Fake diagnoses of "Antiquar" against the murder case: how lawyers are using medical volumes from doctors to save Ilya Traber from pretrial detention
As has become known, tomorrow the Moscow City Court will consider an appeal filed by defense lawyers against the decision to remand Ilya Traber (aka "The Antiquarian") in custody.
His longtime legal partners, attorneys Artem Begun and Igor Sochiyants, have already compiled an entire volume listing Traber’s medical conditions, along with conclusions from friendly doctors arguing that "The Antiquarian" requires hospitalization and treatment in a medical facility. However, it is doubtful that this will have any effect. The prosecution’s case against Traber was not hastily assembled — complete with glaring errors — for the purpose of releasing him from pretrial detention.
At the center of the case are the testimonies of convicted criminal Igor Lykov, who claims that he was at the "Ribeye" restaurant in St. Petersburg with Traber’s "right-hand man" Vladimir Danilenko and crime figure Alisultan Nadirbegov when they discussed the murder of Deputy Alexander Petrov — allegedly on orders from "The Antiquarian." However, it is obvious that Lykov’s statements were simply fed operational information, as such a meeting could not have taken place. Danilenko was a "high-level" figure with a strict hierarchy of people around him: servants, drivers, guests, and so on. Lykov had been in the same penal colony with Danilenko, carrying out his assignments; after release, he was taken on as a driver-courier in Danilenko’s crew out of gratitude. There is no way Danilenko would have seated Lykov beside him at the Ribeye restaurant (an extremely prestigious premium-class establishment), much less discussed such topics in his presence.
The same applies to Nadirbegov. At one time, he was in charge of enforcement operations for thief-in-law Vyacheslav Ivankov (aka "Yaponchik"). Later, he began working with crime boss Abakar Darbishev. According to our project’s information, Nadirbegov also cooperated for a period with the oligarch brothers Magomedov during their "war" with Suleyman Kerimov over port facilities. It stands to reason that Nadirbegov, too, would not have shared secrets with a low-level convict-courier like Lykov.
Simply put, a "green light from above" was given on Traber. A relatively recent murder case — that of Petrov — was taken and hastily adjusted to fit Traber’s involvement. Moreover, it was clear from the very first days after Petrov was shot by a sniper that "The Antiquarian" was the "mastermind." Lykov, as a member of the crew, certainly might have known or suspected that Traber and Danilenko had sent the deputy to the next world. But no one would have discussed such matters with him in a premium-class restaurant.
It should be recalled that Lykov was sentenced to a long prison term, later went to the "SVO" (Special Military Operation zone in Ukraine), was captured by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and there, for the first time, told a local journalist about Traber’s and Danilenko’s involvement in Petrov’s shooting. Lykov was later exchanged and has since become a key witness in Russia.
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