Chapter 164
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A week after the meeting between Sobchak and Churbanov, the much-anticipated "son-in-law case" finally entered the trial stage. Out of consideration for the political purpose behind this case, Ligachev was very dissatisfied with the public trial of Churbanov, but Yakovlev insisted on disclosing the trial process to the media. He believed that if the secret The trial of a celebrity with a wide range of attention like Churbanov will greatly discount the openness policy that the Soviet Union has always advocated, and it is a reversal of the Soviet Union's political reform. In the end, the Politburo chose to side with Yakovlev and denied Ligachev's claim.
So under such circumstances, people all over the country began to pay attention to the fate of the former son-in-law. All of a sudden, it was hard to get a ticket for the spectators of the trial, and many local media rushed to Moscow to wait for the latest news. This trial has aroused the curiosity of the people across the country. People are curious about the private life of Churbanov and Galina, and they are angry at the huge wealth that Churbanov revealed. The common people look forward to the former son-in-law It would be good to be put in prison, but many people with conscience in the Soviet legal circle don’t think so. They are not populists, and they only hope that the judiciary will be free from interference and deal with Churbanov with a fair trial. case, to maintain the dignity due to Soviet law.
The significance of the criminal law is to provide the prosecution and the defense with an opportunity to sit down and bargain. In a country with a civil law system like the Soviet Union, the prosecution and the defense must refute each other legally in order to win. This is very different from the laws of Anglo-American countries, where the final verdict is actually a jury selected from ordinary citizens. Therefore, lawyers in the common law system usually regard convincing the jury as the main strategy of their own defense.
Sobchak seemed confident in this trial. After the prosecution read out the indictment, the two sides entered the stage of trial debate. Sobchak first defended his innocence against the abuse of power proposed by the prosecution. Although the materials prepared by the prosecution are sufficient, as well as the statement given by the person in charge of the engineering unit of the border guards who participated in the construction of the villa, but under Sobchak's defense, the evidence given by the prosecution is full of loopholes However, they could not prove that Churbanov was not ordered by the former Minister Shlokoff who had committed suicide to build these villas, which made the prosecution's first trump card suddenly useless.
The morning trial ended here. After the judge announced the adjournment, Sobchak left the court with his assistant. After a short break at noon, Sobchak ruthlessly overturned the prosecution's allegations one by one during the afternoon trial. Sobchak was able to teach at Leningrad University, and his legal literacy is naturally nothing to say. The prosecution was powerless to fight back by Sobchak, and was even speechless when questioned at one point. The reporters present pointed their cameras at the law professor in his fifties, and were amazed at the absolute advantage Sobchak showed in court. The high-profile trial showed a one-sided situation early on.
The judges and prosecutors present have actually received pressure from above, but Sobchak is too powerful. In addition, the prosecutors are too confident and underestimate the enemy, so that the judge is unable to recover even if he wants to help. In the end, The judge even anxiously asked the prosecutor: "Comrade prosecutor,
Are you really not going to speak? Can't you just say something? "The prosecutor who questioned was in a cold sweat.
In the end, the judge couldn't stand it any longer. After the prosecution requested an adjournment for a trial, the judge happily ended the painful trial. Even the layman Churbanov could see Sobchak's extraordinaryness. Churbanov, who was already disheartened, laughed and was dragged out of the court by the bailiff.
After Sobchak walked out of the court, he returned to his residence, and Seryozha called quickly. Seryozha watched the report of the trial on TV. He already knew Sobchak's performance. Seryozha felt that there was nothing to worry about in this trial. But the seasoned Sobchak still had reservations, and he reminded Seryozha that the prosecutors might try their best to deal with him.
Seryozha thanked Sobchak for his reminder. This sudden rectification movement seemed to intentionally follow the policy of Chairman Andropov back then, but the protagonist of the execution was changed from the KGB to the judicial system. This was one of the few departments Ligachev could fully control. Ligachev seemed to want to solve the situation that the localities and ministries and commissions were too big to lose once and for all, so this rectification campaign had a really big impact. A large number of people removed from Moscow went to various regions of the Soviet Union to collect evidence. Even some old comrades who have retired are not spared. However, Seryozha felt that Ligachev would not last long. Brezhnev had been the supreme leader of the Soviet Union for eighteen years, and Brezhnev was always as tolerant of most officials as his father. Upright officials like Xie Leping are rare. Moreover, most of these officials are not promoted and reused, and only officials who are flexible and capable like Suslov and Andropov will be reused. It is conceivable that if Ligachev really intends to pursue the corruption issue, the bureaucratic system of the entire country must collapse.
Seryozha asked some of Sobchak's views on this case. Sobchak said that according to the current situation, there is no need for Seryozha to do anything for the time being. Everything can be decided when the prosecution takes further action. .
After putting down the phone, Seryozha felt relieved. At present, he still has many other things to deal with, such as inspecting the hypothetical joint venture between Volkswagen and Gorky Automobile Works, which is currently under construction. For example, Philip Morris's Marlboro cigarettes will enter the Soviet market, McDonald's will open its first restaurant in Moscow, and Kraft Foods will establish a branch in Moscow. All this depends on Sergey to personally ask. After all, this is the first time for an American imperial enterprise to enter the Soviet market since the Stalin era. Many tasks have no rules to follow, and they have to start from scratch.
So Seryozha temporarily put aside the case of Churbanov, and he set off for Gorky to inspect the progress of the construction of the automobile factory. Before leaving, Seriosha sent invitations to the three newly acquired companies to visit the Soviet Union, and asked if Secretary Gorbachev of the Kremlin wanted to meet the American business delegation, and the Kremlin immediately gave positive response.