Serdyukov - Hero of Russia: Is it possible to believe in this?

Undoubtedly, the information that appeared earlier in the Russian newspapers that the former head of the Defense Ministry Serdyukov - the Hero of Russia, shocked many. How could an official who was accused of negligence and misuse of state money receive such a high award? Until now, attempts are still being made to unravel the secret of why Anatoly Eduardovich did not bear the well-deserved punishment for the corruption scandal, to which he appeared. And all the more, the fact that Serdyukov is the Hero of Russia is shrouded in a halo of mystery. Is it true? Let's consider this issue in more detail.

Is the president's initiative or not?

Sharks of the pen, thoroughly studying the question of why Serdyukov was awarded the title of Hero of Russia, reported that the official received the award at a time when President Dmitry Medvedev was soon to withdraw his powers. As the journalists write, it happened in March 2012.

At the same time, the above-mentioned state award was received by ex-head of the General Staff Nikolai Makarov.

For what services

Many were interested in the question of why Serdyukov was suddenly awarded the title of Hero of Russia. The media managed to find out the reasons: say, the ex-defense minister was able to fully implement the modernization and reform of the country's armed forces. It should be noted that most of the innovations of Anatoly Eduardovich were subsequently canceled. But in the press were published only a small article about the title of Hero of Russia was awarded to Nikolai Makarov.

At the same time, the experts did not doubt that the very fact of rewarding the defense minister and the chief of the General Staff for the officers of the military department was not secret.

Under the signature "secret"

However, the fact that Serdyukov - Hero of Russia, tried not to advertise anywhere.

"This document" On the appropriation, "which was signed by the then head of state, had the status of" confidential. " The award of Makarov and Serdyukov was received indoors, where journalists and members of the public were not invited. However, a certain number of people in the shoulder straps about the awarding of high state awards to Anatoly Eduardovich knew, "said Major-General Vladimir Bogatyrev, head of the association of reserve officers of the Megapir Armed Forces.

"Noise was raised by veterans"

The fact that Serdyukov - the Hero of Russia, first of all did not like the participants of veteran societies.

They paid attention to it first. In particular, the leader of the Union of Airborne Troops Valery Vostrotin reacted to the situation: "I was completely bewildered, looking at how the head of the Russian state was substituted, discrediting the title of Hero of Russia, which is now being heard right and left. Anatoly Serdyukov - Hero of Russia? Who would have thought!"

A way to mitigate the responsibility?

Some experts are inclined to think that the above-mentioned state award can help in easing the punishment for the ex-minister of the military department if they are found guilty of negligence and corruption. According to the current legislation, honorary titles are one of mitigating circumstances in the consideration of criminal cases.

The reaction of the Kremlin

It should be emphasized that in the margins of the Kremlin refute the fact that Serdyukov was awarded the Hero of Russia.

Representatives of the presidential administration hastened to state: "This information is not true." Medvedev's spokesman - Natalia Timakova - also said that Anatoly Serdyukov was not given the state award.

The reaction of the military department

Representatives of the Ministry of Defense held the same position as in the Kremlin. At the same time, the military declared that "this can not be by definition," since the "controversial" contribution of the former minister to the reform of the Armed Forces is no longer a secret. But about the colleague of Anatoly Eduardovich Nikolai Makarov, people in the "shoulder straps" said that he was indeed awarded by the President (Gold Star of the Hero) for the fact that he carried out competent leadership of the troops during the 2008 Russian-Georgian conflict.

However, some media put forward such a version of what is happening: say, the rumor that Minister Serdyukov was awarded the title of Hero, was launched specifically to "blacken" him in the eyes of others. According to another point of view, information on the awarding of Anatoly Eduardovich was released by those who feared legal gaps with which the minister could count on amnesty.

It does not consider truthful the information that Serdyukov is a Hero of Russia, and his lawyer is Konstantin Rivkin.

As you know, the ex-minister of the military ministry in the autumn of 2013 became a participant in the criminal case initiated by the investigators on the improvement of the recreation center Zhitnoye. Financing of this project was carried out illegally: funds from the state treasury were spent. The owner of the sanatorium was Anatoly Eduardovich's son-in-law - Valery Puzikov. At the end of 2013, the investigation of the incident came to an end, and Serdyukov began a detailed acquaintance with the case materials. Sharks of the feather in vain wrote about the fact that the former official can soon amnesty in connection with the anniversary date: 20 years of the Russian Constitution.

Honorable award

"Hero of Russia" refers to the category of state awards, which are awarded to those who have merit before the people and the state, and they are connected with the performance of a heroic deed. A person receives a Gold Star medal. Today the state award is owned by more than a thousand people in Russia, and half of them received it posthumously.