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Slava:

"He's always first out of the car - and always holds the door open for the others."

Tanya:

"Women have much stronger intuition than men. And if we're all saying the same thing, that absolutely all the women thought he was wonderful, then that means something. Because you can't fool all women. You can put on a show for one, or maybe two or three. But Aleksey knew lots of women, he was a very sociable man. You just can't fool everyone like that."

Ira:

"But he never tried to ingratiate himself, as men often do. What I look at is how older women regard someone. The younger ones can have the wool pulled over their eyes."

Tanya:

"Any of those women would've spotted it if he was being two-faced. Definitely."

Slava:

"You asked if Aleksey could do anything rash or impulsive, or lose his cool. He didn't like being in a state of conflict with people. He was always the first to try and make the peace. I often sensed that when he was on the phone to people."

Tanya:

"If Aleksey was inclined to seek compromises, then how to explain his toughness in jail? He was a military man. That says it all. His military training enabled him to seek compromise in his personal dealings but stand fast on matters of principle. He could be quite tolerant of weaknesses in people he loved or simply knew. He could always tell when to smooth things over, and when to draw the line. In jail he takes two ice-cold showers and does 500 press-ups every day."

A dying breed

The character references are in. These are the questions that ought to occur to anyone running an investigation.

  1. What can we say about a man of such strong feelings, who likes to read detective novels and volunteered for the service? Such a man could, possibly, countenance committing a crime in order to save his country, although not without some soul-searching first. This is a traditional notion in the cause of patriotism. But how to square that kind of outlook with murder for the sake of money or career advancement?
  2. The accused's view of the criminal world has been described in exhaustive detail. It is one of total rejection, and this follows from his entire life to date, his operational experience and the traditions of the service. On top of that, there is no sign of his personality or moral qualities being transformed to the extent that he could commit the crime of which he was accused. How does this tally with the official version?
  3. Nor can the accused's attitudes towards children or issues of conscience be faked. That would be impossible, because dozens of his colleagues would have been aware of them. His sincerity in such matters is especially important. Even had he decided to commit murder, a man such as this, with a background in investigation (and Yukos didn't hire deadbeats, especially at managerial level), would have found a way of doing it that didn't harm the children. This detail just does not fit in with the nature of the crime.

One might be suspicious of what seems, on the surface, a nebulous concept, whether a man is capable of killing. It's all to do with psychology, which to the uninitiated can seem unconvincing. But a professional judge, on the contrary, has a duty to include such testimony into the case for the prosecution or defence.

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