"Sanka, is that you?! We'll trample the zone together!.."
Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2025 4:17 am
According to Alexander Tsvetkov, he had not yet had time to get scared at that time - the charges brought against him were too incredible to take them seriously. Therefore, on the way to the police station, the scientist was most worried about the fate of the institute's professional equipment worth about 15 million rubles, for which he was financially responsible and which he had not managed to take from his luggage. And also about the laptop and tablet left there, which contained all the results of the scientific research conducted during the expedition.
— At that time I was still belize whatsapp number database sure that "a terrible mistake had been made" and that my detention would not be long, — he said. — However, at the police station they asked me to confess that I was the same person who was homeless and killing people in 2002. I said that it was all complete nonsense, that I was a scientist, that I had worked at the institute all my life and had no time to be homeless. That I was married and had two daughters, and that I was in Moscow extremely rarely. But at that time no one believed me, and even the court ordered my arrest, although numerous testimonies from my relatives and colleagues at the institute denied my involvement in the charges.
The situation, says Alexander, worsened after the first confrontation with Aleshin, who by that time had admitted that he was an accomplice of the real criminal, who is still wanted.
— During the confrontation, this Aleshin joyfully threw himself on my neck and said: "Sanka, is it you?! We'll trample the zone together!" — the scientist recalled. — At that moment, it became clear that the triumph of justice was being postponed. Later, I learned that this man had entered into a pre-trial agreement and was actively cooperating with the investigation. It was advantageous for him to "recognize" me in order to reduce his sentence.
According to Alexander Tsvetkov, already at the second confrontation, Aleshin’s lawyer began to suspect that something out of the ordinary was happening, but the situation was still far from being truly clarified.
At some point, the scientist became so demoralized by what was happening that he wrote a confession - according to him, he was driven to this by poor health, as well as threats and pressure from his cellmates in the pretrial detention center. However, having given in to weakness one day, he later retracted his testimony.
Alexander explains his act of self-incrimination by the fact that throughout the entire arrest his psyche was as if frozen, he could not think clearly and felt little. Thus, the scientist believes, his nervous system defended itself from the reality that he could not comprehend and accept.
"At the same time, from the very beginning until the last moment, I firmly believed that the investigators would figure everything out," he noted. "And the fact that they did it in 10 months, I think, is a very quick result. In the worst case, it could have dragged on for years.
— At that time I was still belize whatsapp number database sure that "a terrible mistake had been made" and that my detention would not be long, — he said. — However, at the police station they asked me to confess that I was the same person who was homeless and killing people in 2002. I said that it was all complete nonsense, that I was a scientist, that I had worked at the institute all my life and had no time to be homeless. That I was married and had two daughters, and that I was in Moscow extremely rarely. But at that time no one believed me, and even the court ordered my arrest, although numerous testimonies from my relatives and colleagues at the institute denied my involvement in the charges.
The situation, says Alexander, worsened after the first confrontation with Aleshin, who by that time had admitted that he was an accomplice of the real criminal, who is still wanted.
— During the confrontation, this Aleshin joyfully threw himself on my neck and said: "Sanka, is it you?! We'll trample the zone together!" — the scientist recalled. — At that moment, it became clear that the triumph of justice was being postponed. Later, I learned that this man had entered into a pre-trial agreement and was actively cooperating with the investigation. It was advantageous for him to "recognize" me in order to reduce his sentence.
According to Alexander Tsvetkov, already at the second confrontation, Aleshin’s lawyer began to suspect that something out of the ordinary was happening, but the situation was still far from being truly clarified.
At some point, the scientist became so demoralized by what was happening that he wrote a confession - according to him, he was driven to this by poor health, as well as threats and pressure from his cellmates in the pretrial detention center. However, having given in to weakness one day, he later retracted his testimony.
Alexander explains his act of self-incrimination by the fact that throughout the entire arrest his psyche was as if frozen, he could not think clearly and felt little. Thus, the scientist believes, his nervous system defended itself from the reality that he could not comprehend and accept.
"At the same time, from the very beginning until the last moment, I firmly believed that the investigators would figure everything out," he noted. "And the fact that they did it in 10 months, I think, is a very quick result. In the worst case, it could have dragged on for years.