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As it became known “Kommersant”, the former Aeroflot pilot Denis Evdokimov, sentenced to six 41 people for death in the SSJ catastrophe, intends to appeal to the Supreme Court. Now he is collecting documents while in a colony-settlement in Zelenograd. Denis Evdokimov did not petition for sending on his, fearing, including that he could get to the attack aircraft without taking into account his flight skills.

“We intend to continue to achieve a fair and objective decision on this case, the next step in the defense will be the appeal to the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation,” Natalya Mitusova, lawyer Denis Evdokimova, told Kommersant that her client continues to be categorically denied. According to her, now the convict is in the colony-settlement No. 2 of the Main Directorate of the FSIN in Moscow in Zelenograd. He arrived there by the verdict of the Khimkinsky City Court, confirmed by the appeal resolution of the Moscow Regional Council, back in May last year.

According to the prevailing practice, persons convicted of crimes committed by negligence must independently go to the place of serving the sentence after the court decision comes into force.

“Denis Evdokimov is employed in the sewing workshop, the conditions of its content can be called satisfactory, and the relative proximity of the colony-settlement to the place of residence of the family enables his wife to visit him weekly,” said Mrs. Mitusova. She emphasized that already in the fall of this year her client will have the right to apply to the court at the location of the colony with a motion to replace the unsuitable part of the punishment with a milder, that is, for forced labor, and the right to apply for parole will arise later-in May 2026. “And, of course, we will initiate the consideration of these issues by the court,” the lawyer emphasized.

While he, along with the defender, expects from Saratov “issuing judicial acts after the return of the case from the first cassation court of general jurisdiction”. As “Kommersant” saidrecently, this instance after an hour and a half meeting refused to satisfy the complaint participating in the video conferences to the pilot.

The court, like the TFR and the Interstate Aircraft Committee, found that the reason Disaster 2019 at Sheremetyevo Airport became the “uncoordinated control actions” of the aircraft commander. The pilot Denis Evdokimov made them “at the level of alignment during landing” and “with repeated compartments of the aircraft from the runway (“ goat ”)”. In the second and third shots on the ground, the power elements of the glider and fuel tanks were destroyed, the kerosene leaked from them caught fire. 41 people who were on board died, the plane was completely destroyed by fire.

We also recall that Denis Evdokimov, being disagreed with the sentence, noted in his complaint that the court had ignored the mitigating circumstances, in particular his impeccable service in state security agencies in the past and the presence of a war veteran status.

Representatives of the convicted pilot explained to Kommersant that since 1998 he had served the IL-76T pilot in the aviation of the Russian Federal Border Service, and from 2003 to 2011 he was the commander of the crew of the transporter in the Aviation of the FSB of Russia. He was fired in the stock with the rank of lieutenant colonel.

According to them, when his own began, the criminal case was already listened to in the Khimki City Court « and it was inappropriate to consider the issue of Denis’s participation in a special operation. » In this case, not only the proceedings in the case would be suspended, but also the opportunity from Denis Evdokimov to take measures to identify the objective causes of the disaster.

After the sentence entered into force, Denis Evdokimov has no guarantees that the army will want to use his pilot skills, and will not be sent to the advanced attack aircraft.

At the same time, the pilot and his lawyers continue to insist that during the investigation and the court in his criminal case, « a significant number of violations were committed. » As they believe, the pilot Evdokimov acted in accordance with the established rules and instructions, and the cause of the disaster is “defined erroneously”.

“The main argument of the defense, coinciding with the opinion of a number of victims, witnesses and experts, is the fact that the chassis was destroyed not according to the certified scenario and, in violation of the aviation rules, fuel tanks were damaged, which made a large amount of fuel with the subsequent fire, the rapid development of the fire and the penetration of smoke into the cabin, which, in turn, entailed The death of people.

“The defense is convinced that Evdokimov’s fault has not been proven, and there is no causal relationship between his actions as a piloting pilot and damage to passengers,” Natalya Mitusova said Kommersant.

She also noted that, together with colleagues and client, she expected more cassation from the court, but he, in her opinion, approached the meeting formally, not carefully studying “vices” and “violations” committed by lower courts.

Sergey Sergeev