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

Undoubtedly, appeared earlier in Russian newspapersinformation that former Defense Minister Serdyukov - Hero of Russia, shocked many. As an official who was accused of negligence and misuse of state money, he was awarded such a high award? Until now, attempts are still being made to unravel the secret of why Anatoly Eduardovich did not suffer a well-deserved punishment for the corruption scandal, to which he was a party. 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?

The sharks of the pen, thoroughly studying the question of how,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 authority. As journalists write, this 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 whyreceived Serdyukov the title of Hero of Russia. The media managed to find out the reasons: the ex-minister of defense was able to fully modernize and reform 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 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 Assignment ", which was signed bythe 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 - 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 is substituted, discredit the title of Hero of Russia, which is being heard right and left today. Anatoly Serdyukov - Hero of Russia? Who would have thought!"

A way to mitigate the responsibility?

Some experts are inclined to think that the abovea state award can help in mitigating punishment for an 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 administrationhurried 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 adhered tothe same position as in the Kremlin. At the same time, the military stated 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 Hero) at the initiative of the President for exercising competent leadership of the troops during the 2008 Russian-Georgian conflict.

However, some media put forward such a versionwhat 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 about the awarding of Anatoly Eduardovich was released by those who feared legal gaps with which the minister could count on amnesty.

He 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 War Ministryin the autumn of 2013 he became a participant in the criminal case initiated by the investigators in connection with 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 wrote in eager rush that the former official could soon be amnestied 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.