Biography of a seagull. And the head of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, considers the work model of his department “one of the best in the world.”

Member of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.

Yuri Chaika was born on May 21, 1951 in the city of Nikolaevsk-on-Amur, Khabarovsk Territory. His father, Yakov Mikhailovich, was the secretary of the Nikolaev city committee of the CPSU, and his mother, Maria Ivanovna, worked as a mathematics teacher, and later became a school director. The future Prosecutor General was the youngest in the family - he has three more older brothers and sisters.

Yuri Yakovlevich's childhood and school years passed as usual. He graduated from local school No. 4, and upon graduation he entered the Polytechnic Institute at the Faculty of Shipbuilding. After 1.5 years of study, Chaika left the university and went to work as an electrician at a shipbuilding plant. In the period 1970-72, he completed military service in the ranks of the Soviet army, and then decided to get a higher education and entered the Sverdlovsk Law Institute at the Faculty of Law.

It was during this period that he met Yuri Skuratov, who, after the collapse of the USSR, served as Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation. This fateful acquaintance played a key role in the successful career of a lawyer, since thanks to him, Chaika was able to rise from the position of an ordinary investigator to the highest rank in the Russian prosecutor's office and firmly remain in the prosecutor's chair for many years.

Yuri Chaika’s prosecutorial career started in the Ust-Udinsky District Prosecutor’s Office as a deputy interdistrict prosecutor. From 1979 to 1985, he worked in the East Siberian Transport Prosecutor's Office, from where he was transferred to the Irkutsk Regional Prosecutor's Office, which he headed from 1992 to 1995.

At that time, Yuri Yakovlevich became famous for being the first Russian prosecutor to send a criminal case to court under the article “Banditry,” which attracted the attention of the country’s leading prosecutors. Thanks to this, his friend from the institute, Yuri Skuratov, who at that time headed the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation, remembered him. He appointed Chaika as his first deputy, as he considered him a professional in his field after working in the Irkutsk region, which at that time was one of the most difficult crime-prone regions.

In 1999, after Yuri Sakurov was removed from office, Chaika was appointed acting prosecutor general of the country, after which he headed the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation, where he proved himself to be an energetic, demanding and tough official in the fight against crime. Thanks to this, he was able to carry out fundamental changes in the country’s criminal legislation, which made it possible to reduce the number of prisoners in the Russian Federation by almost 200 thousand people. Chaika also created the Office for the observance of the rights of citizens serving sentences in prison. Yuri Chaika's achievements as Minister of Justice also include the adoption of a law on non-profit organizations and the abolition of the death penalty in Russia.

In 2006, on June 23, he was appointed Prosecutor General of the country, a position he held for the second term. During this period, he was responsible for the disclosure of many high-profile crimes related to corruption and the rotation of personnel in the department was carried out, which made it possible to make the activities of the Russian prosecutor's office transparent and expand public understanding of the plans being implemented in the country. Class rank - actual state councilor of justice.

Married, has two sons: Artyom and Igor.

Has State awards: Order of Merit for the Fatherland, II degree; Order of Merit for the Fatherland, III degree; Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree; Order of Alexander Nevsky; Order of Honor; Order of Honor; Zhukov Medal; Jubilee medal “300 years of the Russian Navy”; Medal “In Memory of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow”; Honored Lawyer of the Russian Federation.

Yakovlevich is a politician who, thanks to his talents and successful contacts, managed to hold senior government positions for 20 years.

Chaika’s career began with a post in the Ministry of Justice, then he moved to serve in the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation, which he later began to lead as prosecutor general. He was appointed to this post several times.

The fact is that the majority of the country's population knows Yu.Ya. Chaika, first of all, as the country's chief prosecutor. After all, it is the activities of the Prosecutor General that attracts significant public attention. Yes, scandals in his political activities occurred often.

Despite this, prosecutor Chaika successfully continued to monitor compliance with the laws of the Russian Federation and build his public career. Where did it all begin? It is worth considering in detail the biography of prosecutor Yuri Chaika. It will help answer many questions.

Childhood

Yuri Yakovlevich Chaika was born back in 1951, namely on May 21, in the city of Nikolaevsk-on-Amur, which is located a few kilometers from Sakhalin Island. Yuri was the youngest in the family. Before him, three more children were born in the family.

Parents

Yuri's father was Yakov Mikhailovich, who was also in public service and served as secretary of the city committee of the CPSU in his hometown. It is not at all surprising why the son chose a career as a civil servant and also went into politics. The boy's mother is Maria Ivanovna. The woman began her career in a regular school as an ordinary mathematics teacher, and later took the post of school director.

School years

The child’s childhood and school years were the same as those of the vast majority of children in the Soviet Union.

He graduated from school number 4, and then entered the Polytechnic Institute at the Faculty of Shipbuilding. After studying for a year and a half, Yuri decides to quit studying and start working. He chose a position as an electrician at a shipyard. From 1970 to 1972 the future prosecutor served in the army of the Soviet Union.

Fateful acquaintance

After completing his military service, the young man decided to continue his studies, but in a different field. So he entered the law school at the Faculty of Law.

It was here that he managed to meet Yuri Skuratov. This man subsequently took the position of prosecutor of the Russian Federation after the USSR ceased to exist.

Many of Yuri Chaika’s acquaintances claim that it was his acquaintance with Skuratov that helped the official build a serious career and maintain a high government position for many years.

Serving in the authorities

The official began his prosecutorial career as an interdistrict prosecutor. In the period 1979-1985 he worked in the East Siberian Transport Prosecutor's Office. Then from his position he was transferred to Irkutsk, where he worked until 1995.

During these periods of work, prosecutor Yu. Ya. Chaika was able to glorify himself even at a high management level, to which he had no direct connection. It was at his instigation that a high-profile case under the article “Banditry” was brought to court. Thanks to this incident, I remembered my old acquaintance and decided to appoint him as my deputy.

In 1999, Skuratov was removed from office. Prosecutor Chaika became acting and then officially headed the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation. In this position, he proved himself to be a courageous, energetic, demanding and even somewhat tough leader.

The new boss was always ready to fight all kinds of injustice. Such productive work entailed a number of changes at the state level. For example, some laws were adjusted, and during the period of work the number of convicts decreased.

Under the strict leadership of Chaika, a special authority was created that monitored the observance of human rights in places of detention. Also thanks to Chaika, a law on non-profit associations was adopted. In addition, a decision was made to abolish the death penalty on the territory of the Russian Federation.

Such active activity could not go unnoticed by the leader of the Russian Federation V.V. Putin. Yuri Chaika and Putin apparently found a common language. The latter fully approved of the work of the prosecutor and was ready to promote new changes.

In 2006, by a special resolution, Chaika was appointed to the post of Prosecutor General. The work was not new to him. During the period of activity of the official and his team, a huge number of crimes were solved. The new leader has devoted a lot of effort to making the work of the state prosecutor's office transparent and accessible to citizens of the country.

Scandals

Prosecutor Chaika has repeatedly become involved in professional scandals. One of the high-profile cases was the case of an underground casino in the Moscow region. At first, Chaika was accused of being an official covering up this casino, since his son ran the establishment. Over time, of course, the real criminals were found and punished to the fullest extent of the law.

Another high-profile scandal broke out in 2015. The son of the prosecutor again became his defendant. One of the State Duma deputies accused the family of Yuri Chaika of having an illegal family business.

It was also said that the prosecutor and his family are investing huge amounts of money in real estate in Greece. According to prosecutors, the prosecutor received money through corruption schemes. Chaika’s reaction was natural: he denied everything.

Similar accusations were made by Alexei Navalny. He also conducted a number of investigations that yielded convincing results. He was able to uncover a number of facts of violations, and at the end he made a film in which he spoke in detail about the investigation.

Later, the prosecutor gave an interview in which he said that he did not provide any help to his sons; they were completely independent people and could achieve success on their own. Regarding the film, it was stated that this was a commissioned work, the initiative to create this film came from government agencies of other countries who want to harm the reputation of the Russian Federation and its officials, but, unfortunately, the facts that would confirm these statements were not publicly presented.

About personal life

The personal life of a prosecutor can be called constant and stable. As a young man, he met a girl, Elena, who later became the wife of Yuri Chaika. They got married in 1974. By education, the prosecutor's wife is a teacher. When children appeared in the family, the woman abandoned her teaching career and devoted herself entirely to raising them.

Children

Two boys were born into the family of Yuri and Elena, who were named Andrei and Igor. Their dates of birth are 1975 and 1988 respectively. It is the children of Yuri Chaika that are of great public interest. The thing is that sons regularly become involved in high-profile cases and scandals. They are often accused of illegal and illegal activities and receiving illegal income. The sons decided to follow in their father’s footsteps in their profession and also receive a legal education. At the moment they manage several companies and run a successful business.

Family income

Having studied the income of Chaika Yu. Ya., we can say that the family lives well. Data on profits received for 2014 are known.

The official’s income was ₽ 8,500,000. In 2016, his income increased significantly: he began to receive ₽ 9,200,000.
His wife earned ₽ 8,200,000.
There is no real estate registered to Yuri Chaika, he only owns a rare car: the famous “Chaika”, which was produced in a small series in the USSR.
The prosecutor, together with his wife, owns an apartment of 203 square meters. m.

Official Awards

As an active civil servant and a person with the rank of Actual State Counselor of Justice (the title of Yuri Chaika is the highest rank in the prosecutor's office), he has many awards, namely:

Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", which has the 2nd degree;
Order of Merit for the Fatherland, which has the third degree;
Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", which has the IV degree;
Order of Alexander Nevsky;
Order of Honor;
award “Honored Lawyer of the Russian Federation”;
award "Honorary Worker of the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation."

Books and interviews

The Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation, Yuri Chaika, is the co-author of the book “The Constitution of the Russian Federation: Stability and Development of Society,” which began publication in 2004.

Yuri Chaika also took part in several interviews as an interviewee:

interview with Minister of Justice Yu. Ya. Chaika;
prosecutor's office - state attorney for legal affairs;
“I came to the Prosecutor’s Office as a public assistant...”

Activities to date

To date, Chaika Yu. Ya. continues his active political activities and is not going to give up his position. Yuri Chaika apparently has no intention of resigning.

For example, in 2017 he demanded new powers from the Government. Chaika considers it quite fair if his department has the right to make arrests.

The prosecutor is confident that the investigative authorities should play the role of an instrument in the hands of the prosecutor's office. The official continues to insist on his proposals, believing that this is necessary for the reorganization of the state. He argues that the state will face a bad fate in the future if a number of changes (in particular, those proposed by him) are not carried out.

Recently, the Prosecutor General gave a report to the Federation Council, where he argued that over the past few years, employees of the Investigative Committee have illegally detained a large number of people. The charges were handed down in the same way. The prosecutor once again insisted on revising some laws and improving human rights.

Yuri Chaika also made the following statement: “When the constitutional rights of citizens are affected, such actions must be sanctioned by the prosecutor. Throughout the world, the prosecutor performs one of two functions: he investigates the criminal case himself or leads the investigation. In Russia, unfortunately, there is neither one nor the other function.”

According to Chaika, it is necessary to change the detention procedure itself. Usually, before going to court, the suspect is detained and put in a pre-trial detention center. The Prosecutor General claims that such actions require the sanction of the Prosecutor's Office, otherwise a violation of human rights may occur. The Government and legislators of the Russian Federation are in no hurry to introduce such changes.

According to experts, unpleasant relations have long developed between the prosecutor's office and the investigative committee, which significantly affects the results of their work. In fact, these structures are engaged in a silent struggle, thereby trying to gain supremacy. They fight to expand their own rights and, to some extent, forget about their direct responsibilities.

In the summer of 2017, Chaika put forward a statement that he intended to conduct inspections related to the import of various vegetables and fruits into the country.

This order was made by the President, and the official is obliged to fulfill it by the end of the year. A number of investigations were carried out, which were quite productive. During the events, federal resources were redirected. The work was approved by the Government, which encourages the initiative to help the domestic agricultural business.

Thus, we can characterize Yuri Yakovlevich Chaika - the current Prosecutor General - as a clearly extraordinary person, active, nevertheless, not forgetting about his interests when promoting the interests of the state.

He did a lot for the country and its citizens, but he could not avoid participating in various economic and corruption scandals. It is difficult to judge how true they are, but the very fact of their existence cannot be denied.

One of the most “long-lasting” representatives of the bureaucracy. Yuri Chaika has held senior positions in justice agencies since the 1980s. Despite many years of experience and an abundance of state awards, it has an extremely dubious reputation. Facts about the corrupt activities of the Chaika family have surfaced more than once in public discussion. Despite this, he continues to head the prosecutor's office. The current tenure for the position is 12 years.

early years

At the time of writing, Yuri Chaika is 67 years old. He was born in the town Nikolaevsk-on-Amur, which is in the Khabarovsk Territory. The ancestors came from the Kuban Cossacks. The grandfather of the future Prosecutor General fought in the Civil War on the side of the “whites” and died. My father left for the Far East, fearing dispossession and that information about a white relative would come to light. In Nikolaevsk-on-Amur, Yakov Chaika was active in party work, and subsequently headed the local cell of the Communist Party. He first worked as a teacher, and later filled the position of engineer at a local enterprise.

There is little information about Yuri Yakovlevich’s mother. Name was Maria Ivanovna. She was engaged in pedagogy and was a school director. She died in 1986. Her husband Yakov died three years later. In addition to Yuri, the family had three more children:

Edward is the oldest child, born in 1940. There is no reliable information about the time of birth of the sisters. According to his brother, Yuri Chaika studied quite well at school and was an exemplary teenager. In the period 1968-1970, the future Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation studied at a local polytechnic university. In 1970, Yuri Chaika dropped out of school and went to work as an electrician at a shipbuilding enterprise.

Until 1972 he served in the Soviet army. The unit is located in Khabarovsk. After the army, Yuri Yakovlevich again thinks about higher education and enters the Sverdlovsk Law Institute, which he graduates by 1976. His specialty is jurisprudence. From this moment, the rapid career growth of Yu. Chaika begins.

Service in the authorities

Yuri Skuratov, the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation during the era of the presidency, studied at the institute together with Chaika. One of Yuri’s university mentors was Veniamin Yakovlev- Now one of Putin's assistants. After receiving his diploma, Chaika serves on assignment - he is sent to the district police department in Ust-Udinsk, Irkutsk region. There he held the position of investigator, but quickly rose to the rank of deputy head of the district prosecutor's office. In 1979, Yuri Yakovlevich Chaika joined the Taishet Transport Prosecutor's Office.

Four years later, Yuri Yakovlevich again took another step towards the top of his prosecutorial career. He was promoted to head of the East Siberian Transport Prosecutor's Office. Chaika’s career gained momentum not so much because of his outstanding performance indicators, but because of his active party work. Chaika always took an active political position, which by 1984 allowed him to obtain the position of party instructor in the Irkutsk branch of the CPSU.

Since 1986, he served as first deputy prosecutor of the Irkutsk region. At the same time, he headed the investigation department in this department. Yuri Yakovlevich did not work at the regional prosecutor's office for long: in 1998, he took over the leadership of the legal department of the Irkutsk regional committee of the CPSU. But he did not stay in this position either - in 1990 he returned to serve in the transport prosecutor's office, and since 1992 he headed the regional prosecutor's office.

At the turn of the 80-90s, the first rumors began to circulate that the official was involved in corruption schemes and was actively in contact with criminal groups in the Irkutsk region. The media claimed that Yuri Chaika was involved in the collapse of the criminal case of the Ozdoev brothers. In 1992, an employee systematically referred for additional investigation the case of Mr. Nebudchikov, the leader of a local organized crime group that engaged in racketeering and contract killings. Due to procedural delays, the case fell apart. And Mr. Nebudchikov turned out to be Nikolay Nebudchikov- an old friend of our hero and a former employee of the Ust-Udinsky District Department of Internal Affairs.

Another dubious episode in Chaika’s career happened closer to his move to Moscow. In 1995, employees of the Irkutsk RUBOP busted an elite private brothel that served prosecutors and security officials. Chaika put pressure on the head of the department and the case was dropped.

During the same period, in the regional center, under the direct patronage of the future Prosecutor General, the construction of law school buildings began. Later, when reconciling financial estimates, the fact of theft was revealed in an amount equivalent to a million dollars. The case materials were received by the local FSB department. Pressure was put on the employees and the case happily fell apart.

In 2001, one colleague gave an interview "Novaya Gazeta" and described the then prosecutor of the Irkutsk region as a very mediocre investigator and lawyer. At the same time, he noted Chaika’s well-developed abilities as a lobbyist and organizer of elite vacations for his superiors. The same article by Novaya Gazeta notes that Yuri Chaika radically changed the personnel of the local prosecutor's office, which became the reason for many outright leaks of investigative information to third parties.

The Moscow period of service in leadership positions began in 1995, when Chaika, with the assistance of his classmate Skuratova got a deputy position Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation. A year later, he was awarded the rank of First Class Counselor of Justice. Also in 1996, Chaika was given control of the legendary criminal case about " copier box"The materials of the case clearly indicated that the headquarters openly violated the rules of financing election campaigns. Yuri Chaika, with the same level of skill, stopped the investigation.

In 1997, Yuri Chaika became a member of the Anti-Terrorism Committee of the Russian Federation. 1999 left another stain on Yuri Yakovlevich’s “impeccable” reputation. Moscow businessmen turned to the capital's ROBOP: they said that Caucasians were extorting money from them. The Caucasian racketeers were detained right in the car, and then it turned out that the car was registered to Chaika. The Caucasians turned out to be acquaintances of Artyom - son of Yuri Chaika. The case was successfully sent to Irkutsk for investigation and disappeared there in a series of delays.

In 1999, representatives of the second oldest profession filled the media space with materials dedicated to joint recreation Prosecutor General Skuratov and representatives of the first ancient profession. Skuratov resigned, and Chaika was appointed to guard his place until a permanent leader was appointed. By mid-1999, the Russian authorities finally decided on the candidacy of the new Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation. He became one.

Chaika went to head the Ministry of Justice. During Yuri Chaika's tenure as minister, mass amnesties were carried out. More than 200,000 people left prison early. The new minister introduced several dozen amendments to the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, which significantly softened the Code. Yuri Chaika created subordinate Ministry of Justice body that monitors the rights of prisoners. Taking advantage of his official position, Chaika actively influenced the course of the parliamentary election campaign. The department did not allow several nationalist parties to participate in the elections; in the same time " United Russia"was not responsible for combining the positions of minister and party worker.

Chaika actively participated in "YUKOS case". It is believed that thanks to him he went “far and for a long time.” Appointed in 2006 Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation. He remains in this position to this day.

Personal life

Yuri Chaika is married to Elena Chaika born in 1952. They have two children - Igor and Artem. Yuri Chaika regularly travels to the Far East and Irkutsk to visit relatives.

The names of Igor and Artem are increasingly appearing in domestic independent media. Mostly in a negative connotation. The sons of Chaika have become a symbol of protectionism: an influential relative helps to realize business interests. Thanks to their father, Igor and Artem are successful businessmen who own billions of dollars in capital. Their companies closely interact with government agencies.

Yuri Chaika now

In 2018, Yuri Yakovlevich continues to hold the position Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation. Given the current balance of political forces, he is unlikely to leave his post. During the 2010s, Chaika practically disappeared from the media space, limiting himself only to work statements and protocol speeches. However, stories continue to emerge that leave dark marks on the official’s reputation.

In 2011, a resonant thing happened gambling", according to which people from the prosecutor's social circle and subordinates covered up the activities of illegal casinos in the Moscow region. The most painful blow to the civil servant was dealt by his FBK. The materials of the independent investigation clearly show the connections of the Chaika family with criminal groups from all over Russia. The official's children were exposed by Navalny's team in cartel conspiracies and raider takeovers of industrial enterprises. Evidence was provided of Igor Chaika’s companies receiving government contracts without holding tenders. Moreover, FBK employees proved the connection of the prosecutor’s clan with the family. Sergei Tsapok- the bandit who arranged massacre in the village of Kushchevskaya. The investigation film became one of the most discussed videos of the Russian-language "YouTube". The video collected over 10,000,000 views. However, the official authorities either avoided answering or called Navalny’s film custom-made. No criminal case was initiated based on the facts presented. The hero of the investigation himself said that he knows “who paid” and “who was paid.”

In 2016, Vedomosti calculated that the total portfolio of orders from companies associated with the clan was close to 320 billion rubles.

Yuri Chaika never engaged in serious teaching work, but periodically published articles in specialized publications. The Prosecutor General also has a book in his possession " Constitution of the Russian Federation: Stability and development of society", created with co-authorship.

State awards

Like any long-lived Russian politician, Yuri Chaika has an impressive number of insignia:

Knight of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" 2nd, 3rd and 4th degrees (awarded: 2006 - present);
Knight of the Order of Honor (2001). In 2013, Armenia presented an order with the same name to Chaika;
Knight of the Order of Alexander Nevsky.

Awarded commemorative medals in honor of the 300th anniversary of the Russian fleet, the 850th anniversary of Moscow, and the 200th anniversary of the Ministry of Justice. He has 2 confessional awards - one each from the UOC and the Russian Orthodox Church. The seagull was awarded the title "Honored Lawyer of Russia".

In 1976 he graduated from the Sverdlovsk Law Institute.

Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation

Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation, former head of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation. State Counselor of Justice 1st class, Honored Lawyer of the Russian Federation, Honorary Worker of the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation, has a number of state awards. Appointed Prosecutor General instead of Vladimir Ustinov, who on the same day took Chaika’s place in the Russian Ministry of Justice.

Yuri Yakovlevich Chaika was born in 1951 in the city of Nikolaevsk-on-Amur, Khabarovsk Territory. In 1972, after returning from the army, he entered the Sverdlovsk Law Institute (at the institute he met Yuri Skuratov). In 1976, having received his diploma, Chaika was accepted as an intern at the prosecutor's office, then worked as an investigator and deputy district prosecutor in the Irkutsk region.

In 1973-1984, Chaika was the Taishet transport prosecutor of the Irkutsk region. In 1983, he headed the investigative department of the East Siberian Transport Prosecutor's Office. In this position, Chaika became famous for being the first in the country to send criminal cases to court under the “banditry” article of the Criminal Code.

In 1984-1992, Chaika worked as an instructor in the department of administrative bodies of the Irkutsk regional committee of the CPSU, was the first deputy prosecutor of the Irkutsk region, head of the department of the Irkutsk regional committee of the CPSU, and the East Siberian transport prosecutor. In 1992, he became the prosecutor of the Irkutsk region. There were suggestions in the media that during the period when Chaika headed the regional prosecutor's office, it was thanks to him that the criminal case of the Irkutsk-Ingush businessmen brothers Kodzoev (according to other sources Ozdoev) - Magomet, Murat and Batyr (Bashir, or - his second name - Vakhi) was closed , who later became a State Duma deputy from the Republic of Ingushetia). According to other sources, the case was closed due to lack of evidence only in relation to Vakha, and Murat and Magomed were put on the All-Russian wanted list, after which they disappeared.

In 1995, Chaika was appointed to the position of First Deputy Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation. Chaika was offered the post of his first deputy by Prosecutor General Skuratov.

In 1996, Chaika was awarded the class rank of “State Counselor of Justice, 1st Class.”

In February 1999, after Skuratov was removed from office, Chaika was appointed acting prosecutor general. He supported Skuratov's removal from office, arguing that it was legal. That year, Chaika was not appointed prosecutor general. The media cited Chaika's excessive caution as a possible reason. They also pointed out his possible connection with Ingush racketeers: in March 1999, on Rublevo-Uspenskoye Highway, a Doninvest-Condor car belonging to Chaika was detained, in which there were two armed bandits - Ibragim Evloev and Khunkar Chumakov (according to some media reports, they were friends and guards of Chaika's son Artem, who worked as a lawyer). They had a power of attorney for this car, issued by Artem Chaika, and a special ticket prohibiting its inspection. A revolver, a grenade and heroin were also found in the car. Evloev and Chumakov were sentenced to six years in prison in 2000 for extortion and robbery. At the trial of the racketeers, Chaika acted only as a witness, , , , .

In 1999, Chaika headed the Russian Ministry of Justice. A number of media outlets indicated that the appointment of Chaika to this position was the personal initiative of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. During the period when Chaika headed the ministry, the number of prisoners in Russia decreased by almost 200 thousand people. Under Chaika, 59 amendments were made to the Criminal, Criminal Procedure and Criminal Executive Codes, and the number of articles providing for detention as a preventive measure was reduced. Chaika personally submitted a bill to the Russian government for consideration that would allow the introduction of electronic means of control over persons convicted of minor crimes. An Office for Monitoring the Observance of the Rights of Citizens in Prisons was created under the Ministry of Justice, and the ministry itself, headed by Chaika, began monitoring all regional legislative acts for their compliance with federal ones. The media emphasized that thanks to Chaika’s efforts, the nationalist association “Spas”, led by the leader of the public movement “Russian National Unity” (RNE) Alexander Barkashov, was not allowed to participate in the elections, and RNE was banned.

At the same time, Chaika refused to issue a warning to United Russia because its leader, Interior Minister Boris Gryzlov, illegally combined party activities with state ones. Chaika ensured that the former chairman of the board of directors of the MENATEP group, Platon Lebedev, and the ex-head of YUKOS, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, were sent to the most distant colonies of the Far North and Transbaikalia. The media also pointed to Chaika’s role in the history of the adoption of the law on non-profit organizations (NPOs), noting that he personally brought letters from Council of Europe experts from Strasbourg who recognized that the law on NPOs complies with international standards. Chaika, according to press reports, advocates the abolition of the death penalty, although in 2001 he clarified that Chechen terrorists are not “literally human” and deserve death.

On June 23, 2006, Chaika was appointed Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation by a resolution of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. On the same day, Vladimir Ustinov, Chaika's predecessor as Prosecutor General, was appointed to the place previously occupied by Chaika.

In July 2006, Chaika, after FSB director Nikolai Patrushev reported to the president about the liquidation of the leader of the Chechen militants Shamil Basayev, stated that after the completion of the relevant studies, the criminal case against the terrorist would be terminated due to the death of the accused - due to non-exonerating circumstances.

In March 2007, the State Duma Committee of the Russian Federation on Constitutional Legislation and State Building recommended that the parliament adopt in the first reading a bill according to which the supervisory and investigative functions of the Prosecutor General's Office were to be separated. Department employees were deprived of the function of initiating and terminating criminal cases (it was proposed to be given to investigators from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the FSB, as well as customs investigators and the State Drug Control Service). It was proposed to transfer the investigators working in the prosecutor's office to the Investigative Committee at the prosecutor's office. Chaika expressed support for the concept of the bill, noting that it can be regarded “as the first step towards the creation of a unified investigation service and its basis.” However, he emphasized that the independence of investigators must be accompanied by high-quality prosecutorial supervision over compliance with the legality of their activities. On May 11, 2007, the State Duma adopted a law on the creation of the Investigative Committee, on May 25, the Federation Council approved it, and on June 5, the document was signed by the president. In June 2007, Chaika's deputy, Alexander Bastrykin, became the acting head of the Investigative Committee. The new department gained significant independence - its head, while remaining in the rank of first deputy prosecutor general, was directly appointed by the Federation Council on the proposal of the president. The approval of Bastrykin as chairman of the Investigative Committee and the transfer of more than 60 thousand criminal cases throughout the country from the Prosecutor General's Office to the Investigative Committee occurred on September 7, 2007.

In July 2007, after the city of Sochi was announced as the capital of the 2014 Winter Olympics, the President of the Russian Federation instructed the Prosecutor General's Office and personally its head to control the Olympic money. During the meeting with Chaika, Putin asked the Prosecutor General to pay attention to ensuring security, and “to look at this issue more broadly, and not only from the point of view of personal security” (but also from the point of view of economic security).

A year later, in July 2008, the new Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who won the presidential elections in March and took office in May of the same year, also instructed Chaika to “control the expenditure of funds for the 2014 Olympics in Sochi.” The Russian leader asked the Prosecutor General to pay attention to the implementation of environmental legislation during the construction of Olympic facilities.

In connection with the division of functions, property and funds allocated for maintenance, contradictions arose between the UPC and the Prosecutor General's Office, since “the interpretation of the legislation made it possible to consider the UPC a practically independent body, both in procedural and administrative terms.” The media also spoke about the existence of a personal conflict between Bastrykin and Chaika, which was accompanied by “not only polemics in absentia and the throwing of compromising evidence into the media, but also a scandal” surrounding the ex-chief of the Main Investigation Department (GSU) of the SKP Dmitry Dovgiy, who actually accused Bastrykin “of fabrication of a number of criminal cases" (in April 2008, Bastrykin signed an order to relieve Dovgy from office and dismissal, and in August 2008, Dovgy was arrested on suspicion of attempting to receive a bribe on an especially large scale and exceeding official authority,). It was noted that the reason to perceive “the political situation and to doubt the objectivity of the investigation” was given by the criminal cases that emerged against the background of the conflict between the SKP and the State Prosecutor’s Office against the Deputy Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation Sergei Storchak and the head of the operational support department of the State Drug Control Service Alexander Bulbov, , , , , .

At the beginning of March 2009, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation confirmed the supremacy of the Prosecutor General's Office over the UPC. Having analyzed the norms regulating the activities of the UPC and the Prosecutor General’s Office, the court recognized that the orders of the Prosecutor General “are binding on representatives of the UPC, including the head of this department himself.” The Supreme Court also determined that the Prosecutor General has the right to overturn the decision of his first deputy. Thus, as the media noted, the court resolved “the dilemma of which of the... leaders (Bastrykin or Chaika - editor’s note) is more important.”

However, in February 2011, a scandal broke out related to the case of underground casinos in the Moscow region, which the press interpreted as a conflict between the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation (the new name of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation) and the prosecutor's office. Then, during a search in the Triumph gallery, lists of gaming halls in cities near Moscow were discovered and businessman Ivan Nazarov, according to the investigation, their organizer, was arrested. The "roof" of the casino was allegedly provided by high-ranking officials: the head of the prosecutor's office of the Moscow region Alexander Mokhov, his deputy Alexander Ignatenko and other prosecutors. Information appeared in the press that Artem Chaika could also be close to them. The press noted that cases opened by the Investigative Committee against alleged criminals, including Nazarov, were quickly closed by the prosecutor's office. At the end of March 2011, information appeared in the press that the conflict between the Investigative Committee and the prosecutor’s office was stopped thanks to the efforts of President Medvedev. Mokhov was transferred from his position to another, and a criminal case was opened against Ignatenko, as well as against some other prosecutors.

Despite the “prosecutor’s” scandal, on June 22, 2011, the Federation Council voted to reappoint Chaika (his candidacy was nominated by Medvedev) to the post of Prosecutor General for a new term. Speaking to senators, he promised to ensure staff rotation in the department.

In May 2010, the Prosecutor General's Office published information about the income and property of its employees. In 2009, Chaika received an income of more than 2.1 million rubles; it turned out that he earned three times less than his wife (she received more than 6 million rubles). The Prosecutor General's wife identified herself as the owner of half of the apartment with an area of 203.6 square meters, a plot of land (4,300 square meters), non-residential premises and a Mercedes-Benz car. Chaika was called the owner of the GAZ-13 and GAZ-69 cars. According to the declaration of real estate, the Prosecutor General did not own any real estate in 2009. In 2010, Chaika’s salary did not change significantly, and his wife’s income was already 7.8 million rubles.

Chaika has state awards, including the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree, the Order of Honor, and the Medal for Military Valor. He was awarded the honorary titles "Honored Lawyer of the Russian Federation" and "Honored Worker of the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation". Also in 2011, he received a church award - the Order of St. Prince Daniel of Moscow, 1st degree.

Chaika is married and has two children. His wife Elena graduated from the Pedagogical Institute and is now a housewife. The eldest son Artem is a lawyer by training, a businessman, and co-founder of several companies. According to a number of media reports, he is a commercial partner (in particular, in the transport company Laena CJSC) of State Duma deputy from the Republic of Ingushetia Bashir Kodzoev. Chaika's youngest son, Igor, entered the Academy of Law in 2006.

Used materials

Patriarch Kirill awarded the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation for his work for the benefit of the Church. - Interfax, 13.09.2011

The Federation Council reappointed Chaika as prosecutor general. - RIA News, 22.06.2011

Natalia Bashlykova, Alexander Zhuravlev. Yuri Chaika will begin his new term with a rotation of personnel in the prosecutor's office. - Kommersant-Online, 22.06.2011

The participants in the case of underground casinos in the Moscow region had their charges reduced and were released. - NEWSru.com, 10.06.2011

Investigation: ex-prosecutors from the Moscow region received about 15 million rubles in bribes. - RIA News, 06.05.2011

Peter Orlov. Money under supervision. - Russian newspaper, 06.05.2011. - №5473 (97)

Former Moscow region prosecutors Ignatenko and Kaplun have been put on the wanted list. - RIA News, 05.05.2011

Anton Stepanov. A case was opened against prosecutors for bribery. - Life News Online, 04.05.2011

Former Moscow region prosecutor Mokhov moved to the transport prosecutor's office. - Interfax, 15.04.2011

Prosecutor of the Moscow region Mokhov was removed from office after a gambling scandal. - RIA News, 14.04.2011

Sergey Mashkin, Oleg Rubnikovich. Supreme separator. - Kommersant, 01.04.2011. - №56 (4597)

Alexey Nikolsky, Anastasia Kornya, Natalya Kostenko. Fuss around Chaika. - Vedomosti, 31.03.2011. - №56 (2822)

Oleg Rubnikovich. Yuri Chaika was given a parent's day. - Kommersant, 30.03.2011. - №54 (4595)

The court declared the closure of the extortion case against the alleged organizer of a gambling network in the Moscow region illegal. - Vedomosti, 29.03.2011

The ancestors were from the Kuban Cossacks; my grandfather died in the Civil War, fighting on the side of the whites (“My grandfather was a Cossack officer, he died in the Civil War. And when de-Cossackization began, my father, as an 18-year-old boy, went to build Komsomolsk-on-Amur. He never told me anything about my grandfather I was probably afraid,” says Yuri Chaika himself in one of his publications). Father Yakov Mikhailovich, secretary of the Nikolaev city committee of the CPSU (before moving to party work, he was at one time a teacher and also an engineer at a shipbuilding plant); died in 1989.

Mother Maria Ivanovna is a teacher, taught mathematics, and later was the director of an educational institution; died in 1986. There were four children in the family, Yuri was the youngest.

Married, met his wife Elena (born in 1952) in Sverdlovsk, got married in 1974.

The wife graduated from the Pedagogical Institute in 1974; worked as a teacher and kindergarten teacher; now a housewife. Two sons. The eldest son Artem is a lawyer by training, a businessman, co-founder of several commercial firms; the younger Igor entered the Academy of Law in 2006.

Artem Chaika is a commercial partner (in particular, in the transport company Laena CJSC) of State Duma deputy Bashir Kodzoev. Together with Kodzoev, he took part in the conflict around the Verkhne-Lena River Shipping Company (VLRP), during which the general director of the VLRP, Nikolai Palenny, was found beaten and hanged in his garage (the official version is suicide), and the VLRP came under the control of Laena.

Yuri Chaika's elder sister lives in Primorsk, Khabarovsk Territory, his second sister Svetlana and brother Eduard live in Nikolaevsk-on-Amur.

Biography

Yuri Yakovlevich Chaika was born on May 21, 1951 in the city of Nikolaevsk-on-Amur, Khabarovsk Territory.

He graduated from secondary school No. 4 in Nikolaevsk.

In 1968-1970 (a year and a half) he studied at the shipbuilding department of the Komsomolsk-on-Amur Polytechnic Institute (Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Khabarovsk Territory).

In 1970, having dropped out of his studies at the Polytechnic, he worked for a short time before the army as an electrician at the Nikolaev Shipyard in Nikolaevsk-on-Amur.

1970-1972 – served in the Armed Forces of the USSR.

In 1972 he entered and in 1976 graduated from the Sverdlovsk Law Institute (SLU); specialty in education – jurisprudence. Veniamin Yakovlev (now the Presidential Adviser on Legal Issues) taught him civil law at SUI. I knew Yuri Skuratov from the institute (who graduated from SUI in 1973).

The late 1970s - 1980s were a time of career growth.

In 1976–1978, having received his diploma, Chaika was accepted as an intern at the prosecutor's office, then worked as an investigator and deputy district prosecutor in the Irkutsk region.

1978-1979 - was deputy Tulun interdistrict prosecutor of the Irkutsk region. 1979-1983 - Taishet transport prosecutor of the East Siberian transport prosecutor's office;

In 1983, he headed the investigative department of the East Siberian Transport Prosecutor's Office. In this position, Chaika became famous for being the first in the country to send criminal cases to court under the “banditry” article of the Criminal Code.

1984-1986 Chaika was an instructor in the department of administrative bodies of the Irkutsk Regional Committee of the CPSU; 1986-1988 - First Deputy Prosecutor of the Irkutsk Region - Head of the Investigation Department of the Irkutsk Regional Prosecutor's Office; 1988-1990 - head of the state and legal department of the Irkutsk regional committee of the CPSU; 1990-1992 - East Siberian transport prosecutor; 1992-1995 - prosecutor of the Irkutsk region;

The media suggested that during the period when Chaika headed the regional prosecutor's office, it was thanks to him that the criminal case of the Irkutsk-Ingush businessmen brothers Kodzoev (according to other sources Ozdoev) - Magomet, Murat and Batyr (Bashir, or - his middle name - Vakha) was closed , who later became a State Duma deputy from the Republic of Ingushetia). According to other sources, the case was closed due to lack of evidence only in relation to Vakha, and Murat and Magomed were put on the All-Russian wanted list, after which they disappeared.

Chaika has a number of awards:

Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" IV degree Order of Honor Medal "For Military Valor".

Chaika was awarded the honorary titles "Honored Lawyer of the Russian Federation" and "Honored Worker of the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation." Also in 2011, he received a church award - the Order of St. Prince Daniel of Moscow, 1st degree.

Chaika annually goes to worship in Orthodox monasteries on Mount Athos. In Nikolaevsk-on-Amur he built the St. Nicholas Church and a modern school with a swimming pool in the city center.

Policy

On November 16, 1995, he was appointed First Deputy Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Yuri Skuratov. Appointed to replace Vildan Uzbekov.

Yuri Skuratov: “Yuri Yakovlevich Chaika is a person whom I know quite well from the institute: although there was no friendship between us, I noted this student. Then fate separated us, and when I got to the institute of the prosecutor’s office and then to the apparatus, I paid attention to him as a very energetic, demanding and tough person in the fight against crime. He was the prosecutor of the Irkutsk region, which is extremely difficult in terms of crime - there are many colonies in the region, and those released from them settle there. But it is enough to say that in 1992. Of the eight criminal cases of banditry investigated in the country, five were in the Irkutsk region. Having been in the shoes of the regional prosecutor, he experienced first-hand all the shortcomings of the central apparatus - where we are overly intrusive, where we solve small issues, but cannot help with major ones.".

November 1995 - April 1999 - First Deputy Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation;

In 1996, Chaika was awarded the rank of “State Counselor of Justice, 1st Class.”

Since the summer of 1996, he oversaw the investigation into the “Xerox box” case (the removal of more than 500 thousand dollars from the White House in a cardboard box of Xerox paper). According to Mikhail Katyshev, who initially oversaw this case, at the insistence of the Presidential Administration, it was transferred from him to Chaika.

Since January 1997 - member of the Interdepartmental Anti-Terrorist Commission of the Russian Federation.

In September 1998, at the insistence of Chaika, First Deputy Minister of Finance Vladimir Petrov was arrested, accused of receiving about a million dollars for “illegal actions in favor of one of the commercial banks” (meaning the Eskado bank, which allegedly transferred money to Petrov’s account in Andorra (In April 1999, Petrov was released on his own recognizance, and in October 2001, the case was closed by the Prosecutor General's Office; Petrov is currently a member of the Federation Council from the Legislative Assembly of the Tver Region).

The media cited Chaika's excessive caution as a possible reason. They also pointed out his possible connection with Ingush racketeers.

In March 1999, at a meeting with representatives of the IMF, he stated that the accusations of the Prosecutor General's Office against former government officials of misuse of previously allocated IMF loans were in fact not justified (by former leaders they meant, first of all, ex-Prime Minister Sergei Kiriyenko and ex-chairman Central Bank Sergei Dubinin).

On July 23, 1999, he signed an order on a new redistribution of responsibilities among his deputies. According to this order, along with Deputy Prosecutor General Vasily Kolmogorov, who replaced the head of the department in case of his absence, Vladimir Ustinov was appointed as a deputy with the same right. Then acting The Prosecutor General went on vacation, transferring his powers to Ustinov for the time being. Then, without leaving his vacation, Chaika submitted his application for retirement. This was the only option for relinquishing the powers of the Prosecutor General that did not require formal consent of the Federation Council.

July 29, 1999 acting Ustinov was appointed Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation. On July 29, 1999, Chaika received an offer to take the post of First Deputy Secretary of the Russian Security Council.

On August 9, 1999, he left the post of acting Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation and retired.

On August 17, 1999, by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation Boris Yeltsin, he was appointed Minister of Justice of the Russian Federation in the government of Vladimir Putin. A number of media outlets indicated that Chaika’s appointment to this position was Putin’s personal initiative.

During the period when Chaika headed the ministry, the number of prisoners in Russia decreased by almost 200 thousand people.

Under Chaika, 59 amendments were made to the Criminal, Criminal Procedure and Criminal Executive Codes, and the number of articles providing for detention as a preventive measure was reduced. Chaika personally submitted a bill to the Russian government for consideration that would allow the introduction of electronic means of control over persons convicted of minor crimes.

An Office for Monitoring the Observance of the Rights of Citizens in Prisons was created under the Ministry of Justice, and the ministry itself, headed by Chaika, began monitoring all regional legislative acts for their compliance with federal ones.

The media emphasized that thanks to the efforts of Chaika, the nationalist association "Spas" led by the leader of the public movement "Russian National Unity" (RNE) Alexander Barkashov was not allowed to participate in the elections, and RNE was banned.

The media also pointed to Chaika’s role in the history of the adoption of the law on non-profit organizations (NPOs), noting that he personally brought letters from Council of Europe experts from Strasbourg who recognized that the law on NPOs complies with international standards. Chaika, according to press reports, advocates the abolition of the death penalty, although in 2001 he clarified that Chechen terrorists are not “literally human” and deserve death.

On October 18, 1999, by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation, he was included in the Commission under the President of the Russian Federation for the interaction of federal government bodies and government bodies of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation in carrying out constitutional and legal reform in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation.

On November 14, 1999, he was appointed coordinator of the Commission under the President of the Russian Federation for countering political extremism in the Russian Federation.

On May 18, 2000, by decree of the President of the Russian Federation, he was appointed Minister of Justice (in the government of Mikhail Kasyanov).

On June 7, 2000, he was relieved by the Federation Council of the post of First Deputy Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation.

On May 25, 2001, in a conversation with Council of Europe Secretary General Schwimmer, he spoke out in favor of maintaining the death penalty for terrorists.

Since July 2003 - member of the Russian Government Commission on Administrative Reform.

On February 24, 2004, President Vladimir Putin dismissed the government of Mikhail Kasyanov.

On March 9, 2004, Chaika was reappointed to the post of Minister of Justice of the Russian Federation in the new government headed by Mikhail Fradkov.

In September 2004, the Ministry of Justice, headed by Chaika, stated that the consideration of Yuri Budanov’s request for a pardon occurred in violation of procedural issues - thus President Putin was spared the difficult decision to sign or not to sign a pardon for the former colonel.

On June 23, 2006, Chaika was appointed Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation by a resolution of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. On the same day, Vladimir Ustinov, Chaika’s predecessor as Prosecutor General, was appointed to the place previously occupied by Chaika.

In July 2006, Chaika, after FSB director Nikolai Patrushev reported to the president about the liquidation of the leader of the Chechen militants Shamil Basayev, said that after the completion of the relevant studies, the criminal case against the terrorist would be terminated due to the death of the accused - due to non-exonerating circumstances.

On August 2, 2006, Chaika stated that he considers it unacceptable that the number of people convicted of bribery does not correspond to the number of registered crimes in this category. Speaking at a coordination meeting of heads of law enforcement agencies of the Northwestern Federal District in St. Petersburg, he noted that in 2005, 820 cases of bribery were registered in the district, and only 256 people were convicted. In this regard, Chaika called for “the most thorough investigation into why there is a large gap between the identified facts of receiving and giving bribes and court verdicts on these facts.”

On November 15, 2006, he spoke in the State Duma. He spoke a lot about corruption and promised to fight it. He said that it permeates all levels of government.

On December 5, 2006, he expressed confidence that “the British side will extradite Berezovsky and Zakayev sooner or later.” When “early” will come, as well as “late”, he did not specify.

In March 2007, the State Duma Committee of the Russian Federation on Constitutional Legislation and State Building recommended that parliament adopt in the first reading a bill according to which the supervisory and investigative functions of the Prosecutor General's Office were to be separated.

Department employees were deprived of the function of initiating and terminating criminal cases (it was proposed to be given to investigators from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the FSB, as well as customs investigators and the State Drug Control Service). It was proposed to transfer the investigators working in the prosecutor's office to the Investigative Committee at the prosecutor's office. Chaika expressed support for the concept of the bill, noting that it can be regarded “as the first step towards the creation of a unified investigation service and its basis.” However, he emphasized that the independence of investigators must be accompanied by high-quality prosecutorial supervision over compliance with the legality of their activities.

On May 11, 2007, the State Duma adopted a law establishing the Investigative Committee, on May 25, the Federation Council approved it, and on June 5, the document was signed by the president.

In June 2007, Chaika’s deputy, Alexander Bastrykin, became the acting head of the Investigative Committee. The new department gained significant independence - its head, while remaining in the rank of first deputy prosecutor general, was directly appointed by the Federation Council on the proposal of the president.

At the end of August 2007, Chaika reported to Putin on solving the murder of Anna Politkovskaya (however, in February 2009, all the suspects found by the prosecutor's office would be fully acquitted by the jury).

On September 7, 2007, Bastrykin was approved as chairman of the Investigative Committee. On the same day, more than 60 thousand criminal cases throughout the country were transferred from the Prosecutor General's Office to the Investigative Committee.

In July 2007, after the city of Sochi was announced as the capital of the 2014 Winter Olympics, the President of the Russian Federation instructed the Prosecutor General's Office and personally its head to control the Olympic money. During the meeting with Chaika, Putin asked the Prosecutor General to pay attention to ensuring security, and “to look at this issue more broadly, not only from the point of view of personal security” (but also from the point of view of economic security).

In January 2008, at the request of the Prosecutor General's Office in Germany, the former director of the Moscow Youth Palace, Pavel Zabelin, was detained and accused of fraud. When considering the extradition request, German judges drew attention to the fact that Zabelin, before the start of criminal prosecution, won all the trials in arbitration courts. As a result, members of the Supreme Court of Brandenburg came to the conclusion that “the information provided by the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation does not correspond to the actual circumstances of the case,” that is, calling a spade a spade, the Germans accused the department that was supposed to uphold the laws of lying.

On June 6, 2008, Bastrykin gave a speech at the board of the Investigative Committee. He, in particular, said that his committee is being hampered by “certain prosecutors who consider themselves to have the right, in violation of the law, to cancel procedural decisions of the heads of investigative bodies, to illegally and groundlessly seize and transfer criminal cases to other investigative bodies, and to cancel personnel orders.”

In July 2008, the new Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who won the presidential elections in March and took office in May of the same year, also instructed Chaika to “control the expenditure of funds for the 2014 Olympics in Sochi.” The Russian leader asked the Prosecutor General to pay attention to the implementation of environmental legislation during the construction of Olympic facilities.

At the beginning of March 2009, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation confirmed the supremacy of the Prosecutor General's Office over the UPC. Having analyzed the norms regulating the activities of the UPC and the Prosecutor General’s Office, the court recognized that the orders of the Prosecutor General “are binding on representatives of the UPC, including the head of this department himself.” The Supreme Court also determined that the Prosecutor General has the right to overturn the decision of his first deputy. Thus, as the media noted, the court resolved “the dilemma of which of the leaders (Bastrykin or Chaika) is more important.”

In August 2009, Chaika approved the procedure for prosecutors and other prosecutors to notify their superiors about corrupt proposals. They were ordered to report to senior management “about all cases of any person directly contacting them with the aim of inducing them to abuse their official position, give or receive a bribe, or otherwise illegally use their official position to obtain benefits.”

Income

In April 2009, as part of a high-profile demonstrative campaign against corruption, information was published on the income of the heads of the Prosecutor General's Office in 2008 and their families. It turned out that the Chaika family belongs to those in which the wife earns significantly more than her husband. Chaika's income amounted to 2 million 79 thousand rubles. He did not own any real estate, and in his fleet there were two cars - a GAZ-13 "Chaika" and a GAZ-69 SUV. Both cars were given to Chaika by official representative of the Prosecutor General's Office Marina Gridneva, and both, as far as she knew, were not running.

At the same time, the wife of the Prosecutor General, Elena Chaika, who was recently still a housewife, according to media reports, in 2009 was the owner of 90% of the shares of Sibirsky Element - Renta LLC, a Tomsk company engaged in the wholesale trade of building materials. She earned three times more than her husband - more than 7.5 million rubles. The property was also registered in her name: an apartment with an area of 204 square meters. m, land plot 4.3 thousand sq. m. m and non-residential premises with an area of 175 sq. m.

In May 2010, the Prosecutor General's Office published information about the income and property of its employees. In 2009, Chaika received an income of more than 2.1 million rubles; it turned out that he earned three times less than his wife (she received more than 6 million rubles). The Prosecutor General's wife identified herself as the owner of half of the apartment with an area of 203.6 square meters, a plot of land (4,300 square meters), non-residential premises and a Mercedes-Benz car. Chaika was called the owner of the GAZ-13 and GAZ-69 cars. According to the declaration, the Prosecutor General did not own any real estate in 2009.

In 2010, Chaika’s salary did not change significantly, and his wife’s income already amounted to 7.8 million rubles

Rumors (scandals)

In March 1999, on Rublevo-Uspenskoye Highway, a Doninvest-Condor car belonging to Chaika was detained, in which there were two armed bandits - Ibragim Evloev and Khunkar Chumakov (according to some media reports, they were friends and guards of Chaika's son Artem, who worked as a lawyer) . They had a power of attorney for this car, issued by Artem Chaika, and a special ticket prohibiting its inspection. A revolver, a grenade and heroin were also found in the car. Evloev and Chumakov were sentenced to six years in prison in 2000 for extortion and robbery. At the trial of racketeers, Chaika acted only as a witness.

The media spoke about the existence of a personal conflict between Bastrykin and Chaika, which was accompanied by “not only polemics in absentia and the throwing of compromising evidence into the media, but also a scandal” surrounding the ex-chief of the Main Investigation Department (GSU) of the SKP Dmitry Dovgiy, who actually accused Bastrykin “of fabrication a number of criminal cases" (in April 2008, Bastrykin signed an order to relieve Dovgy from office and dismissal, and in August 2008, Dovgy was arrested on suspicion of attempting to receive a bribe on an especially large scale and exceeding official authority). It was noted that the criminal cases against the Deputy Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation Sergei Storchak and the head of the operational support department of the State Drug Control Service Alexander Bulbov also gave reason to perceive “the political situation and to doubt the objectivity of the investigation.”

On August 31, 2009, Vedomosti reported that, in connection with the crisis, the Prosecutor General's Office decided to buy not a Mercedes for 21.6 million rubles, but a BMW for 3.7 million rubles, black sapphire color, with Dakota leather interior and an “entertainment system for rear passengers.” . This is how the Prosecutor General's Office saved money during the crisis. The publication was unable to find out who exactly the car was intended for. The representative of the Prosecutor General's Office did not answer this question, demanding a written request.

In February 2011, a scandal broke out related to the case of underground casinos in the Moscow region, which the press interpreted as a conflict between the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation (the new name of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation) and the prosecutor's office. Then, during a search in the Triumph gallery, lists of gaming halls in cities near Moscow were discovered and businessman Ivan Nazarov, who, according to the investigation, was their organizer, was arrested.

The "roof" of the casino was allegedly provided by high-ranking officials: the head of the prosecutor's office of the Moscow region Alexander Mokhov, his deputy Alexander Ignatenko and other prosecutors. There was information in the press that Artem Chaika could also be close to them. The press noted that cases initiated by the Investigative Committee against alleged criminals, including Nazarov, were quickly closed by the prosecutor's office. At the end of March 2011, information appeared in the press that the conflict between the Investigative Committee and the prosecutor’s office was stopped thanks to the efforts of President Medvedev. Mokhov was transferred from his position to another, and a criminal case was opened against Ignatenko, as well as against some other prosecutors.

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