Chapter 152 The First Case of the Soviet Union

Seryozha really didn't expect that Ligachev was playing for real. When he heard the news, he immediately contacted Churbanov and asked him to go to Poland to avoid the limelight. Unexpectedly, at this moment, several prosecutors actually rushed into Churbanov's apartment in Moscow and took him away.

The news was told by Churbanov's spouse, Galina. At the same time, he also found many of his father's old subordinates to find out what happened. Soon, half of Moscow's official circles knew about Churbanov. The news that Barnov was taken away. This time, Ligachev did it so neatly that even the KGB didn't react.

After all, Seryozha graduated from the law department of Leningrad University, and he still has some connections in the judicial circle. He heard some inside stories through the channels of his alumni. It is said that the officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs who were caught in order to mitigate their crimes revealed the affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Uzbekistan, such as Churbanov With funds from the Ministry of the Interior, he bought a high-end Seagull car as his special car. Of course, this special car still belongs to the Ministry of the Interior and has not become Churbanov's private property. As another example, Churbanov let his border guards build holiday villas for senior officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. These villas are also public property, and they still belong to the Ministry of the Interior.

But although Churbanov didn't put these things in his pocket, he enjoyed the treatment that a deputy ministerial official should not enjoy. Only the leaders of the Soviet Union can ride Seagull cars, and asking the engineering troops of the border guards to build luxury villas for the high-level officials of the Ministry of the Interior involves abusing their power.

But so far, Ligachev has unearthed only a little bit of evidence. It is simply impossible to send Churbanov to prison based on this matter. However, there is one thing that worries Seryozha a little bit, and that is the Uzbek cotton case. You must know that the Mediterranean Trading Company has always been the largest buyer of Uzbek commodity cotton, and it is impossible for the Mediterranean Trading Company to get rid of this matter anyway.

In order to prepare early and prevent another surprise attack by Ligachev's men, Sergey asked Yulia to go to the Mediterranean Trading Company to destroy all materials related to the Uzbek cotton case. In addition, Seriosha also visited members of the Brezhnev family, including Galina, through them to contact Brezhnev's past disciples and friends, and put pressure on Ligachev together. Rescue Churbanov.

At the same time, Seryozha has not forgotten his current ally Yeltsin. During the past six months, Yeltsin has been confronting his superiors over the injustice encountered by the Workers' New City project. What Ligachev wanted to hide, almost Everything was ruthlessly exposed by Yeltsin, and the majority of citizens and comrades in Moscow basically knew the truth about the shutdown in the Workers' New City.

But Yeltsin and Churbanov are not the same people. It is impossible for Yeltsin to speak for Churbanov. On the issue of anti-corruption, Yeltsin is more radical and has no tolerance for sand in his eyes. . But it is still possible to get Yeltsin to put more pressure on Ligachev.

So less than a week after Churbanov was arrested, at the instigation of Sergei Yeltsin, Yeltsin led the victims of the Moscow Workers' New City Project to submit an application to the Moscow District Court. A civil lawsuit was initiated with Ligachev's State Economic Reform Commission over the misappropriation of funds from the Workers' New City. And the drafter of the indictment is none other than Sergey's teacher, Professor Sobchak.

From the establishment of the Soviet Union until now, there has never been a precedent for ordinary people to sue government departments. This kind of thing is the first time in the Soviet Union, and the first lawsuit against the government in the Soviet Union. The media that got the news began to gather at the gate of the court, hoping to record this historic moment.

Yeltsin was wearing a blue suit,

Discounted the red tie, and Sobchak followed behind him. The two came to the iron gate of the court's office hall with their heads held high. The people outside the hall saw the figures of Yeltsin and Sobchak. , consciously gave way to a road, and the reporters crowded on both sides of the national highway frantically recorded the figures of the two people with their cameras.

"Good job, Secretary Yeltsin!" Someone in the crowd shouted, and there were bursts of applause and whistles. The common people in Moscow knew what they were here for, and a sense of warmth rose in their hearts. For many years, Moscow has finally hoped for a good secretary who can act for the people.

Yeltsin and Sobchak walked to the gate of the court, but were stopped by the guard at the gate. The guard timidly asked them, "Secretary Yeltsin, what are you doing here?"

"A lawsuit!" After Yeltsin finished speaking, Sobchak took out the indictment from the briefcase he brought with him and handed it to Yeltsin.

The officials present turned to the page of the defendant, and when they saw that it said the Soviet Economic Reform Committee, they were shocked and quickly returned the indictment to Yeltsin. Then he said: "Secretary, don't embarrass us, we are just a small district court, we dare not take such a big case!"

"I came to the court today as a citizen, hoping that you will uphold justice. Can't we go to court?" Yeltsin asked.

"Secretary Yeltsin, please wait a moment! I'm going to ask the leader for instructions, why don't you come in and take a break first!" The officials present did not dare to make decisions without authorization, so they had to temporarily stabilize Yeltsin, and then he ran quickly Go back to the office and ask your superiors for instructions.

The Moscow District Court did not dare to make a decision without authorization, so the higher the level of the call, the higher the level, and it was soon stabbed to Ligachev.

When Ligachev heard the news, he was filled with indignation. He felt that this Yeltsin had no view of the overall situation. As a senior cadre of the country, regardless of the overall situation of the country's financial difficulties, he only wanted to work for a small new city of workers like Moscow. It's been on and on. Ligachev just wanted to go directly to the scene by car, but was stopped by his secretary.

"Secretary Ligachev, you can't go, there is a conspiracy here?" Ligachev's secretary stopped him.

"What conspiracy?" Ligachev asked.

"Secretary, we just arrested Churbanov on the grounds that he abused his power. What if the problem of our occupation of workers' new city funds is drawn in this direction?" the secretary dissuaded.

"I did it for the country!" Ligachev retorted.

"Secretary, Churbanov's car and dacha have always belonged to the state!" said the secretary. ...