Actor Mikhail Efremov and his defense is familiarized with the investigation materials of the accident that caused the death of 57-year-old Sergei Zakharov.
the Court is not far off.
Victims in four: two sons of the deceased, the brother and the wife.
Behind one person – Irina sterkhova, the woman Zakharov has lived for the past 22 years.
If a human being to understand this history, then Irina is the main victim. She has lost a loved one, a breadwinner, and in law there is a point at which a woman could become a victim. That’s just a consequence of the persistently ignores this fact.
Why the investigator does not recognize common-law wife Zakharova victim as a woman lost the man she loved, why he it turned away the relatives of the deceased and why Irina sterhova requires their participation in the case – in the article “MK”.
Saturday will be 40 days since the death of Sergey Zakharov. Irina sterhova will go back to the cemetery. 200 km there and back. About 8 hours in total will occupy the road.
later in the evening the woman returns to the empty apartment where still lie the belongings of the deceased husband.
“Irina still can’t get over it – says a friend of the widow. – Look into the shop, where he often went with Sergei, crying. Is on the streets where we walked with my husband, again hysterical. Buys the groceries, and cook doesn’t want to. Addressed to the clinic. The neurologist sent her to a psychiatrist. She was prescribed a sedative”.
We contacted Irina Sterkhovoe. The voice is weak, cracked.
– Imagine Saturday will have 40 days from the date of the death of my Seryozha, more than a month has passed since that terrible day.
Go to Ryazan?
– Go.
You are with someone of the relatives Zakharova maintain relationships?
– me no support. Broke the connection.
More recently, you talked with the older son Sergei, Vitali. Asked to help him.
– Really, it was. And then Vitaly went into action, became a victim, took counsel, and now does not want to communicate with me. If afraid that I’m out of it some information will pull. It seems that only with the permission of the defender is ready to greet me. I want him back. To impose will not. To be offended, too, am not for that. His right, with whom to communicate.
– so you do not know, how’s it going?
– Before, when I was in contact with Vitaly, could at least know what is happening in Ryazan. Now deprived of this opportunity. Know from the media that the victims were acquainted with the case materials. No more information.
have You lived with Sergei for over 20 years. After his death, you suddenly found himself overboard, it was years of living together?
— All right. After the tragedy I was even a relativeand Sergei was called “stranger”. That’s only on recent television talk show, where I took part, my first wife’s brother Sergei said Hello. Well as said Hello? Nodded his head. And before that, she told the reporters that don’t know me, only once seen.
– Except for a nod more than anything? Did not talk?
– No, nothing more.
– Perhaps for 40 days to meet everyone at the cemetery?
Hardly. I will try to arrive early so as not to collide with anyone. Remember when 9 days from the date of death of Serezhi was fulfilled in the morning I already was in place. No family met. They later came.
– are You one go?
– I called a cousin of Sergei, invited with her to go on Friday. There overnight and in the morning to go to the cemetery. I refuse, I guess. Will have to stay in the house of the mother of Sergei, God forbid, there his wife come, if there was any hurtful words will begin to speak to me. I have his eyes constantly on the wet spot. To hurt me is easy, one look is enough. I don’t want to. For me this is a hard situation. The fortieth day. So I’m the one on Saturday will go. Now I wonder how to get on the train or bus. It’s tough to overcome a long the way there and back, but what to do. If only it wasn’t raining.
I wonder why you did not make a victim not called as a witness, you’re in the day of the accident came in sklif.
Witness what I mean? Accident? I wasn’t there, where their witnesses are. I just witnessed the Sergei’s life. But who cares.
– So you must be the victim in the case.
– the Victim I don’t want to admit it. Although the law stipulates that victims can be not only an official’s relatives, but the relatives of the person. There is a paragraph in the law. Why do I not recognize? Do prosecutors have a scattering of gold I will sleep, if they are I will put into the business?
– Maybe, the investigators did not bother with this issue. I want to take the case to court?
– Usually the investigation for six months stretch, and then talk to the court the case was transferred. I understand that here like to investigate is nothing special, it’s obvious, but somehow still quickly ran the business.
You’re involved in television, you have insistent to talk about it?
– On transfers a lot cut out. So I watched the last show with my participation, I see that mouth open, but no sound. Like talking to yourself. Perhaps they just removed the sound and all. Who is interested in my problems?
– Relatives Zakharova could say a word about you.
the Wife will be silent now, the passport stamp is good. In the beginning brother Serezha said that snal of the impending divorce. Was waiting for the Registrar to open after quarantine. Sergey and his wife had long not felt obliged to each other. And now all forgot about it.
You don’t think that too many victims?
– it is strange to hear, when all around shout: “Never so much the victims were not the case, and then the whole village claims to be aggrieved.” Guys, why are you all hurt? What the village claim?
Court session you plan to attend, even as a listener?
– I Hope the court will not make private, and I will not be deprived of the opportunity to attend meetings at least as a listener.
Prepare for the fact that there will be many people, you have to sit together with journalists or in a separate room, which will be broadcast.
– What am I supposed to do? I want to hear, to know who is responsible.
You know.
I know, Yes. But I want to see, to hear, to understand what my life’s all wrong. And where’s my Sergei, why it happened to him? the voice twitched. Irina quietly crying.
Time is not in place, it becomes easier not?
No. They say that after 40 days it will become easier. I do not know. Has not yet passed these forty days. I just now out of the Church, returned, ordered a memorial service on July 18.
– Say, a year must pass need to go through all the holidays celebrated together, then the circle closes and it will become easier.
– July 18 – 40 days. July 20, my birthday. Come to the first holiday without him.
If you still do the victim, the compensation will qualify? Like it or not, but the question of money is important.
– Compensation? I don’t deny this is an important point. When I hear that children Serezha lost a breadwinner –stupidity. His adult sons, all four dozen goes. They are independent individuals. And I have lost a breadwinner. I was on the content of Serezha. If you are already fair to speak on this delicate subject, that have lost a breadwinner, just me. After all, we lived on his salary, my pension will not last long.
What is your pension?
– 8038 rubles.
Why so small?
– Here is. I live in the suburbs, us Moscow allowances is not allowed. Yes, I even worked when penny received. Nurses never paid.
You have worked in the health care system?
I graduated from medical school, then got a job as a medical assistant-laboratory assistant in the hospital.
– On a rainy day you and Sergey did not hold?
– Not from what it was. Besides, Sergei helped. His younger son, Valery, even during a pandemic, when her husband could not come to Ryazan, constantly called him and mumbled, saying, do not come, money can not see.
as far As I underst��Yu, Valery is a big boy. You got a job, said the convoy he works.
for Adult. In February we had a wedding. But his father didn’t want to get off.
Why he didn’t refuse him?
Because of this, we could not refuse. I just had to put up with this state of Affairs. Do not make trouble also for this reason. I tried once to hint, when they’re really Sonny face moved, Sergei was silent. More to the topic I did not come back. Is his children.
As a mother Zakharova lives?
Say, is kept.
– She never said that Sergei died in a car accident?
No. I don’t need her to know what really happened. She thinks a heart attack. Although death in any form is death.
“the Authorities are ignoring our complaints”
Vadim Nikulin – the lawyer Irina Sterkhovoe. We turned to him for comment on high-profile case.
– We have been fighting to Irina recognized the victim in the case, but it started a conversation myself. – Wrote a complaint to all the higher authorities, waiting for the checks. But it seems that prosecutors do not do anything to the case moved from the dead point.
As I understand it, Irina is unable to obtain the status of victim, because her relationship with the deceased has not been formalized?
– the code of Criminal procedure provides that victims in cases where there are victims can be close relatives as well as relatives of the person. A close person is Irina.
According to article 42 part 8 of the criminal procedure code of the Russian Federation “In criminal cases about the crimes which consequence was the death of the person, the rights of the victim provided for by this article are transferred to one of his close relatives and (or) relatives of persons“.
Who can be a close person described in article 5 of the code of criminal procedure: “related parties – other except relatives and relatives of persons in the property with the victim, witness, and persons, life, health and well-being which road victims due to the personal relationships“.
We refer to the fact that Irene is not a relative of the deceased according to the law, and is a close person, – continued the lawyer.
Why investigators do not pay attention to this point?
– you Can assume that the point of “close persons” was introduced only recently, so it is not used because it does not actually exist investigative and judicial practice of application of this concept. When took out the resolution on refusal to recognize Irina, the victim, the investigator relied on the fact that she is not a close relative. And the fact that she may be the closest person ignore in any way the decision is not motivated.
– You have indicated to the investigator that the victim could still be close?
the Investigator himself should know this and make reasoned, based on law decision. If we are not right in their requests, the investigator shall be obliged in the resolution to explain how we are wrong, but this is not happening.
– You indicated that they have lived together for 22 years?
– of Course. We also pointed out that sterhova was dependent on Zakharov. The victim, in fact, contain it. There are proofs, but these facts no one is considering. For this it was necessary at least to question her.
You asked to interrogate Irina as a witness?
– Yes, but this is also not done. Although Irina first came to the hospital, when Sergei was still alive. She actually was until the last was with the deceased. Talked with the doctor, with friends of Ephraim, who came to the hospital and offered assistance. The investigator even as a witness did not want to interrogate Sterhova. Moreover, after the death Zakharova, Irina paid for funeral expenses for the preparation of bodies for burial – we have all documents on hand, we were ready to attach to the case materials. However, the investigator calculated that is not related to the case.
– there are chances that sterhova can still intervene in the case?
We got about ten complaints to the Prosecutor General, the Federation Council, the state Duma, the presidential Administration, the Main investigation Department of the Moi of Russia in Moscow. There are no answers.
Maybe later sent?
Complaints sent in late June. To date have received no reply.
– Maybe the relatives of the deceased told the investigator that he allegedly did not know this woman?
– We wonder what the relatives of the deceased told the investigator about this. If it turns out that they withheld from the investigation the fact that the deceased lived with Irina 22 years as husband and wife, it turns out, they gave false testimony. After all, if they honestly told you everything that the investigator didn’t question who this sterhova. We have enough evidence that Sergei lived with Irina. In the company where the victim worked, there was a questionnaire, which Zakharov employment personally stated address of residence – the apartment of civil wife in Kotelniki, there is information about Irina. In the existing references from the works of Sergei, Irina is noted as his wife. Zakharov and sterkhova received medical services in the clinic by place of residence Irina. In the medical card of the deceased contains the address of the apartment of its civil wife.
– there’s Still time to get your client to get in?
– we Have almost no time left for the implementation of our rights. Investigators decided in haste, they themselves outlined the range of victims. In our opinion, Irina has the right to become the victim and use of all statutory rights. Irina thought of Sergey most important person in her life. Her daughter lives in China, they are seen very rarely. It turns out, now my client was left alone. Besides, she listened to the insults in his address, when relatives Zakharova has publicly stated that he does not know her. This is absurd.
the Editors of “MK” requests the appropriate bodies to draw attention to the fact that the civil wife of the deceased in the accident Sergei Zakharov may be a victim in the high-profile case and dealt with appropriately to complaints.
