When and for what killed Listeva?

leaves from simple journalist quickly turned into a real star of the domestic TV.Despite the great fame, Vladislav at home was quite modest.

Available versions and hypotheses

According to the memoirs of his girlfriend Albina, a long time the pair huddled in her studio, so the financial motives of the murder are not talking.What Listeva killed in such a case?Among the modern versions of the very popular personal motives and the theory of impropriety business partners.

«Vladislav leaves killed!" Photos and reports from the scene in newspapers resonated in post-Soviet society - the aim of the perpetrators was not the entrepreneur or the deputy and journalist.And then it fell down version of the political overtones in a difficult case.Potential managers and executives looking for a contract killing, and at the top of the power structures, and the coterie of influential businessmen.

plot developments

difficult situation in Ostankino in 1993 led to the need for change.

constant lack of state capital greatly hinders development channel.In 1994, of the required 1.3 trillion company was able to scrounge 320 billion.To solve the problem


editors were given the opportunity to earn, but it does not facilitate brought - to work in the advertising field, even seasoned journalists of that time could not categorically, including Vladislav leaves.Who killed him, how, and why, is not known to this day, but many colleagues have linked the event with big money that swirled in Ostankino.

Drama in Ostankino

spread on TV special promotions customized nature - for such plots commercial organizations and some political parties, and many are willing to pay.

Usually such "advertising Etude" cost the customer thousands of dollars in the range of 5-20.The poor quality of the programs has been the subject of journalists and headaches caused permanent dissatisfaction guide channel.

Who benefits?

Information about the initiator offers corporatized "Ostankino" somewhat contradictory.

According to the basic version, responsible for this founder of the center's production activities REN TV Lesnevskaya Irena;the second version is called the name of Alexander Lyubimov.

plan Lyubimov gave excellent preconditions for the formation of a nationwide TV, Lyubimov presents a joint-stock community.Actually, this theory has existed for interview with Boris Berezovsky, in the summer of 1994. In a television interview the newspaper "Power" in April 2005, the summer he said that the news agency was conceived as a "powerful mechanism of social and political struggle," "independent TV channel for the whole country".What killed Listeva, for money or politics, after frank interview magnate understand more was impossible.

role Berezovsky

This mechanism, according to the speeches of Mr Berezovsky, was needed for the purpose of a future war with the Communists, who, after the failure of the Duma in 1993 always wanted to retaliation and revenge on the media.In November 1994, Yeltsin put his signature on the Order on the formation of the "Public national television."In the ranks of the company's shareholders were "LogoVAZ" and "United Bank" Berezovsky, a correspondent bank "Menatep" Khodorkovsky, a correspondent bank "Capital" of Smolensk, "Alfa-Bank" Friedman and Aven, the company "Microdin" Efanova.Notes "Vladislav leaves killed!" Photo Closeups and investigators since then and forever acquired an unpleasant taste of big politics and big money.

plans Listeva

51% of the new Ostankino was the state, and 49% - Number of the assets personal finances.Vlad leaves in September 1994 he was appointed vice-president of the Academy of Russian TV.Colleagues and friends of the journalist mentioned that he literally dreamed of a different TV.He was curious to imagine another way of sovego brainchild, and did not observe the complete degradation of esters.

Although his range of interests covered only manufacturing and producing new projects, the question "What killed Listeva?" There is a standard answer - money, big money.

Sure, it was interesting to work filmmaker, but such an attitude to the position imposed on other employees responsible for the affairs of the channel.Vlad has not delved into the debits, credits and similar accounting stuff, his talent was in the other.

Memories colleagues

Rasbash journalist recalled: "A few days after the terrible event Listyev in our room rang.After a pause, cold, absolutely bezemotsionalny voice said something in the spirit: "If you become jerky, went after him ...."Most colleagues called with requests not to cover the incident in the press and not to inflate public scandal.What killed Vlad Listyev - we do not know and do not know it, but began to dig in all possible directions it after a series of calls from unknown numbers. "
During the period of investigation were questioned about 2 thousand. Eyewitnesses, witnesses and potential participants in the events.The offense confessed to 10 different people, but these later versions could not be confirmed.To the question "What killed Listeva?" Most of them did not even have a clear answer, but the motives and opportunities - even more so.

version FSB

repeatedly expressed the hypothesis that this customer was Boris Berezovsky and his henchmen, and then formed a "Solntsevsky footprint" that led to the criminal gang of the same name.

Well-known fact is considered to be information on the systematic discarding of the media space Listyev company "Global Media Systems", whose interests are defended "man Solntsevo" Karz.He studied and "family" hypothesis.

FSB Lieutenant Colonel Litvinenko in his book indirectly accused Korzhakov in planning and directing the murder of a journalist.

April 21, 2009, according to the current investigation procedure, the process has been temporarily suspended "due to the inability to identify the person responsible for the crime."But soon the search was renewed, as were the data on participation in the Tambov group member Yury Kolchin, serving a sentence for the murder of Galina Starovoitova.

harbinger of a new era of TV was he - Leaves Vladislav Nikolaevich.Kto killed journalist left his body and why - remains a mystery for the next decade.In contrast to existing hypotheses above Kolchin threw a completely new and unexpected version number, and consequently brought to the big crime bosses.However, according to the criminal, ordered the killing still made Berezovsky.After the deed was done, the oligarch paid "Tambovtsev" for the silence for a long time.
Yuri Skuratov, who served as attorney general during the scandalous case, wrote a book in detail tells the story of the people, and versions of the motives of the crime.

novel "Who killed Vlad?" Did not give answers to these questions.Who killed Listeva and remained unknown.Although the main chapters and repeated investigative materials, works of individuals were called by other names.The lines of the narrative is also a bit different from actually occurring.Despite the skepticism of the general public and calls for proplachennyh articles Skuratov mentioned that among the real killers Listeva no people called Kolchin.Why kill Listeva and how to relate authority - a mystery.

interview with the investigator

Following the publication of a novel about the events in the book and the reality of polemics, supporters and opponents of the author proves different versions and called more and more new names.

Who killed Listeva - a question without a clear answer today as the death of a journalist interested in the people it is currently alive and well.Some details of the case helped to clarify numerous interviews given by Peter Triboem, investigator:

- Why Listeva killed?Who did it?

- The situation is clear.

- Where the prosecution and the court for criminals?Does anyone dare to interfere with the investigation?

- Not really.There were threats, when in the process of finding interesting facts;open interference nobody repaired.Justice - a question the availability of evidence.If the lawyers challenged the version of the prosecutor, the main figures flee, and we will never see.Since all of them - wealthy people, a fair trial in other countries should not be expected.

- What killed Vladislav Listyev?Does the involvement of the political leadership to that?

- Some still have power, some - has long been displaced.Many motives, identify one particular - is impossible, as journalism has forced Listeva participate in various spheres of political, financial and social life of the state.

the question: "In what year Listeva killed?" Present young generation is not able to answer, and for his contemporaries by this journalist was a harbinger of a new TV, the main advocate and pioneer of high standards of broadcasting.

After the death of his ideologue ORT became politically conventional way affiliated channel, to participate in various PR companies all kinds of figures.Political activities of the media giant has since repeatedly been criticized, but the new masterminds of the project is no longer found.