the Investigative Committee has completed investigation of the case against the police officer Alexei Smirnov, who arranged shooting in the Moscow metro station “Ryazan prospectus”. This was reported by his lawyer Smirnov, Mikhail Korchagin.
“Today the investigator of the head investigative Department of SK Russian Federation across Moscow has informed the former police warrant officer Smirnov about the completion of investigative actions in his criminal case”, – quotes the lawyer reported.
the defender ex-the police expressed the hope that in the near future it will provide an opportunity to review all case materials. Korchagin said the need to attach to the criminal case the expert opinion, which referred to “the incompleteness of the findings of psychological and psychiatric examination” of the defendant.
“As we have previously stated, the case, we can say, was conducted on the principle of accusatory without any real analysis of the actions of officers of CSS on the Moscow metro”, – the lawyer added.
Security Smirnova believes that the decision to close the investigation prematurely. Lawyers indicate that still was not a confrontation with a key witness in the case.
the Incident in the subway with the participation of Smirnova occurred in September 2019. Policeman shot his colleagues after he was suspected of receiving a bribe. 20 September court arrested a dismissed policeman. The Moscow Prosecutor Denis Popov took his business on special control.