(((Maybe they just sort of stared, and then went outside
to beat up and rob somebody.)))
RADIO FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY, PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC
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RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol. 10, No. 22, Part I, 6 February 2006
PROSECUTOR-GENERAL BLASTS 'ARMY OF CRIMINALS.' Russian] Prosecutor-General Vladimir Ustinov told a Moscow audience of prosecutors, which included President Putin, on 3 February that the
police cover up a huge number of crimes and that the military is an
"army of criminals," "The Moscow Times" and lenta.ru reported (see
"RFE/RL Newsline," 3 February 2006).
He said that police covered up 700 murders, 1,500 assaults, and 80,000 property-related crimes in 2005 and are not deterred from doing so by threat of imprisonment. Turning to the military, Ustinov charged that the number of officers who committed crimes in 2005 is enough to form two regiments and that thefts alone were worth a total of $60 million, or "enough to buy three dozen modern tanks." About 16,000 military personnel were charged with a variety of crimes, including 100 senior commanders and eight generals or admirals. The authorities punished 550 officers for beating their subordinates.
Ustinov said that the Federal Drug
Control Service has 40,000 employees but investigated only about
one-third of drug-related crimes and left the rest to other agencies.
After the speech, some critics charged that Ustinov is tough on the performance of other ministries and agencies but less so regarding his own. PM
(((This is Prosecutor-General Ustinov. Hmmmm.)))
Full name: Vladimir Vasilyevich Ustinov
Born: February 25, 1953 in Nikolaevsk-on-Amur in Russia's Far East
In 1978 graduated from Kharkov Law School
In1978-1997 worked as deputy prosecutor and prosecutor in various districts of Russia's southern Krasnodar region
In 1997, appointed Deputy Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation
In 2000, appointed Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation. Confirmed by the Federation Council on May 17, 2000.
Married, two children
Biography
Vladimir Ustinov is a second-generation prosecutor: his father served as state prosecutor in the southern Krasnodar region of the Russian Federation.
Ustinov graduated from the Kharkov Law School in 1978 and came back to the Krasnodar region where he started his career as the assistant to the district prosecutor, slowly rising through the ranks. In 1992-1997 Vladimir Ustinov served as the state prosecutor of the Black Sea resort city Sochi. His tenure there was overshadowed by a series of scandals with the local press accusing him of wrecking and red-taping a number of important cases.
