Shevelev Caucasian Nature Reserve. "I came to fish and bears"

According to many former and current employees of the reserve, as well as public environmental organizations, the best candidate for the position of head of the Northern Department is Alexander Petrenko. Environmental Watch of the North Caucasus appealed to the management of the department public policy in the field of security environment The Russian Ministry of Natural Resources and the leadership of the Caucasus Nature Reserve with a request for this appointment.

For many years, in the Northern Department of the Caucasus Nature Reserve, located on the territory of the Republic of Adygea, the vicious practice of illegal hunting and logging flourished, not without the knowledge of its head Nikolai Vorozheikin. And this was only part of the problems that accumulated over the years of his leadership. The collapsing economic base and the extremely poor situation of inspectors who do not receive the required rations and uniforms, and finally, the highest rates of staff turnover and mortality among state inspectors in the reserve also clearly indicated problematic situation in this department.

The beginning of the end of this situation, which cast a shadow on the reputation of one of the oldest Russian nature reserves, was laid when, at the beginning of the summer of this year, activists of the Environmental Watch revealed facts of systematic illegal logging along the road leading from the Guzeripl cordon to the Abago Pasture ridge.

After this, the Environmental Watch began to seek the dismissal of Nikolai Vorozheikin, who bears the main blame for the critical situation that has developed in the Northern Department. However, the result was achieved only in the second half of July 2009. As a result of an inspection of the department’s territory in the area of ​​the Guzeripl cordon, in which employees of the reserve, the Forest Protection Center of the Krasnodar Territory and activists of the Environmental Watch took part, new facts of illegal logging were revealed. Illegal fellings were found, despite the fact that the trees were cut down at the roots, their stumps were buried, and disguised with freshly planted ferns. This showed that the practice of illegal logging in the Northern Division has a long history and a wide geography. Nikolai Vorozheikin was forced to resign. Following him, several employees close to him quit. And now there is a chance that the vicious tendencies that have taken root in the activities of this division of the reserve will actually be eradicated and a reserve protection regime will actually be established on its territory.

However, this can only happen if a person who is truly capable of bringing order to it is appointed head of the Northern Department. Considering the complex legacy the new leader will inherit after for long years decline, it is extremely important to appoint a strong-willed, authoritative person to this position who enjoys the respect of the reserve staff and local residents.

And there is such a person - this is the former head of the Northern Department, Alexander Petrenko. Over the past decade, the period during which he headed the department is the only time when the fight against poaching was actively carried out on its territory, regardless of ranks and persons, and when a healthy internal atmosphere reigned in the team of department employees. Under his leadership, an unprecedented phenomenon occurred: almost all drinking inspectors stopped drinking. A lot of promising young people came to the department. It was during that period that an extraordinary event occurred when department inspectors led by Petrenko detained a gang of authoritative poachers at the Fisht shelter with the participation of a police officer, whom no one had previously dared to detain in the reserve.

It became known that large-scale destruction of many hectares of yew-boxwood forests, unique both in themselves and because they are a habitat for many protected animal species, is expected in the near future.
In this regard, the leaders of green organizations turned to Achim Steiner for help in preventing the destruction of these valuable natural areas and asked him to “immediately contact the Sochi 2014 organizing committee and the Russian government with a request to stop further construction of the combined (railway and road) road Adler - Krasnaya Polyana and initiate a meeting in Sochi between UNEP, the IOC, the Sochi 2014 organizing committee, international biodiversity experts and non-governmental organizations to find a solution to avoid the unprecedented damage currently expected."

Alexander Petrenko is a former military man, colonel, veteran of combat operations in Afghanistan and Chechnya, awarded many military orders and medals. After leaving the army, he showed his best side, being engaged in practical environmental activities in various positions: in addition to the reserve, he worked as a head of a site in the Elota game farm, as a state inspector of the Nelidovo interdistrict department of the Rosselkhoznadzor Office for the Tver Region, as a game warden in the Zapadnodvinsk district of the Tver Region, as a deputy director and senior huntsman of Cossack Hunting Estate LLC. It is precisely such people that the Caucasus Nature Reserve urgently needs, the state of affairs in which in the field of conservation is far from brilliant.

The news that Alexander Petrenko could return to the position of head of the Northern Department stirred up former and current employees of the reserve and gave them hope for improving the situation in the department. And they compiled, wrote and sent an appeal to the director of the Caucasus Nature Reserve, Sergei Shevelev, as well as the director of the Department of Ecological Policy of the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources, Rinat Gizatulin, who is in charge of the Russian nature reserves. In it, they asked to appoint Alexander Petrenko to the position of head of the Northern Department. This appeal was signed by 20 people.

Petrenko’s candidacy is also supported by the Environmental Watch for the North Caucasus and the largest Russian public organization"Social-Ecological Union". This organization is connected with the Northern Department of the Caucasus Nature Reserve by historical ties: the decision to create it at one time was made precisely on the territory of this department - at the Guzeripl cordon, where in the summer of 1987, with the aim of creating an all-Russian environmental organization activists of the public environmental movement gathered.

The Environmental Watch for the North Caucasus also sent official appeals addressed to the minister natural resources and ecology of Russia Yuri Trutnev and director of the Caucasus Nature Reserve Sergei Shevelev with a request for the appointment of Alexander Petrenko.

The public and employees of the reserve hope that their opinion will be heard and that the management of the Caucasian Reserve is no less interested than the public in truly establishing order in the Northern Department and strengthening its leadership.

Caucasian Reserve- the main component of the World Heritage Site natural heritage“Western Caucasus”, and the state of affairs in it attracts the attention of not only the Russian public, but also the world community. Attracting people like Petrenko to work in it helps ensure that the preservation of the Western Caucasus is ensured at the level of the best world standards.

Dmitry Bolotnikov(Ecological Watch for the North Caucasus, formerly head of the operational group of the Caucasus Nature Reserve)

Director of the Department of Public Policy

in the field of environmental protection of the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources

Gizatulin R.R.

To the Director of the Caucasian Nature Reserve

Shevelev S.G.

Application for the candidacy of the head of the Northern Department of the KSPBZ

We, current and former employees of the Northern Department of the Caucasus Nature Reserve, ask you to take measures to restore order in this department.

The northern section of the Caucasus Nature Reserve - the largest and oldest nature reserve in the Caucasus - has already for a long time is in a state of crisis. This is due not only to economic processes in the country, due to which nature reserves are significantly less funded, but also to the ethical problems of a society that puts immediate profit above high moral standards. Poaching, which has once again brought the restored population of the Caucasian bison to the brink of extinction, is a clear confirmation of this. We, local residents, remember the time when bison approached the vegetable gardens of the mountain villages surrounding the Northern Department of the State Nature Reserve.

In connection with the vacancy of the post of head of the Northern Department of the Caucasian Nature Reserve, we, the undersigned, kindly ask you to take into account the opinions of former and current employees of the department when making a decision on the appointment of the head of the Northern Department of the KSPBZ. We consider it necessary to restore order in the Northern Department to appoint Alexander Ivanovich Petrenko, who had already worked as the head of the Northern Department in 2000-2001, to this position.

During his leadership, almost all aspects of the life and activities of the reserve's workers changed for the better. It is necessary to note the improvements in the material support of the state inspectors of the reserve, who received the necessary uniforms and even food for carrying out inspections, which was not practiced by the management before and even after.

Thanks to the active procurement of forage, the condition of the horses, without which it is impossible to exercise control over the vast territory of the reserve, has significantly changed: the horses were fattened, shod, and were able to carry inspectors along the patrol routes. In addition to the material side of the issue, the socio-ethical side of the issue is very important, since the reserve workers, jointly improving the material condition of the cordon, felt it as their home: this united the team, which, without exaggeration, became a large friendly family of like-minded people. It should be noted that almost all the workers of the reserve who drank during the work of Petrenko A.I. stopped drinking - this indicates that the hopelessness that gave rise to alcoholism has disappeared from their lives, and a desire has appeared to build their lives in a different, positive way.

Naturally, in such an atmosphere of understanding and support from the manager, subordinates develop a truly correct attitude towards the reserve: this territory is perceived not only as a resource that needs to be protected (and if it is very difficult, then steal a piece for food), but as the highest ethical value, for the sake of which nature was reserved! In such an atmosphere, the reserve becomes not just a place of work, but is perceived as the true face of the planet, which we all need to preserve for posterity. Without an ethical component, it is impossible to fight poaching in principle. And it was this component that allowed the team of the Northern Department to significantly reduce the level of poaching in the reserve.

After his dismissal, the level of poaching in the reserve in Adygea increased again, custom hunts resumed, the apotheosis of which was the killing of two bison in the Abago Pasture. On the territory of the Northern Department, commercial harvesting of trout with smoking at the fishing site, trophy hunting, illegal logging and many other violations of the regime took place.

Once again, we kindly ask you to appoint A.I. Petrenko, a combat officer who has shown himself not only to be an experienced business executive, but also a leader with high ethical ideals, necessary for the head of the most problematic division of the reserve, to the post of head of the Northern Department of the KSPBZ.

Tlejas M.N.(Novoprokhladnoye village), Bolotnikov D.V.(Novoprokhladnoye village), Beshentseva O.L.(Guzeripl village), Gukolava A.O.(Guzeripl village), Lyashchenko A.V.(Guzeripl village), Ryabtsev A.A.(Guzeripl village), Lozovoy S.N.(Novoprokhladnoye village), Nebroev S.A.(Novoprokhladnoye village), Sergeev Yu.A.(Guzeripl village), Lyashchenko L.A.(Guzeripl village), Ermakovich V.S.(Guzeripl village), Yachcharim A.A.(Guzeripl village), Gukalov R.V.(Guzeripl village), Nemchenko A.D.(Guzeripl village), Lukyanchenko S.A.(Guzeripl village), Ruginova N.N.(Guzeripl village), Kolokolnikov A.I.(Guzeripl village), Eskina T.G. Trepet S.A. Art. n. co-workers KSPBZ (Maykop), Akatova T.V. Art. n. co-workers KSPBZ (Maykop)

Meanwhile, there is no clarity on the question of who will compensate for the damage already caused to Pshada. In theory, the same Gelendzhik administration should go to court with a demand to recover from the culprits the damage caused to the nature of the resort and its image. However, we are not talking about anything like that. In this regard, the Environmental Watch for the North Caucasus sent an official letter to the head of the resort city of Gelendzhik, Viktor Khrestin, in which he asked him to “take comprehensive measures aimed at suppressing environmentally damaging activities in the provision of jeeping services in the beds of mountain rivers flowing through the city. resort, and for compensation for damage caused as a result of jeeping on the Pshada River, as well as organize service check in relation to persons in the administration of the resort city who assisted in this activity.”

No. EW-236/1-09 dated 7.09.2009

To the Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation

Trutnev Yu.P.

Request to strengthen the leadership of the Northern district forestry of the Caucasus Nature Reserve

The Caucasus Nature Reserve - as a unique natural area and as one of the most problematic UNESCO World Natural Heritage sites in Russia - attracts Special attention the general public. And in this regard, it is extremely important that there is order inside the reserve, the protection of natural complexes is properly ensured and a healthy internal atmosphere reigns. Unfortunately, on the territory of one of the parts of the reserve - the Northern Forestry (in the past - the department) an extremely unhealthy situation has developed for a long period.

When this department was headed by N.S. Vorozheikin, there was a vicious practice of illegal hunting and logging with the knowledge of the department’s leadership, which caused serious damage to natural complexes and undermined the authority of the reserve among the local population, who was well informed about this situation.

Northern forestry is located on the territory of the Republic of Adygea, with the leadership of which the Caucasian Nature Reserve and the MNRE continually have problems based on the republic’s claims to the reserve’s lands. And the situation in which the reserve workers themselves violated its regime and allowed others to do this, as well as the possible corruption component of these processes, also undermined the authority of the reserve in the eyes of officials of the republic, which morally complicated interaction with them on the basis of preserving the integrity of the reserve.

This year our organization revealed facts of illegal logging on the territory of the reserve, as a result of which N.S. Vorozheikin is currently was forced to resign. However, his departure does not solve all the problems in the Northern Forestry, but only creates an opportunity for further improvement of the situation there. In order for the situation in this department, especially in the field of protection, which is now extremely neglected, to improve and for the population of the villages adjacent to the reserve to restore the authority of the reserve, it is necessary that a person who has the necessary integrity and enjoys the respect and trust of the residents be placed at the head of the forestry department and reserve workers. This must be a strong-willed leader, truly capable of establishing order and breaking the established vicious tendencies in the activities of the forestry department.

Our organization held consultations with reserve employees, both former and current, local residents, and representatives of law enforcement agencies, with whom we work together in the field of environmental protection. As a result of these consultations, our organization identified worthy candidate for the position of head of the Northern Forestry.

I ask that Alexander Ivanovich Petrenko, who already worked in this position in 2001-2002, be appointed head of the Northern Forestry of the Caucasian Nature Reserve. During this period, he showed his best side, raised high level security on the territory of the department, united the team. He has everything necessary qualities in order to properly establish environmental and economic activity in forestry.

This issue was agreed upon with A.I. Petrenko. He would very much like to return to the reserve and will soon apply for a job.

Our organization is ready to provide Petrenko A.I. various help in solving the problems of the Northern forestry, in information coverage of the activities of the forestry, the formation of a favorable image of the Caucasian reserve in the minds of the population of the villages adjacent to the reserve and the general public.

Coordinator

Rudomakha A.V.

CONTROL

Since 1924, since the formation of the Caucasian Nature Reserve, its administration was located in the village of Guzeripl, Maikop district (now the Republic of Adygea). In the 30s a building was built in Maykop for the work of department employees.

In 1970, management of the Caucasian Nature Reserve was transferred to Khosta, and in 1992 - to Adler at the address: Adler, st. K. Marx, 8, into a restored building, which is a monument of history and culture (built at the beginning of the century).

Since February 2002, Sergei Georgievich Shevelev, Candidate of Environmental Sciences, Honored Forester of the Kuban, has been awarded the Honorary Badge “For Merit in the Reserve Business” as Director of the Caucasus Nature Reserve since February 2002. During this time, it was possible to strengthen the material and technical base - new cars were purchased, an American-made automatic weather station (installed in the Khosta yew-boxwood grove), and work was carried out to promptly eliminate the consequences of flooding in the reserve, which was the result of a tornado (June 2002). 7 bridges were repaired and built across mountain rivers. A program for updating cordons (electrification, construction and renovation of housing) has been launched. Management and control of the work is carried out through planning meetings, permanent scientists and scientific and technical councils.

The department has a scientific department headed by a deputy director for scientific work. State researchers seems to be divided into two groups. A number of scientific employees work at the administration in Adler, and in the city of Maikop (the center of the Republic of Adygea) there is a scientific department of the Caucasian Nature Reserve. This is explained by the fact that the protected lands are located on the territory of three constituent entities of the Russian Federation - the Krasnodar Territory, the Republic of Adygea and the Karachay-Cherkess Republic.

Security department protected area headed by deputy The director of protection manages and monitors the work status of five inspection departments located on the territory of the reserve: Northern, Eastern, Western, Southern and Khostinsky. They are headed by Art. state inspectors. These departments employ state inspectors who are equipped with everything necessary to protect the territory. The department has created an operational group of state inspectors, which also conducts raids to protect the protected area.

The radio communications engineer is responsible for the state of communications within the reserve. IN Lately carried out big job to improve the technical level of communications in departments and at cordons. The environmental education department and the tourism and recreation department are supervised by the deputy. director of environmental education. Work is underway to develop educational tourism and recreational facilities, and events are being held to environmental education and education among the population.

Employees of the core business support department are engaged in solving business problems (organizing the repair of buildings and structures, operating vehicles, etc.)

The general department employs a HR specialist, Ch. accountant and leading specialists accounting, as well as a secretary. These employees work on personnel records, financial work, as well as working with general documents.

Director of the Federal State Budgetary Institution "Caucasian state reserve name

H.G. Shaposhnikov"

Shevelev Sergey Georgievich, born July 14, 1959

Higher education. Graduated from St. Petersburg State University. Forestry Academy named after. CM. Kirov. Qualification: forestry engineer. Honored Ecologist of Russia, Candidate of Environmental Sciences.

According to a complaint from the director of the Federal State Institution “Caucasian State Natural Biosphere Reserve named after Kh.G. Shaposhnikov" Sheveleva S.G. to a decision in a case of an administrative offense under Art. 19.7 Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation

Case no.

Accepted Adler District Court of Sochi (Krasnodar Territory)

1. March 3, 2011 Adlersky District Court of Sochi
2. Krasnodar region consisting of:
3. Presiding Fedorov E.G.
4. With the secretary of the court session Parfenova O.O.,
5. Having considered in open court the complaint of the director of the Federal State Institution “Caucasian State Natural Biosphere Reserve named after Kh.G. Shaposhnikov" Sheveleva S.G. to the Resolution in the case of an administrative offense dated February 10, 2011, issued by the magistrate of judicial district No. 88 of the Adler district of Sochi,

6. Installed:

7. By the resolution of the magistrate of judicial district No. 88 of the Adler district of Sochi dated February 10, 2011, the director of the Federal State Institution “Caucasian State Natural Biosphere Reserve named after Kh.G. Shaposhnikov" Shevelev S.G. found guilty of committing an administrative offense under the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation and was given an administrative penalty of administrative fine in the amount of 300 (three hundred) rubles.
8. Shevelev S.G. filed an appeal against the said Resolution of the Magistrate, and considers it illegal and subject to cancellation.
9. According to the complaint, when making a decision, the judge did not comprehensively and completely evaluate all the evidence obtained in the case and did not check its reliability and legality. In his opinion, Shevelev S.G., there is no event of an offense.
10. In violation of the requirements, the magistrate did not establish the true circumstances of this administrative case. Therefore, he believes that the magistrate did not fully examine the circumstances of the case. Asks the court to cancel the Resolution on the administrative offense of February 10, 2011 and terminate the proceedings in the case.
11. According to the complaint, the Department of Rosprirodnadzor for the Southern Federal District carried out a scheduled inspection of the Caucasian Nature Reserve. Based on the results of the inspection, it was concluded that the Caucasus Nature Reserve violated the Forest Code Russian Federation and the order of the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation dated July 9, 2007 No. 175 of Russia and protocols dated December 27, 2010 No. 3/10 on entity- Caucasian Reserve, and to the official - director of the Caucasian Reserve S.G. Sheveleva. Requests to take into account that the Caucasian Reserve or its director were not requested by an appropriate determination to provide the reserve with reports on the use, conservation, protection, reproduction of forests, afforestation to the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources or official of the Department of Rosprirodnadzor for the Southern Federal District. In addition, due to the frequent change of KSPBZ officials responsible for maintaining forestry documentation, the procedure for storing documentation was violated, and officials During the inspection, the Caucasian Nature Reserve failed to familiarize the inspectors of the Department of Rosprirodnadzor for the Southern Federal District with the reporting documentation on the use, protection, protection, reproduction of forests, and afforestation. Please also take into account that reports on the use, protection, protection, reproduction of forests, afforestation for the period from 2008 to 2010 were promptly submitted by the Caucasus Nature Reserve to the Department of State Policy and Regulation in the Sphere of Environmental Protection and Environmental Safety of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology Russian Federation in accordance with legal requirements. Believes that there is no event of an administrative offense. According to the letter of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation dated 02.02.2011 No. 12-46/1367, reports on the use, protection, protection, reproduction of forests, afforestation for the period from 2008 to 2010 were promptly submitted to the Department of State Policy and Regulation in the field environmental protection and environmental safety of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation.
12. The representative of the person against whom proceedings are being conducted for an administrative offense, at the court hearing, supported the arguments set out in the complaint, asked to satisfy and terminate the proceedings. At the same time, he presented to the court for review the original letter of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation dated 02.02.2011 No. 12-46/1367 and the original reports on the use, protection, protection, reproduction of forests, afforestation for the period from 2008 to 2010.
13. After listening to the representative of the person against whom the proceedings are being conducted, and having studied the materials of the case on the administrative offense, the court comes to the conclusion that it is necessary to satisfy the complaint, cancel the decision of the magistrate and terminate the proceedings on the following grounds.
14. In accordance with the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation, in a case of an administrative offense, the existence of an event of an administrative offense is subject to clarification; guilt of a person in committing an administrative offense, circumstances excluding proceedings in a case of an administrative offense, other circumstances relevant for the correct resolution of the case, as well as the reasons and conditions for committing an administrative offense.
15. Based on the provisions of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation, an administrative offense is recognized as an unlawful, guilty action (inaction) of a person for which administrative liability has been established.
16. As follows from the case materials, the Department of Rosprirodnadzor for the Southern Federal District, in accordance with the order of the Department of Rosprirodnadzor for the Southern Federal District dated November 15, 2010 No. 646 and December 15, 2010 No. 770, represented by the senior state inspector for the Southern Federal District V.G. Izyumnikov. a scheduled inspection of the Federal State Institution “Caucasian State Natural Biosphere Reserve named after Kh.G. Shaposhnikov."
17. During the inspection, it was revealed that at the time of the inspection, reports on the use, protection, reproduction of forests, and afforestation by the reserve had not been submitted to the Ministry of Russia.
18. Based on the results of the inspection, it was concluded that the Caucasus Nature Reserve violated the Forest Code of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation dated July 09, 2007, No. 175 of Russia, both in relation to the legal entity - the Caucasus Nature Reserve, and against him, as an official - the director of the Caucasus Nature Reserve, Sheveleva S. .G. protocols on administrative offenses were drawn up for committing an administrative offense under the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation.
19. According to the protocol on administrative offense dated December 27, 2010 No. 04/10, it follows that on December 27, 2010 at 12:10 p.m. Caucasian State Natural Biosphere Reserve named after Kh.G. Shaposhnikov" reports on the use, protection, protection, reproduction of forests, afforestation, which violated the Forest Code of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia dated 07/09/2007 No. 175 were not submitted.
20. As follows from the case materials, neither the Caucasus Nature Reserve nor its director was properly requested to provide reserves with reports on the use, protection, protection, reproduction of forests, afforestation by the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources or by an official of the Department of Rosprirodnadzor for the Southern Federal District.
21. As established in the court hearing, reports on the use, protection, defense, reproduction of forests, afforestation for the period from 2008 to 2010 were promptly submitted by the Caucasus Nature Reserve to the Department of State Policy and Regulation in the Sphere of Environmental Protection and Environmental Safety of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation in accordance with the Forest Code of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation dated 07/09/2007 No. 175, which is confirmed by letter No. 12-46/1367 dated 02/02/2011 of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation dated 02/02/2011 No. 12-46 /1367 and a report on the use, protection, protection, reproduction of forests, afforestation for the period from 2008 to 2010.
22. In addition, due to the frequent change of officials of the KSPBZ responsible for maintaining forestry documentation, the procedure for storing documentation was violated, and officials of the Caucasus Nature Reserve during the inspection were unable to acquaint the inspector of the Department of Rosprirodnazor for the Southern Federal District with the reporting documentation on the use, protection, protection, forest reproduction, afforestation.
23. Thus, the court considers that when the magistrate made a decision, the actions of the director of the Caucasus State Natural Biosphere Reserve named after Kh.G. Shaposhnikov” Shevelev S.G., were not qualified correctly, legally significant circumstances were not fully established.
24. In accordance with the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation, the judge is not bound by the arguments of the complaint and checks the case in full.
25. According to the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation, a person is subject to administrative liability only for those administrative offenses for which his guilt has been established.
26. In connection with the foregoing, the court considers that, taking into account the various evidence examined in this court hearing, there is no possibility of coming to a conclusion about the guilt of the director of the Federal State Institution “Caucasian State Natural Biosphere Reserve named after Kh.G. Shaposhnikov" Sheveleva S.G., in committing this administrative offense.
27. In accordance with the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation, proceedings in a case of an administrative offense cannot be started, and the started proceedings are subject to termination, in the absence of an administrative offense.
28. Taking into account the above, based on the data established at the court hearing, the court comes to the conclusion that it is necessary to satisfy the complaint, cancel the decision of the magistrate and terminate the proceedings on the basis of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation, i.e. due to the lack of corpus delicti of an administrative offence.
29. Based on the above, guided by Article 30.7. – 30.8. , court Resolution of the magistrate of judicial district No. 88 of the Adler district of the city of Sochi dated February 10, 2011 regarding the director of the Federal State Institution “Caucasian State Natural Biosphere Reserve named after Kh.G. Shaposhnikov” Shevelev S.G., - cancel, terminate the case based on the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation, i.e. due to the lack of corpus delicti of an administrative offence.
30. A copy of this decision should be sent for information to the official director of the Federal State Institution “Caucasian State Natural Biosphere Reserve named after Kh.G. Shaposhnikov" Shevelev S.G.
31. The decision comes into force from the moment it is made.
32. The decision can be appealed to the Krasnodar Regional Court in accordance with the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation.
33. The decision was made in the deliberation room.
34. Judge of the Adler District Court E.G. Fedorov

“They bring it in by helicopter, they shoot at the deer from above and fly away.”

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“Medvedev also came to fish”

Sofia Rusova

The Caucasus Reserve - a UNESCO protected natural heritage site - has become favorite place for illegal hunting and fishing of Russian officials, security forces and judges. Fished here and Dmitry Medvedev, but especially for Vladimir Putin The Lunnaya Polyana complex was built here (illegally). After the director of the reserve quarreled with his common-law wife The Insider has obtained a lot of new evidence of organized poaching business and illegal buildings on the lands of the reserve.

The Caucasian Biosphere Reserve begins a stone's throw from the expensive nightclubs and casinos of Krasnaya Polyana. This is one of 11 Russian UNESCO natural heritage sites. The reserve is one of the most visited in the country, although getting there is not so easy - you need to ask for permission and receive a special pass, and this is fair, since we are talking about specially protected natural complexes, a treasure trove of biological diversity.

But it’s not just hikers with a backpack and a tent who flock here. Forbidden hunting and fishing are a favorite pastime for many officials of various calibers. [...] According to the staff of the reserve, the situation is becoming more unhealthy every day because of this. People who depend financially on the reserve are afraid to give their names, but after the checks began, some of them took it upon themselves to speak anonymously.

These checks began in January: the Investigative Committee of the Adler District of Sochi received a statement from one of the former employees demanding to initiate a criminal case against the director of the Caucasus Nature Reserve Sergei Shevelev under an article on fraud (Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). These materials were transferred to the First Department for Investigation of Particularly Important Cases of the Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee for Krasnodar region. At the same time, as The Insider learned, the Ministry of Natural Resources is preparing to conduct its own inspection to determine if the director of the reserve exceeds his powers.

Director nicknamed "the beast"

Stories about the harsh character of the director of the Caucasian Nature Reserve Sergei Shevelev have been circulating for a long time: his subordinates call him a “beast” behind his back. Employees told The Insider's correspondent that at meetings they get violent: the boss can throw an ashtray in the face, or stick a pen into the shoulder in a fit of anger. The director of the reserve is the type of person who enjoys power and the opportunity to humiliate others. He can publicly beat up ordinary forest inspectors, but they are forced to remain obediently silent.

As employees say, their financial condition depends entirely on the personal attitude of the director. Shevelev does not accept any objections and likes to repeat among workers that he is “the best director of the reserve that has ever been.” In this case, the final salary consists of the salary tariff rate, awards. The director himself sets the amount of these additional payments and allowances, but can also impose a penalty, and in fact a fine. No one wants to quarrel with him, not only because of financial dependence: many of the employees are people sincerely devoted to the conservation work and protection of the nature of the Caucasus. You have to endure humiliation and turn a blind eye to many things.

But Shevelev allows himself to behave this way only with his subordinates. He is courteous and friendly with important people. After all, it was the ability to make friends with the right people that allowed him to be a permanent director for sixteen years. Let us note, however, that Shevelev began as a simple forester. How did he manage to become an influential and wealthy man?

Not everyone remembers that Victor Chernomyrdin was a big fan of hunting. The natives say that it was Shevelev, who then worked as the head of the reserve’s security, who organized the hunt for him. Chernomyrdin loved to hunt bears. The permanent Prime Minister Yeltsin even planned to build a house in Krasnaya Polyana, but did not have time. It cannot be said that Chernomyrdin was original in this. Occasionally, poaching came to the attention of law enforcement officers, as was the case not so long ago in the case of high-ranking officials of the Krasnodar Territory and the Presidential Administration, when the fact of the hunt was confirmed even by the Investigative Committee.

[ewnc.org, 02/07/2018, “The Investigative Committee confirmed that officials of Moldovanov and Koloskov hunted near Gelendzhiklm”: The story of a boar poaching involving a group of high-ranking officials, which we have already talked about more than once, has developed into a detective story. We were able to obtain official confirmation that officials from the regional department of Rosprirodnadzor and the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Krasnodar Territory were indeed hunting in the area of ​​the village of Tekos in December 2017. The location of the action was also confirmed - the hunting estate of Vostok-Zapad LLC (the same one that is headed by the son of the head of the Main Directorate Catering Administration of the President of the Russian Federation Bolat Zakaryanov).
Let us remind you that on December 9 last year, in the area of ​​​​the village of Tekos, employees of the Russian Guard detained a group of hunters, in whom a dead boar was found. According to the information available to EcoWatch, the hunters were unable to produce a license to hunt this animal, or a permit giving the right to hunt on the territory of the East-West hunting reserve (this is where the detention took place).
But the most interesting thing became clear when identifying the detainees: among them were the head of the Main Directorate of Public Catering of the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation Bolat Zakaryanov (known as one of their former leaders LLC "UK "Investstroy", to which the so-called "Putin's palace" near the village of Praskoveevka), head of the Office of Rosprirodnadzor for the Krasnodar Territory Roman Moldovanov, as well as head of the Department for Protection, Federal State Supervision and Regulation of the Use of Fauna and Their Habitats of the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Krasnodar Territory Andrey Koloskov, together with two of his subordinates.
At the end of December, information appeared that the Office of the Investigative Committee for the Krasnodar Territory began an investigation at the request of EcoWatch, but - as is now known - also at the request of the alleged poachers themselves, who accused EcoWatch of “false denunciation.”
This information was clarified from the response of the investigator of the Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of Russia for the Krasnodar Territory, Inver Kunov [...]. - Insert K.ru]

But as a rule, officials turn a blind eye to poaching, although it is serious criminal offense. Several sources told The Insider about a well-organized hunting system in the Caucasus Nature Reserve.

The main VIP hunts are organized from the Umpyr and Chernorechye cordons, say reserve staff. Shevelev himself has not been involved in the technical side for a long time; this is entrusted to his deputy for security, Gennady Pilipenko. Shevelev only communicates with guests. Among the hunters there were federal judges, employees of the FSB, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and show business stars. They usually found out about this only in the event of serious incidents. Thus, according to Ecowatch, in 2015, the head of the Lazarevsky district of Sochi, Sergei Polyansky, died while hunting wild boar in national park.

“There are hunting lodges in the Caucasus Nature Reserve, but they are almost never used - VIP hunters are brought in by helicopter, they shoot at the deer from above and fly away,” said Dmitry Shevchenko, deputy coordinator of the “Ecological Watch in the North Caucasus.” As explained in the reserve, most often guests hunt bear, aurochs and deer. The West Caucasian tur (or goat) is estimated to be International Union conservation of endangered species.

There are witnesses to the hunt by Andrei Krainik, who headed the Caucasus branch of Megafon, and the deputy chairman of the Adler district court Andrei Tivodar. Also, former and current employees of the reserve are ready to talk about cases of hunting directly to the investigative authorities, in the event that real and not fictitious checks are carried out.

After the presidential “castling” of 2012, the head of the Eastern Department of Protection of the Caucasus Nature Reserve, Viktor Bulgakov, helped organize a fishing trip for Dmitry Medvedev. The Prime Minister, accompanied by the Federal Security Service and the director of the reserve, arrived by several helicopters, went fishing, had a picnic and flew away. After this, significant budget money was allocated to support the work of the reserve. Billboards announcing the prohibition of not only hunting, but also fishing, are clearly visible on the territory of the reserve and at the entrance to it.

At the same time, no one saw Vladimir Putin, who often visited Sochi, in the reserve. Perhaps because far in its depths there is a complex inaccessible to prying eyes “Moonlight Glade”, which can only be reached by helicopter.

“Cordon Pslukh generally exists only for personal enrichment purposes. The wooden houses that stand there are used with a bang for renting to the right people and not always at least something goes to the cash register. The same thing happens at the Aviary complex: houses are rented out for the night for dates, and money for the bathhouse that operates there often does not go through officially. All proceeds from it go personally into Shevelev’s pocket,” the employees say.

Shevelev’s organization of hunting and leisure activities for the right people turned out to be a convenient way to acquire connections and high patrons. And in turn, they help their son’s career: Nikolai Sergeevich Shevelev was appointed by presidential decree in 2012 as a federal judge of the Central District Court of Sochi. Becoming a federal judge at age 29, while having a relative with a criminal record on your wife’s side, is a rare success. People from the director’s circle say that for this purpose he flew to Moscow more than once to visit the highest-ranking officials.

Meeting Khodorkovsky

Acquaintance with Chernomyrdin and other officials led to career growth. At first, Shevelev was appointed head of the reserve’s protection department, and since 2002, director. In order to build a “small candle factory”, somewhat different connections were required. Moreover, it was at this time that oil prices began to rise, and really big money flowed into Russia. Mikhail Khodorkovsky My friends and I came to the reserve with several jeeps and asked for a test drive. He drove around the reserve for a long time until the jeeps were “killed”. As gratitude, Shevelev received a large sum, with which I bought my first UAZ to give rides to guests, and made some repairs in my office.

Later, when Khodorkovsky started having problems with the authorities, they remembered his visit to the reserve. In the minutes of the court hearing in the case Leonida Nevzlin On May 28, 2008, at which the trip was discussed, the interrogation of Sergei Shevelev was reflected. An excerpt is given in the book by journalist Vera Vasilyeva “ Alexey Pichugin– paths and crossroads (biographical sketch)”:

“Prosecutor Alexander Kublyakov (addressing Sergei Shevelev): “In your presence, how did Pichugin communicate with the management of NK YUKOS - on an equal footing or on the sidelines?” Sergei Shevelev: "No, not on equal terms. We were on equal terms Lebedev, Shakhnovsky, Nevzlin and Khodorkovsky. Pichugin could have said “clean up here, drive the car there” and so on.” Lawyer Dmitry Kharitonov: “Did he [Pichugin] organize everything for them?” Sergei Shevelev: “Yes, that is, he said where we were going and so on, organized a kind of vacation.”

"Governor's Dacha"

In 2005, a residential complex located on the territory of the reserve in the area of ​​Mount Aishkha-2 was put into operation. Officially he was transferred to operational management state budgetary institution Krasnodar Territory "Resorts of the Krasnodar Territory". People called the building “the governor’s dacha.” Budget money was allocated for its construction on the initiative of Alexandra Tkacheva, who apparently wanted to make his residence in this place. At that time, these were still reserve lands, on which a strict security regime was in effect, and the project itself was illegal.

For some reason, however, Tkachev changed his mind. Now these two are big wooden houses fully furnished ended up in the private property of Shevelev’s close friend, entrepreneur Genrikh Zakaryan. This happened in June last year, as a result of an auction for the sale of especially valuable state property of the Krasnodar Territory, where Zakarian was the only participant.

Henrikh Zakarian

According to the law, private property cannot be located in the reserve: houses had to be dismantled and removed. But they stand there to this day and enjoy the protection of the reserve. According to eyewitnesses, Shevelev has been using them all these years as his own dacha and inviting distinguished guests there. The buildings are served by hired workers, cleaners, cooks... “In general, over the past three or four years, the reserve has turned into some kind of private shop for Shevelev specifically for “walking” guests and expanding connections,” say the reserve’s employees.

However, you cannot build a permanent business simply on connections and the use of state property. A legal entity is required. But for the director of a state-owned enterprise this can be difficult.

Where did a certain entrepreneur Zakaryan get such privileges? How did he manage to be the only participant in the competition and become the owner of a house that, by law, cannot be owned? It's simple, Zakarian is Shevelev's business partner.

Plum

According to the declaration, in 2016 Sergei Shevelev’s income amounted to as much as 76 million rubles. For some reason, this did not raise questions either from the Ministry of Natural Resources, or from the investigative authorities, or from the professional community. But that’s not what’s interesting, but the variation in declared income. For example, in 2012-2014, Shevelev’s income, according to the “Declarator” project, consistently amounted to about 4.5 million rubles per year. And in 2015 they suddenly dropped sharply to 863 thousand. What happened? Was the director deprived of his bonus? No, apparently, 863 thousand declared in 2015 is his salary. And millions in other years came from completely different sources.

In 2013, Sergey Shevelev registered as individual entrepreneur at the Interdistrict Inspectorate of the Federal Tax Service No. 16 for the Krasnodar Territory. The main type of activity was declared to be “activities for providing places for temporary residence,” that is, the hotel business. Shevelev, strictly speaking, is not a civil servant, but only the director of a federal state unitary enterprise, and an unconditional ban on employment entrepreneurial activity does not apply to him. But since we are still talking about a state-owned enterprise, there are restrictions: he must seek permission from the ministry. And in in this case The ministry should have refused him - after all, there was a clear conflict of interest.

Khomutovsky Dvorik Complex is located in Esto-Sadok, 500 meters from the Karusel-1 ski lift and 1.6 km from the Laura ski lift. According to the booking.com website, they are ready to welcome guests here at the end of March for 60 thousand rubles for two nights in a cottage with four bedrooms. Simple arithmetic shows that the declared rental income of 4 million per year is quite modest. But perhaps not all income from the rental of real estate necessarily passed through the cash register.

According to an extract from the Unified State Register of Real Estate, the houses were owned by Sergei Shevelev until March 2016. Then he sold them to the owner of the Sochi Skypark, Dmitry Fedin. Apparently, this is exactly how the 76 million declared by Shevelev for this year was formed. In April 2017, the individual entrepreneur was liquidated. Fedin, together with Zakarian (the current owner of the “governor’s dacha”) are co-owners of NAMASTE LLC, whose main activity is restaurants and food delivery. And their second common business is PARA-GUID LLC, which deals with real estate.

Family contract

Perhaps we would know much less about Shevelev if it were not for his wife. He did not formalize his marriage to Vilena Voinova, who lived with him for more than 10 years and gave birth to a son. But he conducted general affairs. Voinova became director and founder construction company Stroy Bat LLC. From 2011 to 2013, the company entered into contracts for construction work in the reserve for a total amount of more than 20 million per year. Later the company was repurposed, and Voinova opened a successful beauty salon in the center of Sochi. Sergey Shevelev financially participated in its creation.

In 2016, according to Voinova, Shevelev forced her to sign a loan agreement in the amount of 6 million rubles, which she did not actually receive. Voinova was explained that in this way she was legalizing the funds with which the salon was opened, and about the origin of which questions could arise for her husband. But later, the Adler District Court of Sochi recovered these 6 million rubles from Voinova, and as a result, all the property of the Prana beauty salon was re-registered to a certain Anna Chakryan.

Vilena Voinova herself speaks about what happened: “In March 2016, when criminal prosecution began against Sergei Georgievich for theft of state Money in particular large sizes, he sent Henrikh Zakarian, who was his friend, to me with a request to sign retroactively, namely on July 15, 2012, the loan agreement prepared in advance by Shevelev. I entered my data into it myself, as well as the fact that I allegedly borrowed 6 million from Zakarian to open the Prana beauty salon.

Now Voinova’s statements about the fraudulent actions of Shevelev and Chakryan are being dealt with by the department for investigating particularly important cases of the investigative department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Krasnodar Territory.

Having fallen out of favor with her husband after the birth of her child, Vilena Voinova was forced to leave Sochi, losing both her business and her home. At the end of last year she filed for alimony, and now, according to her, from ex-husband threats are coming.

To clarify some details of this investigation, the editors sent a request to the reserve. There was no official reaction. But when the material was already ready for publication, a certain woman with a characteristic Kuban dialect called from a number registered in Krasnodar region, and introduced herself" an individual" The woman said that The Insider correspondent tried to blackmail her (she found it difficult to explain with what exactly). The Insider editors suggest that this call can be considered a kind of response to our request.

Person involved in the investigation into corruption and poaching Sergei Shevelev, director of the Caucasus State biosphere reserve, sued The Insider, the author of the article Sofya Rusova and former employee reserve Vilenu Voinov. The lawsuit stems from a text published on February 15, 2018. It is curious that, judging by the lawsuit, Shevelev seeks to refute only some information about illegal hunting and the facts of his personal biography, but does not deny information about a dacha built illegally in the reserve.

Let us remind you that as part of this investigation, The Insider spoke with employees of the reserve, who told how poaching is organized in the reserve. According to employees, among the hunters there were federal judges, employees of the FSB, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and show business stars. The general public usually found out about this only in the event of serious incidents. Thus, according to Ecowatch, in 2015, the head of the Lazarevsky district of Sochi, Sergei Polyansky, died while hunting wild boar in the national park. Shevelev himself, according to employees, has not been involved in the technical side for a long time; at the time of writing the investigation, this was entrusted to his deputy for security, Gennady Pilipenko, while Shevelev only communicates with guests.

The investigation also mentioned that in 2005, in the protected area there was a residential complex in the area of ​​Mount Aishkha-2, known as the “governor’s dacha.” Budget money was allocated for its construction on the initiative of Alexander Tkachev, who apparently wanted to make his residence in this place. At that time, these were still reserve lands, on which a strict security regime was in effect, and the project itself was illegal. For some reason, however, Tkachev changed his mind, and now these two large wooden houses, fully furnished, after an auction with a single participant, ended up in the private property of Shevelev’s close friend and business partner, entrepreneur Henrikh Zakaryan. According to eyewitnesses, Shevelev has been using them all these years as his own dacha and inviting distinguished guests there. The buildings are maintained by hired workers, cleaners and cooks.

In his lawsuit, Shevelev does not mention information about the dacha as unreliable, but quotes only fragments associated with his former common-law wife Vilena Voinova, with whom they lived together for 10 years and, according to her, have a common child (Shevelev himself, after a conflict with Voinova, refused the child). Vilena Voinova, for her part, is ready to prove in court that everything she said earlier about her ex-husband’s machinations is true.

Shevelev himself again refused to comment to The Insider, citing being busy. The Insider also intends to petition the court to conduct an inspection of the Investigative Committee for illegal hunting in the reserve and illegal construction of a summer house there.