Investigator:It's possible to make up a case and win it in court in Belarus

The former investigator from Zhodzina Andrej Pyzhyk, who emigrated abroad, is concerned about the quality of investigation in our country. In his opinion, it can accuse anyone of anything.

Euroradio: Trials against anarchists took place last week. The anarchists claimed there had been pressure on them. Who presses them and forces to give evidence like this?

Pyzhyk: "As for pressure, this is a normal practice of the law-enforcement authorities. Unfortunately, there's nothing surprising about it. Police operative investigators are the ones who put pressure in the first place - they increase the rate of crime detection like this. This is done upon the order, or with an aim to detect a crime, to realise oneself to get promoted or receive additional salary".

Euroradio: Can any citizen be "ordered"? What a citizen should do to become a subject of a fabricated case?

Pyzhyk: "In the first place, this concerns the opposition. However, it can be some economic crime".  

Euroradio: Can an investigator, a prosecutor or a judge refuse to fulfill such an order?

Pyzhyk: "In theory, they surely can. It's up to them in the end, but one can do it only in the very beginning. After this, he will be replaced with a person who wouldn't refuse. They put pressure from different directions, especially on people who already have "spots" on them.

Euroradio: In your opinion, how the anarchists' case was investigated? And how the Minsk metro terrorist act is being investigated?

Pyzhyk: "It is very difficult for me to comment upon the anarchists' case as I know only the information which was published in the Internet. As for the terrorist act, and this is not just my opinion but the opinion of the law enforcement authorities' representatives whom I communicate with, it had been planned by a narrow circle of special services agents. There had been an order from the above. The authorities knew how it had been planned. It was what they needed".

Euroradio: Are there any facts which can prove this? What would you pay attention to?

Pyzhyk: "Any murder has a concrete motive. In this case this concerns mass killing of people - there is no such motive. No one can explain why they did it and what for. The time of the President's arrival to the site is also weird. Everyone paid attention that he had arrived very soon. Experts, technicians had not examined the tragedy site by then, this is for sure. And he knew there were no more explosive devises. A second, a third bomb could have exploded, and he came there with his child. They could even plant something there or destroy something accidentally. There were many different nuances. According to the media, the youngster confessed himself. When a person confesses he says everything as it was, in details, why, what for. He does not need dictation, he tells everything at the interrogation. Thus, he should tell everything with no fuss on the spot. It was also claimed that specialists from the Institute of National Security were involved to study his psycho. I am sorry, but it is the doctors' business. And then he confessed in all other explosions as well. The point is - he thinks they will praise him for this. He will be shot. Special services' representatives claim he used юююю Indeed, there is information how to make it in the Internet. There is no need to be an outstanding chemist to prepare it, a normal place and knowledge is required. You need to be a specialist in assembling explosives. The speed of the blast detection also surprises. They need years to investigate one blast, another one. And now - the President gives an order and an especially malicious crime is detected in 24 years".