fell on the front left side of the BMW, which belongs to the transport plant of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation. Despite the abundance of security systems, the damage was so significant that the driver died at the scene of the accident. The alleged culprit survived and was admitted to the hospital with a broken hip.
Photo: telegram user @ilgiz_nt
On the evening of September 25, at the intersection of Novy Arbat and Novinsky Boulevard in the center of Moscow, a luxury Mercedes with AMR series numbers knocked down a traffic police officer to death (video from the accident scene). Gazeta.ru, citing its own correspondent, reports that after the collision, an unknown person dismantled both license plates from the car. RTVi correspondent informs, which also "twisted the flasher". A TASS source in emergency services claims that the numbers of the Mercedes are assigned to the FSB (perhaps to different cars).
According to the Mash telegram channel (associated with Life), immediately after the accident, “a support group in sharp shoulder straps arrived at the scene,” and the driver “was not even registered.” According to so far unconfirmed information, "Mercedes" was driving along the median strip at a speed of about 120 kilometers per hour.
Cap of a downed policeman. Photo: telegram user @ilgiz_nt
The incident occurred around 22.30 at the intersection of the highway with the Garden Ring. After the collision, an unknown person dismantled both A896MR97 license plates from the Mercedes. According to some reports, an elite foreign car was moving along the median strip at the time of the collision.A large number of traffic police crews, the press, as well as high-ranking representatives of law enforcement agencies arrived at the scene of the accident.
— Philipp Kireev (@mynameisphilipp) September 26, 2017
Mercedes knocked down a policeman on Novy Arbat in Moscow. VIDEO from surveillance camera pic.twitter.com/uT2AZ9S24u
— Crashtimes VIDEO (@crashtimes) September 26, 2017
September 26, 11:06 am RBC, citing sources in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the traffic police, reports that the driver was taken away from the scene of the accident in a car with license plate A848MR97, which belongs to a military unit related to the FSB.
The name of the driver is not yet known.
September 26, 21:49 Only the driver was in the Mercedes, there were no other passengers, the FSB ensign was driving, RBC journalists found out. The Ministry of Internal Affairs is conducting an investigation into the accident, a criminal case has not yet been initiated. Where the driver is is unknown.
An FSB ensign was driving a Mercedes Benz S450 official car (2012) with license plate A896MR97, a source in the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Moscow told RBC and another source familiar with the audit materials confirmed. According to them, there were no passengers in the car.<...>"The video from the outdoor surveillance cameras shows how the traffic police inspector Sergei Grachev stops traffic along one of the lanes, crosses it and stops at the edge of the dedicated line," the source said. The inspector tracked the flow moving towards the center, while the service car hit him in the back, said a source in the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Moscow. “Based on the results of the examination, it will be possible to say exactly what caused the collision of the car with the inspector. The driver might not have noticed the employee, blinded by the headlights of oncoming cars,” the source added. During the inquiry, it will be established whether the driver had a business need to be in this area: the investigators will check whether the driver has a waybill and a special ticket.
A special ticket, known as a "non-checker", is issued to intelligence officers for operational cover of the car. This document entitles its holder to avoid checking the persons in the cabin, as well as the cargo being transported. A special ticket is issued for operational vehicles and vehicles of high-ranking officials. All normative acts on special coupons belong to the category of information "for official use".
RBC
September 28, 14:18 The investigation of the accident on Novy Arbat is conducted absolutely impartially, said Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev, answering a question from TASS.
"The practice of all the latest high-profile events of this kind shows that the investigation is being conducted in full accordance with the norms of the current legislation," he said, answering a question from TASS whether there were any difficulties in investigating this accident. According to him, in the end, in such cases, what the bodies of preliminary investigation stated was confirmed. "And there is no prejudice, no bias and no desire to downplay someone's well-deserved guilt in the actions of the investigation. In this case, there is every reason to believe that the same will happen," the minister stressed.TASS
November 1, 09:59 Relatives of the deceased traffic cop were paid compensation. "We were satisfied," his mother told human rights activists.
The driver (according to unofficial information, he was an FSB warrant officer) did not notice the inspector in the headlights of an oncoming car. Grachev received terrible injuries and died on the spot.The inspector was buried on September 27, the ritual events were paid for by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. And not so long ago, the family of the deceased was paid compensation. Grachev left his wife Ekaterina and two sons (boys 5 years old and 1.5 years old). The family huddled in the "kopeck piece" of Catherine's parents (a total of 8 people lived there, including a sister with a child).
As we know, the widow was given a comfortable three-room apartment in a new building, as well as 2 million rubles - this is through the Ministry of Internal Affairs. And on the part of the Chekists, 4 million rubles were paid. In addition, Catherine is entitled to a pension until the 18th birthday of her children.
“We were satisfied,” the mother of the inspector Svetlana explained to human rights activists. “In addition to solid compensation, my husband and I were given a life-long pension for the loss of a breadwinner. We are already receiving all payments.
"Moscow's comsomolets"
No information has yet been released on the progress of the investigation. Also, the name of the culprit of the accident was not called.
