A large debt and 25 years without a contract: the owner's version of the "beaten" pensioner from the dormitory

      Let us remind you that at the beginning of May, we wrote about a pensioner from house No. 54A on Gorky Street. The woman reported that she had become a victim of the new owners of the building. According to her, they made repeated attempts to evict dozens of lonely pensioners and families living and registered in the building, creating "intolerable living conditions" for them over the past five years. The woman also reported that on May 4, around 9 a.m., her electricity was cut off in her apartment once again. The pensioner believes this was simply because the new owner was pressuring and hastening the "rebellious tenants" to sign a lease agreement with him. When she stepped out onto the landing, she saw four men standing by the electrical panel, one of whom "explained" why the power was turned off. "He apparently pushed or hit me so that I fell to the floor. And he started grabbing my arms and dragging me across the floor, after which he snatched my phone. I ran after them to the first floor, screaming... And downstairs, when a security guard joined them, when I received a significant blow to the face, I thought they would beat me to death. Out of fear, I wet myself, and I didn't even feel anything else at first. Only at home, when I was cleaning myself up, did I see the stains on my underwear," the pensioner recounted.

      May 4: Call to the National Guard and a riot instead of "beating"

      According to the building owners, based on police and National Guard materials, on the morning of May 4 at 9:01 a.m., a squad of National Guardsmen arrived at the dormitory at Gorky, 54A in response to a "panic button" pressed by the dormitory staff. In the security room at the entrance, the law enforcement officers found a woman sitting in a nightgown and dormitory staff helplessly pointing at her. "A riot was recorded in the room: torn wires, a broken window sash, overturned furniture, and a persistent specific smell. Witness testimonies indicate that feces allegedly left by this same woman were found on a chair in the security office. The National Guardsmen stopped the woman's hooligan actions, who, according to eyewitnesses, was in an inadequate state, and called the police to the scene," reported the management company.

      According to the new owner, police quickly established that around 8:50 a.m., Irina Anatolyevna Karacheva had entered into another verbal conflict with the dormitory staff on the third floor. After that, according to their testimonies, she attacked a 70-year-old advisor to the building owner's management, forcing him to leave to avoid being beaten. Then, according to witnesses, she descended the stairs, burst into the security room, and caused the described riot with property damage and feces, after which she was stopped by the National Guardsmen. "So by the time the law enforcement officers arrived, it was not about a 'victim of beating,' but about a person who caused a riot in the security room and was brought to her senses precisely by the actions of the National Guard," noted the new building owner.

      When and why did the "beating" appear?

      The dormitory staff filed a complaint regarding the hooligan actions and property damage, and the police questioned the staff, residents, and other witnesses. It was at this moment, when the question of holding Irina Anatolyevna accountable and her possible detention was being resolved, that, according to eyewitnesses, she changed her role from a troublemaker to a "beaten pensioner." Karacheva claimed she was beaten by representatives of the owner and dormitory staff, portraying herself as a victim of brutal beating, the building owners stated. However, the materials of the preliminary investigation and witness statements depict a different sequence of events. The traces of feces, as noted by witnesses, were found not only in the security room but also on the stairs that Karacheva ran down, meaning the process began before the alleged "beating." Moreover, none of the eight witnesses interviewed—neither staff, nor workers, nor even two neighbors who were friends of Karacheva—confirmed that she was beaten by the dormitory staff.

      "Thus, the story that 'she soiled herself out of fear of death right during the beating and this stopped the attackers' contradicts both the video recording and witness testimonies. From the data we have collected, it follows that the feces appeared during her own escape and riot, not at the moment of the unrecorded 'beating.' This episode, apparently, was used in the media story to create the most dramatic picture," noted the building owner.

      The investigation materials, as we were explained, contain explanations from eight witnesses, recordings from surveillance cameras, and medical documents. Attempts by the staff to stop her riot, according to testimonies, were limited to grabbing her by the arms, but unsuccessfully.

      According to the "other side," the geography of the pensioner's beating changed: when filling out the ambulance report, she told the paramedic that she was beaten in the hallway, to the paramedic who was filling out the medical card, she indicated a different place—the common corridor near the electrical panel. To the medical expert, she named the corridor near the room, and to the police officers, she did not specify a specific place, limiting herself to the wording "in the presence of Voronov, Onchukov, Kuzmin, and the administrator," from which it may seem that everything happened in the security room.

      "The security room is a glassed-in area at the entrance, where that morning a significant number of residents observed not a 'beating,' but a riot caused by Karacheva herself. From the 'beating' in the materials—there is a bruise on the lip while simultaneously claiming a 'strong blow that knocked her down.' The question of the origin of the injuries is clarified by the video recording: while chasing Ilnitsky, Karacheva stumbles and falls face-first, hitting her head on the door and her knees on the floor tiles. It is precisely such injuries—a knee bruise, a hand abrasion, and a bruise on the lip—that the doctors recorded. A worker named Lobanov, who she almost knocked over, witnessed her unsuccessful fall and the injuries to her face and knees during the so-called 'beating,'" Onchukov recounted.

      30 years without a contract and a debt of 280 thousand

      At the time of the transfer of ownership to AO "Management Systems," there were more than 80 rooms in the dormitory occupied without contracts. Over six years, the owner, according to the documents, has been consistently trying to resolve the situation by offering to sign contracts, restructure debts, and facing active resistance from some residents.

      According to representatives of the building owner, the inspection materials indicate that citizens have formed a stable group to oppose the dormitory administration. This group is reportedly led by Irina Anatolyevna, who has become a central figure in the story of the "beatings" on May 4.

      In an effort to possibly discredit the owner's company, this initiative group has sent complaints to all possible authorities—from the police and prosecutor's office to the State Duma and the Ministry of Emergency Situations. The episode with the "beating" and "submitted analyses" became a convenient information reason for another attack.

      "From the accounting documents of the management company servicing the dormitory, it follows that Karacheva's debt for actual use of the premises and utility services at the time of publication amounts to about 280 thousand rubles," the building owners reported. Together with a group of other citizens occupying premises without contracts, the total debt of non-paying residents, as noted by AO "Management Systems," exceeds 6.6 million rubles.

      "Karacheva I.A. lives in the dormitory without a lease or rental agreement. A lease agreement for specialized residential premises was not concluded with Karacheva either by the previous owner—ZAO "Kirovagropromproekt"—or by the current one—AO "Management Systems." She terminated her employment with Kirovagropromproekt back in 1992, and according to a certificate from this organization, her right to reside in the dormitory ceased with her dismissal. Nevertheless, she did not vacate the room and has been occupying it without legal grounds for more than a quarter of a century," said the building owner.

      The technical condition of the building and the owner's position

      Inspection reports and complaints from residents indicate that the building has been in a pre-emergency state for many years: leaking roof, rotting windows, lack of fire alarms, worn-out wiring, and pipes. Before the introduction of a pass system, there were cases where outsiders, including the homeless and people with dependencies, spent the night in the dormitory, and there were instances of arson, hooliganism, and apartment thefts.

      Accounting documents show that the dormitory's operations as an object are unprofitable, and its maintenance is carried out at the expense of the owner's profits from other types of activities and their own savings. Against this backdrop, the demands to sign a contract and pay for accommodation do not appear to be "raiding," but rather a normal attempt to end the practice of many years of free or partially paid living at someone else's expense.

      A stamp in the passport against the lease agreement

      Karacheva's key argument is the presence of a registration stamp in her passport at the dormitory address. However, Ramiz Azizov, a lawyer from the