It is well known that the Internet (and all that is connected) is today the territory on which not toy wars are unfolded. One of the episodes and became the basis of the case on which I work. I consider it not as a purely criminal history, but as a result of the special operation, which was developed by the United States and was carried out at once in several directions.

When Vinnya was arrested, information support was immediately organized by this event around the world. By itself, such a powerful wave could not arise: such arrests were quite a lot, but they did not attract the attention of the media. Today, detentions and arrests of our citizens associated with the IT-industry, have become hardly the norm. But they covered them not as wide as the case of Alexander Vinnik and BTS-E.

BTS-E is the exchange office, the Exchange, which has Russian roots. She was created by Russian citizens, actively developed over the past decade and eventually grew into one of the world's largest stock exchanges. With the "military" point of view, it is an ideal target for discrediting Russian business and the country as a whole. Therefore, the attack on the BTS-E has become one of the steps of a large operation, the main goal of which is to force the Western community to perceive Russians exclusively as criminals.

• Lawyer Alexandra Vinnika Timofey Musatov
• Photos from a personal archive

Alexander Vinnik was presented with extremely serious accusations. It is incriminated (just think!) Implementing illegal financial transactions in order to finance terrorism, drug trafficking and other particularly serious crimes. Easy to list them should cause the inhabitants of Western countries a disgust to such monsters as Vinnik and the like.

"In such circumstances, Greece has no right to issue Alexander Vinnika"

And in fact, it is only about the fact that the BTS-E company began its work to obtain licenses for the American laws. The rest of the charges are formed on the basis of this small paragraph. They occupy 57 pages - and all without exception is supposed. I quote: "Alexander Vinnik created, organized, managed and is the beneficiary of the site used by all the criminals of the world for laundering the funds received by illegally."

Understanding that in the current situation, we will be extremely difficult to protect the interests of Alexander, we turned to the credible representatives of Greek society - to professors and the teaching staff of the highest legal educational institutions in Greece. It is these people who prepare the color of the country's jurisprudence, including prosecutors and judges. After studying the accusations materials (taking into account the American and Greek legislation), the Greek legal elite came to an unequivocal conclusion: in such circumstances, Greece has no right to issue Alexander Vinnik.

• Alexander Vinnik accompanied by police
• Reuters

Vinnik is not a hacker, that is, a person who has kidnapped someone else's property in one way or another, assigned it and managed him in criminal purposes. And in the tex charges this is not. However, the Western society has already developed confidence that Alexander Vinnik stole or $ 4 billion, or $ 6 billion.

How was such an opinion formed? It is very simple: in charge it is indicated that since the company's existence (and this is 10 years old) at least $ 4 billion passed through it (different figures appear on different pages). However, all the accusations documents are abounding inaccuracies.

Over the past 20 years, the world has developed in such a way that civil rights, for which America and Europe and Europe have always fought - freedom of will, inviolability of private and family life, freedom of entrepreneurship, inviolability of capital and property, banking secrecy, - in the end somehow imperceptibly dissolved In the flow of messages about the danger of terrorism and the need to protect unfortunate citizens from cruel and completely elusive terrorists. And so easily people exchanged freedom to imaginary safety! What happens to Alexander Vinnik and BTS-E is the result of these changes. But cryptocurrencies simply provide free exchange of material means between people. This is the same as cash. A citizen comes to the exchange point, gives cash and receives cash - only in another currency. And now I will imagine that this person turned out to be a terrorist and committed the terrorist attack. Should I carry a responsibility for the exchange office employee who issued money? The answer is obvious.

Today there was a deformation of legal concepts: we seemed to be moved to the Middle Ages. The valley is incubated plot. And the plot always referred to the crimes against the state: this is an attempt to overthrow power. In one point, the charge of Vinnik is called the owner, the beneficiary of BTS-E, in another - an accountant, in the third - performer. That is, from the point of view of American justice, one person, being the owner and an employee in one person, just so six billion dollars holled - and everything is fine!

So, Alexander Vinnika is accused of the fact that with the help of the BTS-E Stock (which he organized, and now it owns it and manages) the criminals of the whole world launder the money obtained as a result of such criminal actions as hacking computer systems and infection of their malicious software, Fraud, theft of personal data, tax evasion, corruption and drug trafficking.

Good statement, strong! Only who exactly became the culprit of these crimes? Under what circumstances were they committed? When and how did these people act? What kind of persons suffered? Replies to these questions in the submitted documents you will not find. There is not a single mention of specific people - with the exception of one, but very important reference. It refers to two corrupt agents of the US federal government, Charles Mark Fors and Sean Birjes, who allegedly laundered thousands of dollars. Note, thousands, and not billions.

"There are no evidence that these servers were withdrawn, and no one knows where they were"

The judicial and legal system of democratic states is always very demanding on the prosecution. Here you need special accuracy: because we are talking about the fate of a person, about the rights of the individual. And this is the main value of the Western world, which human rights defenders in the United States and Europe are so baked. But if we are talking about the fate of Russian, not an American or a Europeans, then everything instantly changes. In their eyes we are people of the third grade. And to blame us, it is not necessary to look for good evidence - quite sufficiently general reasoning. So I have the right to consider this accusation politically motivated.

And the most important thing. The United States accuses the Russian citizen in committing a number of crimes. The question arises: where did he commit these crimes? There is a general rule: a place of investigation is a place of committing a crime. If the investigation is carried out by the United States, it means that Vinnik with the Councils should have committed criminal actions in the United States - and in no way differently. Meanwhile, it turns out that Alexander Vinnik himself has never been in the United States and none of the companies mentioned in the accusation has nothing to do with the United States. However, Americans very famously tie the facts to give the investigation the appearance of legality. They declare that BTS-E servers were located in the United States. This is their first argument. And the second, even more amazing: American citizens could use the services of the company BTS-E. This is quite enough to arouse the case in the United States. In any reasonable person, such a position causes a lot of issues.

As for servers that were posted in the United States, it is still necessary to prove it. And there is no evidence. If the servers that were in the American territory really existed, they had to withdraw, open, to get all the information and submit it to the public. However, for some reason this did not happen. There is no evidence that these servers were withdrawn, and no one knows where they were. Moreover, the very fact of their placement on any territory does not say anything. There is a state called the Internet in the world. Need to admit it. This is a separate state that does not have borders in which its own life, its own business and its own rules. But at the moment there is no jurisdiction, which could definitely declare: this is our territory. And now there was a country that, being the mother of the Internet, decided: everything that is on the Internet is her earning and therefore it is subordinate to it. So believe in the USA.

"The same court made two decisions contradictory solutions"

Those circumstances, which are given in this indictment, I will simply be called: abuse of right. And those who have more biceps can abuse the right. And this is the policy.

To date, the United States may afford it is extremely easy to treat all legal procedures, because their political influence in the world is superlocated. Apparently, due to this, the accusation is made extremely unqualified. Obviously no one seriously approached him. And why? And so they will give out - what is the problem? Greeks - who are they? How can they say "no" America? There are no proud Greeks for a long time. Probably, in the US, it is so so.

There was a precedent when the same court with a difference in a week was made two, it would seem that contradicts each other's solutions. However, in fact, they do not contradict each other. One decision is about issuing in the USA, another - about extradition in the Russian Federation. Of course, the judge who endured the verdict on extradition in the Russian Federation, knew about the previous decree. From the point of view of common logic, the last verdict of the Court is determining. But from a legal point of view it is not. Jurisprudence is a kind of bird language, this is the entire incident. There are two solutions for which the final conclusions should accept the Minister of Justice - at its discretion. And all that the official makes "at its discretion," is already a political solution. That is why the process of legal flows into political. Whose request will prefer to satisfy the Minister of Justice - Russia or America?

• Alexander Vinnik leaves the court in thessaloniki
• Reuters

However, there is one nuance. The decision of the court, satisfied the American request, was appealed to the Supreme Court, which means it did not enter into legal force. That is, at the moment it is not. And it is still unknown whether it will be at all. But the decision against Russia is not appealed to anyone, which means that it entered into legal force. And we understand that the prosecutor will not appeal him: after all, he himself presented all the documents and asked for extradition in the Russian Federation. He himself testified that all the documents submitted by the Russian side comply with all the laws of Greece and international rules, and on this basis, asked Alexander Vinnika in the Russian Federation. Vinnik, in turn, also made a desire to be in front of the court in his native country, no matter how hard punishment was. Accordingly, Alexander Vinnik also will not appeal the decision. We also note that America has no opportunity to appeal this decision, because it is not one of the parties in this case. As a result, we come to the conclusion that this decision cannot be appealed, which means that it entered into legal force in Greece. And - in theory - it must be performed immediately.

But the second solution is simply not. It has not entered into force. He is not here! There is only a certain written text - a piece of paper that is not guided.

But I think that, to great regret, the situation will not develop on legal, but according to political logic. And the Minister of Justice will make a step that should be done from the point of view of the law: when the guns are rare, politicians are silent, and lawyers wipe the tears (after all, they have no guns). Lawyers armed only with a handle and knowledge in the field of jurisprudence are unlikely to convince politicians to make a decision that meets the law.

The Greek legal community intently observes the lawsuit, because it is unprecedented. I would call him key. And it's not just that this decision will be the first in Europe and in the world. If such a decision goes, it will be safely argued that the entire Internet (regardless of legal fixation of the business) is a territory legally controlled by the United States. This is much more important. Greeks will agree with this decision, and Greece is part of the EU. And this means that the European Union will take this verdict and thereby will be a bear service to all its citizens. But no one thinks about it yet, because the world community does not understand the very essence of this case.

At the moment we are preparing for the court session at the Supreme Court. On Monday, an additional complaint was filed: we believe that the rights of our prosthet are violated, since his words in the lawsuit were brighterly distorted. The court actually refused to listen to Vinnika, but at the same time took into account the distorted version of his statement. We protested against the attraction of a unskilled translator to the trial. The court appointed a translator who does not have adequate knowledge: she has no diploma diploma, it engineer, as we later found out. Moreover, she herself admitted that it was not able to give an accurate translation, as it does not own legal terminology. We asked for another translator, but the judge did not satisfy our request.

Here is just one example. To the question: "Have you been the owner of the company?" "Vinnik answers:" No, I was not the owner of the company, I was only an expert. " And this answer is translated like this: "Yes, I was the owner of the company."

We do not have a documentary confirmation of this fact: video and audio recording in court is prohibited, the process passed in closed mode. But we have witnesses.

Fabul prosecution is as follows: A certain BTC-E company operated as an exchange of electronic or cryptocurrency and during ten years spent several billion dollars through itself. The Exchange worked without a license, so the United States of America's bodies believe that BTC-E is a criminal organization that helps waste cash.

In one part, Alexander Vinnika accusation is described as the owner, in the other - as an accountant, and in the third - as an agent, the organizer, the creator of this product. At the same time, not a single confirmation document was provided that Vinnik is the owner, director or manager, says Timofey Musatov.

Timofey Musatov lawyer "Charging surreal. It's one thing if you are accused of stealing. He is not accused of stealing, he personally did not stole anything. One thing, if you are accused of hacking, creating malicious programs. He did not do this, and he was not accused of this. He is accused of being related to a company that operated without a license. This is an innovation, such before anywhere and never happened. This guy is an engineer. This is confirmed by the way, the fact that his life is not burdened with high incomes, judging by the way he lived. "

According to the lawyer, Alexander Vinnik is characterized by a lawyer with a cryptocyr of BTC-E: he is a "high-class specialist" in the field of technology blockchain and everything that is connected with it, including cryptocurrency. Being an expert in this area, he "projectively advised" various companies, including BTC-E, at technological moments.

The BTC-E cryptobria itself immediately after arrest said that Vinnik was never a manager or service employee. Then her work was forcibly stopped, and she managed to restore only in mid-September.

The fact that Alexander Vinnika can have an influential business partner, writing the Rusperes agency, meaning with Igor Ashmanov - Mother Natalia Kasperskaya, InfoWatch shareholder. Lawyer Timofey Musatov is denied, explaining that he himself is the only point of relationship:

"Since it is well known that I am a lawyer Natalia and Igor last seven or ten years, that is why there was an attempt to tie Alexander Vinnika, Natalia and Igor Midno. No relation to Kasperskaya, nor Ashmanov, nor InfoWatch do not have to the Vinnik. I was searching for the wife of Vinnik, I was looking for me for more than a month, knowing that I am a narrow specialist in some areas, including extradition. "

However, there is an interesting coincidence. In Moscow, the same address in the Bolshoi Kozihinsky Lane registered two companies, a co-founder of one of which, LLC "CREDITSAILS", Vinnik Alexander Vladimirovich, and the other, OOO Informatik, - Ashmanov Igor Stanislavovich. Vinnya is registered there for almost five years, Ashmanova - 11. These are the official information that is on the FTS website.

Earlier, Greece satisfied the US request for the extradition of Alexander Vinnik. Protection This solution protested.

Vinnye requires Russia. The relevant request sent the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation. Literally two weeks after Greek arrest in Russia against Vinnik, a criminal case was brought under the article on fraud. The formal basis was the statement of businessmen who paid for the supply of equipment more than 600 thousand rubles, but did not receive the goods. This is a rare case when the charge of homeland helps to reduce the risks.

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Do you think you are Russian? Born in the USSR and think that you are Russian, Ukrainian, Belarus? Not. This is not true.

You are actually Russian, Ukrainian or Belarusian. But you think you are a Jew.

Game? Incorrect word. The correct word "Imprinting".

The newborn associates itself with the features of the face that watches immediately after birth. This natural mechanism is peculiar to most living beings with vision.

The newborns in the USSR several first days have seen the mother at least the feeding time, and most of the time saw the faces of the personnel of the hospital. By a strange coincidence, they were (and remain so far) for the most part Jewish. Reception wild in its essence and efficiency.

All childhood you wondered why you live surrounded by nonsense people. Rare Jews on your way could do anything with you, because you stretched to them, and others repel. And now they can.

Fix it. You will not be able to - Imprint disposable and for life. It is difficult to understand this, instinct took shape when it was still very far to the ability to formulate. From the moment the words nor the details have been preserved. Only features left in the depths of memory. Thoves that you consider your relatives.

System and observer

We define the system as an object, the existence of which is no doubt.

The system observer is an object that is not part of the system observed by him, that is, defining its existence, among other things, the factors independent of the system.

The observer from the point of view of the system is a source of chaos - both the control effects and the consequences of observational measurements that have no causal relationship with the system.

The internal observer is a potentially achievable object for which inversion of observation channels and control exposure is possible.

An external observer is even a potentially unattainable object behind the system, which is beyond the horizon of the event event (spatial and temporary).

Hypothesis number 1. All-seeing eye

Suppose our universe is a system and it has an external observer. Then observation measurements can occur for example using the "gravitational radiation" permeating the universe from all sides. The cross section of the capture of "gravitational radiation" is proportional to the mass of the object, and the projection of the "shadow" from this capture to another object is perceived as the force of attraction. It will be proportional to the mass of the masses of objects and is inversely proportional to the distance between them, which determines the density of the "shadow".

The capture of the "gravitational radiation" object increases its chaoticity and is perceived by us as a flow of time. Object is an opaque for "gravitational radiation", the cross section of the capture of which is greater than the geometric size, inside the universe looks like a black hole.

Hypothesis number 2. Inner observer

It is possible that our universe observes itself. For example, with the help of pairs of quantum intricate particles separated in space as standards. Then the space between them is saturated with the likelihood of the existence of these particles of the process that reaches the maximum density at the intersection of the trajectories of these particles. The existence of these particles also means the absence of objects on the trajectories sufficiently great sections of the capture capable of absorbing these particles. The remaining assumptions remain the same as for the first hypothesis, except:

Time flow

A third-party observation of an object approaching the horizon of the black hole event, if the defining factor of time in the universe is the "external observer", will slow down exactly two times - the shadow of the black hole will block exactly half the possible trajectories of "gravitational radiation". If the defining factor is the "internal observer", the shade will block the entire interaction path and the flow of the object falling into the black hole completely stops for view from the side.

The possibility of a combination of these hypotheses in one or another proportion is also not excluded.