Former State Duma deputy from United Russia, ex-soloist of the Mariinsky Theater Maria Maksakova-Igenbergs, who fled to Kiev with another Russian parliamentarian Denis Voronenkov (later shot, most likely by the SBU), interceded on Facebook for the accused of taking bribes and fraud the former deputy of the former governor of the Chelyabinsk region Nikolai Sandakov, whom the state prosecution asks to appoint 10 years in prison, will be sentenced on September 26.

Auntie sold the Motherland, and of course her intercession will only be to the detriment of Kolya Astrakhansky.

“The case of Nikolai Sandakov.

The prosecutor asked for 10 years in a strict regime colony and a huge fine!

I have no words...

Nikolai is a good and honest man, from a simple family, he achieved everything in this life, made a career with his mind and hard work, did a lot of useful and controversial things, but necessary for the Russian authorities, was a part of this power. And no matter how offensive it is to admit it now, he worked very talentedly, brightly, as it is now fashionable to say, creatively. So what? Thrown into the trash! Nobody even interceded!

Apparently, the last times have come. When one person controls another to his destruction.

Everyone who has known Nikolai for many years understands that the case is fabricated - he is simply not capable of what is presented to him, a different person.

Everyone who follows his case - it is open and public - also knows that he is not guilty, they see that there is an alibi and a mass of documentary and objective evidence.

Know about his innocence and those who initiated and "investigated" this case, who "found" in prisons witnesses against Nikolay who changed their testimony 10 times, who drew protocols, selected "experts" and "witnesses" who hid and destroyed wiretapping.

Back in 2015, high officials from the Lubyanka and Staraya Square told me that the guy was innocent, that he had become a hostage of a conflict of interest.

Now the person will be rolled away for 8-9 years, saving the careers of a couple of generals - Akhrimeev and the second, I don’t remember his last name, from the Investigative Committee. They will be taken out of the family, from 4 children. For what? For the "honor" of the uniform? For the fact that a bunch of operas, investigators, prosecutors do not want to be held accountable for explicit fabrication by order and are saving their own skin. For the fact that judges and prosecutors are afraid, not even of FSB generals, but of majors and lieutenant colonels. For the fact that the rotten system is trying to justify itself.

An absolutely heinous situation, impossible in a state governed by the rule of law ", - wrote Maksakova.

Maksakova is connected by a big one.

Recall when he was detained at the Chelyabinsk airport by the FSB. And it was Maria who petitioned to change the measure of restraint for Nikolai Sandakov, giving a flattering characterization of Kolya Astrakhansky in court.

So what connects the traitors to the Motherland and the PR man Yurevich?

“Quite unexpected details cast doubt on the original version of how Nikolai Sandakov, accused of corruption, was detained.

So, in the political get-together they are actively discussing where exactly on the day of the arrest Sandakov was going to go. According to the version he himself officially voiced (which, according to media reports, was adhered to by the defense of a high-ranking official), it was a business trip to Moscow. Let us remind you that Sandakov stated in court that, knowing about the attention of law enforcement agencies to him, he informed them in advance about the purpose of his trip.

Indeed, Nikolai Sandakov presented the investigation with a mission assignment, which mentioned plans to hold working meetings in the presidential administration. But the real purpose of the trip was a wedding, the Ozersky Vestnik newspaper claims.

According to rumors, during a personal search of Sandakov, he was found to have an invitation to the wedding of State Duma deputies Maksakova and Voronenkov. A similar invitation was received by the wife of Nikolai Sandakov, Irina Vostrikova. And for this "business trip" tickets were booked in the business class of the airline, as well as a hotel worth 40 thousand rubles.

Vostrikova, in an interview with one of the Ural news agencies, said that on the day of her husband's arrest, she was going to fly with him to Moscow for her friend's wedding. This friend, as it turns out, was the opera singer and deputy of the Russian parliament Maria Maksakova.

“I took time off from work and went to the wedding of our friend in Moscow, everyone in the office wished me luck, my husband went on a business trip. Apparently, they followed us and knew where we were going. ", - Vostrikova told Pravda Ural Federal District, - informs"UralPolit.ru".

Ex-deputy of the State Duma, opera singer who left for Ukraine after her husband Maria Maksakova, did not confirm the fact of her dismissal from the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music, where she taught. Moreover, her husband - Denis Voronenkov has already been put on the wanted list in Russia, and Vladimir Zhirinovsky predicts an inglorious end to the fugitives.

Earlier in Gnesinka, they said that Maria Maksakova, who moved to Ukraine together with the former State Duma deputy Denis Voronenkov, who was put on the federal wanted list, is still listed as a teacher at the Academy, but the issue of her dismissal will soon be resolved.

“I didn’t write a statement, I found out about it / about the alleged dismissal/ from her students, ”Maksakova said in an interview with Kommersant.FM radio station. At the same time, according to the singer, she never received money for her teaching work, since she always earned money by singing.

“My work with students is a form of Christian virtue,” the ex-deputy noted.

At the same time, the singer understands that the leadership of the Academy has legal grounds for her dismissal, although no one informed her about this, and she did not write statements of her own free will.

“I didn’t write any statement,” she stressed. - Probably, there will be some form, for truancy, maybe. It's hard for me to say how they will do it. But this is all unnecessary formalization, because this is a creative process, do you understand? We are not turners - the whistle rang, and everyone went to the plant. "

Despite the difficult situation that developed after her husband's flight from Russia, Maksakova said that she saw no obstacles to her visits to Russia, both on tour and for teaching, and all the talk that some sanctions, he considers frivolous.

We will remind, earlier the media reported that the husband of Maksakova, who had already received Ukrainian citizenship, a former member of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Denis Voronenkov testified in the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine against the ex-President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych in the case of allegedly more perfect "high treason" by him.

“Nevertheless, you think we are in 37th year? Am I a member of the family of an enemy of the people? " - retorted Maksakova in response to a journalist's question if she was afraid to come to Russia.

According to Maksakova, she and her husband live in the center of Kiev, they are not hiding from anyone, so the information that he is wanted in Russia seems strange to her. According to her, although her husband has already received Ukrainian citizenship, she is not going to give up the Russian passport.

"I have / in Ukraine/ resident card. I live, I enjoy life. What plans can I have? I sing, study, I have a tour schedule. Everything has remained as it was, ”she said.

Neither Maria Maksakova, nor her agents, nor Denis Voronenkov Federal News Agency it was not possible to contact promptly. On Maksakova's Facebook page, the last entry is dated the end of December, this is the announcement of her concert at the Mariinsky Theater. Below the post, there are a few snide comments:

Why do you, in fact, need a site in the Ru domain?

How is Kiev?

Say hello to your husband, a true party member.

There are no other entries, perhaps someone is diligently cleansing the impartial comments.

However, it is possible that Maksakova and especially her husband have something to fear. This is how the leader of the LDPR commented on this scandalous story. Vladimir Zhirinovsky.

“Our party, the Liberal Democratic Party, never takes into its ranks and does not nurture traitors,” Zhirinovsky said in a comment to the Federal News Agency. “Our deputies are all in Russia, we drove out all potential traitors long before their possible misconduct, and other parties selected them, for which they paid.”

As for Denis Voronenkov, Zhirinovsky found the most severe words for his act, predicting an inglorious end to the defector, like all traitors.

"This Voronenkov is a real Vlasovite, such have always been in the ranks of the communists," Zhirinovsky said. - Now the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, in order to clean up, it is necessary to exclude from the party not only this Voronenkov, but also everyone who vouched for him at the reception. And all the same - it is the strongest blow to this party ”.

“Voronenkov himself does not have long to rejoice at the betrayal. When the government changes in Ukraine, he will still have to answer before our court, ”added the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party.

In his Facebook, he stated his position regarding Maria Maksakova, who was previously a member of his faction.

Neverov titled his text "Fake note of an opera singer".

The former party chief of Maksakova confirmed that she lied about her second citizenship, and now she is doing PR for herself by giving interviews abroad.

“In her interviews, she herself admitted that she had violated Russian law, which prohibits deputies of the State Duma from being a citizen of another country. She admitted that she was a liar. she has only Russian citizenship and there is nothing else that she wants to devote her life to serving Russia. And now we all learn that her whole life is sheer falsehood. ", - wrote Sergey Neverov.

Sergei Neverov confirmed that back in 2016, Maksakova signed an application for participation in the primaries, that she does not have and does not plan to obtain citizenship of a foreign state.

“Maksakova-Igenbergs, scolding the country and parliament, which I was so desperate to get into for the second time, says that she is glad that she did not renounce her second citizenship. That is, she is glad that she deceived people, that she broke the law. With the same zeal she sang the Russian anthem within the walls of the Duma, with which her husband, a deputy at that time, spoke about the reunification of Crimea with Russia on his page in social networks. "- reminded Neverov.

It should be noted that prior to the accusations of raider seizure of real estate, the deputy positioned himself as a patriot of Russia, and very actively supported the reunification of Crimea with Russia.

Now, according to Sergei Neverov, he "hardly fits in his head: how can this be?"

"No, no, but the thought comes that, in fact, this couple is being tortured in the dungeons of the SBU, needles are stuck under Denis's nails, and the opera singer is threatened to fill her throat with lead or threaten the life of their" first interfactional "child. to send special forces to Ukraine to save them? Only, I'm afraid that this is still the fake nature of Maria Maksakova-Igenbergs and her next man, and I am glad that they are not on the lists of deputies of the State Duma of the VII convocation "- wrote the head of the United Russia faction in the State Duma.

According to Neverov, they don't like traitors everywhere, and Kiev is no exception..

The scandal surrounding the sudden emigration of former Russian State Duma deputies Maria Maksakova and her husband Denis Voronenkov to Ukraine is gaining momentum. It is known that after that Maksakova, who is also an opera singer, was fired from the Gnesins Russian Academy of Music, and Voronenkov was put on the federal wanted list - he was suspected of large-scale fraud. The spouses have already managed to speak unflatteringly about Russia, the annexation of Crimea and Russian-Ukrainian relations.

Max Fadeev was surprised by the news of the emigration of Maria and Denis. The producer wrote an Instagram post in which he called the spouses traitors. Max believes that no matter what your homeland is, you should not insult it.

“Today I learned that Maria Maksakova fled the country. I can understand everything, but there is one nuance that seems important to me to note. Whatever it was, no matter how much you love the government of your country, or how much you dislike the system in which you lived today, you cannot flood your country with slop and mud. She still gave you life, bread, upbringing, education. If you are tired of all this and do not like it - go wherever you want, but be quiet! Never talk bad about your country. This is the same as saying bad about your mother. For me it is so ", - said Fadeev (Spelling and punctuation hereinafter are copyright. - Approx. ed.).

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The producer noted that he sees many shortcomings in Russia, but still loves his country. Max said that he lived abroad with his family for 15 years, where he had a successful career and good earnings. However, he still returned to his homeland.

“Because once, being with my family in Paris, we stopped at an intersection and from a nearby car the Rosenbaum track“ Let's raise the cup for our children ”sounded. And the five of us burst into tears. And I said to my wife: "Everyone, Natasha, let's go home." And in 2005 I finally returned. I will do my best for my country. Even if my contribution is completely invisible from above. I will be happy if I see him. And I already see him - in my students ”, - said the producer.

Fadeev added that no matter what country it is, it cannot be betrayed: "Yes, she is sick, but this is the same as betraying and abandoning a sick mother." Max is sure that Maria and Denis will not find happiness in a foreign land: “I am sure that they will not find happiness by betraying their homeland. And so they will hang out around the world as outcasts, traitors. Because any person knows - if you managed to betray your Motherland - you will also betray any other one ”.

Superstar Maria Maksakova lived the life of the ruling class in ultra-expensive apartments in Moscow, rested in Cannes and took part in the Kremlin's festive events.

· Opera diva of the world famous Mariinsky Theater and the Bolshoi Theater.

· TV star with her own program.

· Politician of Putin's own party, United Russia.

Now she is declared an enemy of the people and a traitor.

“I left because I don’t want to spend the rest of my life in pseudo-patriotic hysteria,” says Maria Maksakova in an interview with Aftenposten.

From superstars to enemies of the people

Aftenposten met one of Russia's most wanted women in the lobby of a luxury hotel in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev.

Aftenposten: How does a person who is called a traitor and an enemy of the people in the Russian media feel?

Maksakova: This is really bad. At the same time, it feels ridiculous and completely absurd.

Within two weeks, she was fired from her job at a Russian music academy, expelled from Putin's party for "illegal dual citizenship" and branded as a "political prostitute" in the pro-Kremlin media.

Her Russian record company canceled a forthcoming project.

“Who knows what these raging people will do. Not that I was very scared. I just feel powerless. It is useless to try to explain your actions. "

Therefore, the Kremlin was shocked

Her husband Denis Voronenkov agreed in January to testify against ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, who had close ties to the Russian regime.

On January 28, a Ukrainian investigator boasted in the Kiev media that he had a new “key witness”.

“Then I realized that the temperature would rise. On the same day I flew from Moscow. But I never thought the reaction would be so strong. And so vicious. "

Many are fleeing Russia

From 2014 to 2016, according to official data, 800 thousand people emigrated from Russia.

Previously, the most famous defectors were activists, oppositionists, journalists and businessmen who dared to challenge Putin, for example, Pavel Durov, the founder of the social network Vkontakte.

Nobody thought that the superstar and her rich husband, a politician from the mainstream power elite, would also flee.

“If many members of the elite are running, people start to think about what is happening. I think this is the reason that so much anger is directed against me. They want to scare others who think like us. "

Tarnished reputation

Russian specialist Helge Blakkisrud of the Norwegian Foreign Policy Institute (NUPI) believes this case is considered special precisely because Maksakova decided to leave for Ukraine, a country in conflict with Russia.

“The regime does not want to draw much attention to the fact that some people decide to go there. Refugees who left the Ukrainian region of Donbass for Russia are frequently mentioned in media reports. When representatives of the Russian elite decide to go in the opposite direction, it is a blow to the reputation of the Russian authorities, ”says the scientist.

He believes that Maksakova's decision to leave Russia illustrates a deeper problem.

“The situation is such that the entry into Russia exceeds the exit from it. However, the exit illustrates the "brain drain". Many of those who leave are highly educated people, while those who come are unskilled labor. From this point of view, one can state a bias in the migration process, which in the long term can create economic problems in Russia.

Blackkisrewd does not believe that leaving will have immediate political consequences.

“Those who leave Russia nowadays are often people who do not identify themselves with Putin's project and are not considered some kind of 'loss' for the regime,” he says.

Song duet with the spy chief

Until the fall of 2016, Maria Maksakov and her husband Voronenkov were members of parliament, she is from Putin's party, he is from the Communist Party.

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When love arose between them in the Duma, and they got married in March 2015, many powerful people from Putin's inner circle came to their wedding.

The head of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Sergei Naryshkin, who at that time was the speaker of the Duma, sang a duet with the bride.

"Everyone on television or in debates is acting like actors in a theatrical performance."

Kremlin elite love Europe

Friends included Putin's press secretary Dmitry Peskov, as well as Russia Today chief and Kremlin chief propagandist Dmitry Kiselev.

“I know both of them. They were very European integrated a few years ago. They went there when they wanted. "

Kiselev is currently on the sanctions lists.

Among the friends was also a man who was considered a great Putin strategist - the former head of the presidential administration in the Kremlin, Vladislav Surkov.

“People prefer to live in the vacuum they create and tell themselves that they are doing God's will. This is hypnotic hysteria. "

They make small decisions every day

According to Maksakova, the entry of Russian soldiers into Crimea in March 2014 came as a shock to many in the Kremlin.

“Many members of the elite were downright frightened by this. But everyone knows that it is dangerous to say what you think. "

- Do the rulers in the Kremlin themselves believe the propaganda that God instructed Russia to free the land, that the Nazis rule Ukraine, and that the West and NATO want to destroy Russia?

“They make small decisions all the time, every day. After that, they find an opportunity to justify themselves for what they have done. Slowly but surely they fall into the trap of these hypnotic ideas. We are fighting the world.

Lack of heroes

Maksakova's husband was a bureaucrat all the time before being elected to the Duma in 2012. Nevertheless, he made a big fortune for himself.

Denis Voronenkov left Moscow in late October, a few days before his parliamentary immunity expired.

According to the independent Novaya Gazeta, he is a typical Russian politician who is under investigation in several criminal cases. He always, as the newspaper writes, "miraculously" got out of this situation.

According to the leaked Panama Papers, he owned a company in the British Virgin Islands between 2007 and 2012.

The FSB has cases in "sleep mode"

As soon as it became known that Maksakova had left the country and left for Kiev, on the same evening the Russian police announced her husband wanted for the illegal seizure of an apartment in 2011.

- What can you say about the charges against your husband and you?

- Absolutely false and trumped-up charges. As a member of the anti-corruption committee, my husband participated in the arrest of 15 FSB leaders. Now the FSB wants to take revenge on us.

According to her, her husband made his fortune buying and selling real estate and is being extorted by old enemies from the security service.

"The FSB has such cases in 'sleep mode' against many people, which can be used at the right time."

I didn't have the courage

As a politician, Maksakova voted against many of the most controversial new laws, in particular against the law on "homosexual propaganda" and the ban on foreign adoption of children.

She also criticized the law on "insulting the feelings of believers."

“What we thought insane and funny five years ago in Moscow has now become absolutely normal and commonplace. We are now putting into practice the ideas of a century ago. I told myself that everything would be better and that everything could be changed from the inside. Now I realized that it is very difficult to change anything. I lacked the courage. I didn't feel strong enough to cut all ties. "

They scream so loud that no one can see what's going on

The opera star's escape to Kiev sparked more interest last week than Donald Trump's claims that Crimea belongs to Ukraine.

“They do it on purpose. This is how propaganda is carried out. Now there is a great uproar in which some cases are drowning. They shout so loudly that no one understands what is happening. Compared to what Trump says about Crimea, I am a very, very small business. "

The family of a diva from the Soviet Union

Maksakova comes from a family of several famous stars.

Grandmother Maria Maksakova Sr.was one of the most famous opera stars of the Soviet Union in the thirties. The chief of Stalin's security service, Beria, called her “my Carmen,” and Stalin was a great admirer of her.

"There were rumors that I was Stalin's daughter," said Maksakova's mother, who herself became a very famous theater and film actress, and who starred in more than 25 films.

“It’s incomprehensible that they want us to go back to where we were. We didn't like the Soviet Union. Millions of people suffered under the Stalinist regime. Now Stalin has become very popular in Russia again. This is madness".

What is the Kremlin afraid of the most?

The former Putin politician has no doubts about what the rulers in Moscow fear the most:

“I think the MH-17 case is the biggest fear in the Kremlin. They know that the case will never go away on its own. "

The crash with the downed Boeing plane in eastern Ukraine in the summer of 2014 claimed the lives of 298 people.

Maksakova emphasizes that the criminal investigation into the Lockerbie case continued for 15 years, until the Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi extradited the criminals and paid a billion in damages.

“As long as they are in power, they have immunity. Therefore, they will use all means to maintain power as long as possible. "