Version: the arrest of Lieutenant Colonel Ovsyannikov — the first step of investigative interest?

      The power sources, taking a week-long information timeout, explained that by "slapping Ovsyannikov" and transferring the convicted Colonel Voronov from Nizhny Novgorod IK-11 (a colony for former police officers) to the Kirov pre-trial detention center, which Newsler.ru reported on February 12, the investigation hoped to obtain, or rather clarify or confirm, already existing information about the "illegal activities" of individuals whose official status is above or much higher than the rank of lieutenant colonel.

      And the categorical denial of the question: whether the investigative threads lead to the head of the Kirov police — General Konstantin Selyanin, significantly narrowed the circle of those who could represent today's interest for the investigation.

      Moreover, the interlocutors, while not denying the empirical guesses of Newsler.ru, seemed to overlook the name of the former head of the Economic Security Department — Colonel Oleg Luchinin, but to hint that "one must take it higher." And "precisely because of this character," the publicity of the investigative events has been minimized, as "there is a high probability of a grand scandal."

      And given that Newsler.ru, understanding that the cause of the "police perdyumonokl" cannot be an official lower than the deputy head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the much-anticipated scandal is likely related to the fact that over the past year, the attention of the authorities has been drawn to two general deputies at once. The first — the already convicted Colonel Voronov, whose only gifted jewelry to his wife amounted to hundreds of millions of rubles. As for the second, one could only speculate based on the "characteristics," that "under him is all commerce." Including the forestry sector.

      And the presumed surname of the theoretical second "contender" for the likely "upper tier of investigative interest" was unexpectedly voiced in the legal community, where today the question is being discussed about who will represent the "interests" of the 48-year-old deputy head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Kirov region — the head of the Investigative Committee, Colonel Alexei Volkov. Whom, according to subordinates, is closely connected by strong friendship with Lieutenant Colonel Denis Ovsyannikov.

      However, bound by a promise of silence in the interests of the investigation, Newsler.ru can only mention that the entire trio, according to the source, strengthened their bonds of friendship through frequent feasts — and not of the tea ceremony variety. Let us remind you that Colonel Andrei Voronov was detained on the night of April 23, 2024, at the intersection of Moskovskaya and Proizvodstvennaya streets while being drunk at the wheel of an Audi Q5.