Henry Markovich Reznik
Date of birth: May 11, 1938
Place of birth: Leningrad, USSR
Citizenship: USSR, Russia
Henry Markovich Reznik(May 11, 1938, Leningrad) - Soviet and Russian lawyer, honored lawyer Russian Federation(1998), member of the Public Chamber, President of the Moscow Bar Association.
Father Henry Reznik- Mark Izrailevich Reznik(1905-1969), worked as the rector of the Saratov Conservatory, head of the department of culture of the Saratov regional committee of the CPSU, director music school Zavodskoy district of Saratov.
Mother Henry Reznik- Mirra Grigorievna Rafalovich (1910-2004), taught piano at the Saratov Conservatory.
Wife of Henry Resnick- Larisa Yulianovna Lvova, lawyer, advocate.
Son Henry Reznik- Archpriest Andrei Genrievich Lvov (born in 1967), clergyman of the Russian Orthodox Church, since 2004 - rector of the church of St. Seraphim of Sarovsky in Ivanovo.
grandchildren Henry Reznik: Savva, Barbara, Seraphim, Ekaterina, Sophia.
Sports activity of Henry Resnick
From childhood, he participated in sports competitions. At the age of 15 he became the champion of the RSFSR in high jump among young men younger age. From the age of 16, he played for the adult national teams of Saratov in volleyball and basketball. In 1955 he was a member of the basketball team of the RSFSR, in 1956 - in volleyball at the All-Union Spartakiad of schoolchildren. In 1957-1959, he participated in the creation of a volleyball team in Tashkent, then he was one of the founders and captain of the Dorozhnik volleyball team (Alma-Ata). He was the champion and record holder of Kazakhstan in high jump. He was a member of the Kazakh team "Dynamo", which successfully performed in the second group of the USSR volleyball championship.
Education of Henry Resnick
Studied at the Faculty of Law of the Central Asian state university(Tashkent, 1957-1959). He graduated from the Faculty of Law of the Kazakh State University (1962; his thesis "On legal presumptions" was awarded at the All-Union student competition). He graduated from full-time postgraduate studies at the All-Union Institute for the Study of the Causes and Development of Crime Prevention Measures of the USSR Prosecutor's Office (1969). Candidate legal sciences(1969; topic of dissertation: "Assessment of evidence based on inner conviction in the Soviet criminal process"). Professor of the Department of Advocacy at the Moscow State Law Academy. O. E. Kutafina.
Investigator and scientist
In 1962-1966 - an investigator of the investigative department of the Department of Internal Affairs in Kazakhstan (Alma-Ata). In 1969-1982 he worked at the All-Union Institute for the Study of the Causes and Development of Crime Prevention Measures of the USSR Prosecutor's Office. In 1982-1985 - head of the laboratory of the All-Union Institute for the Improvement of Justice Workers. Author of about 200 publications on criminal law and procedure, criminology, general theory law, journalistic works. Among them are the monograph "Inner conviction in evaluating evidence" (1977), the books "The Right to Defense" (1976), "When Responsibility Comes" (1979), "The Constitutional Right to Defense" (1980). His articles "The Contradictions of Modern Urbanization and Crime" (1985) and "Lawyer: The Prestige of the Profession" (1987), published in the journal "Soviet State and Law", were noted as the best articles of the year.
Advocate
Since 1985, Henry Reznik has been a lawyer at the Moscow City Bar Association (MGKA). He recalled the reasons for engaging in advocacy as follows:
“My transition to the bar was connected with the “pogrom” of the Moscow Collegium in 1985. Lawyers were accused of inciting bribes or fraudulently taking a client's money. All new criminal cases were being prepared. This massacre was called "Karataevshchina" after the name of the investigator Vladimir Karataev, who led a specially created investigative group. The leadership of the Moscow Collegium invited me to take part in the defense, as an independent person "from the outside", who at the same time has a name in legal circles.
Since 1990 - Member of the Presidium, since May 1997 - Chairman of the Presidium of the Moscow City Civil Aviation Committee. Since November 2002 - Chairman of the Bar Association of Moscow. Vice President of the Federal Union of Lawyers of Russia, Vice President International Union(commonwealth) of lawyers. Director of the Institute of Advocacy of the International Union (Commonwealth) of Lawyers. Head of the Department of Advocacy at the Law University at the Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He was awarded the gold medal named after F. N. Plevako (1998) for high professional skills and contribution to the development of the Russian legal profession, the Badge of Honor "Public Recognition" (2000) for active human rights activities and contribution to the development of an independent legal profession.
Specialization: criminal law and criminal procedure, defamation and goodwill, intellectual property, entrepreneurship.
He defended in criminal cases the Prime Minister of Uzbekistan Narmakhonmadi Khudaiberdyev, the prosecutor of the Ochamchira district of Abkhazia Valery Gurjua (this case was connected with the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict that had begun; in Abkhazia he was considered political. Subsequently, Gurjua headed the Arbitration Court of Abkhazia), the head of the security service of the President of the USSR, General Yuri Plekhanov (in the case of the State Emergency Committee).
Among his clients were the politician and publicist Valeria Novodvorskaya (see "The Novodvorskaya Case"), a "refusenik" from military service Alexander Pronozin, journalists Vadim Poegli, Andrey Babitsky, Olga Kitova, environmentalists Alexander Nikitin and Grigory Pasko (in "spy" cases), writer Vladimir Sorokin (was accused of distributing pornography in his book Blue Fat), well-known entrepreneurs Vladimir Ryashentsev ( case of the ANT concern, which became widely known in the early 1990s), Vladimir Gusinsky, Boris Berezovsky.
In civil cases, he represented the interests of the President of Russia Boris Yeltsin, Yegor Gaidar, Anatoly Chubais, Alexander Shokhin, writer Andrey Sinyavsky, cultural and art figures Robert Rozhdestvensky, Yuri Temirkanov, Nikolai Petrov, Leonid Chizhik, journalists Alexander Minkin, Pavel Gusev, Natalya Gevorkyan, Evgeny Kiseleva.
This is how he assessed the significance of the case of journalist Vadim Poegli, who was accused of insulting Defense Minister Pavel Grachev:
“The decision in the case of accusing a journalist of insulting the Minister of Defense was of precedent value. The case was recognized as having special public significance and transferred to the category of cases of public prosecution. It was possible to prove the illegality of transferring the case from private to public prosecution. After all, the special social significance of the case is determined by the by no means responsible official position of the person. Insult is a crime against a person, not against a position.”
Criticism of Henry Resnick
Accused of pressure on journalists and double standards. So Henry Reznik spoke out for the need for freedom of speech. Journalist Lev Sigal accuses him of double standards and pressure on journalists:
“And so I, proud of my find, called the defender of the Kuanyshevs Henry Reznik, outlined the essence of the matter to him and asked for his comment. However, instead of any comments from a respected lawyer, there were ... direct threats against me. After that, Reznik contacted my then editor-in-chief Yegor Yakovlev and, I don’t know with what arguments, convinced him to “wrap up” my exclusive material. This is the true attitude of Henry Markovich to freedom of speech!”
In 1999, he wrote an article called "The Assholes of a Journalist" against journalist Larisa Kislinskaya, who wrote a negative article about Alexander Shokhin, suspected of killing Otari Kvantrishvili. The article was written in an offensive manner, and Kislinskaya sued Reznik, but lost it. The editors of the newspaper "Sovershenno sekretno" where the journalist works wrote about this:
“And the Cerberus“ barked ”: he poured a bucket of dirt on Larisa Kislinskaya in a clearly custom article. A well-known lawyer has sunk into banal insults, for which in a decent society they beat with candelabra. But Reznik, apparently, is not allowed there?
Public activities of Henry Reznik
Since 1989, Henry Reznik has been a member of the Moscow Helsinki Group.
Since 1996 - Member of the Presidium of the Russian Jewish Congress.
Member of the Presidium of the National Anti-Corruption Committee.
Since November 2005 - Member of the Public Chamber.
Member of the Commission of the Public Chamber on public control over the activities and reform of law enforcement agencies and the judicial and legal system
Laureate of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia "Person of the Year" award (2007)
Since 2009, he has been one of the teachers of the Department of Advocacy and Notaries at the Moscow State Law Academy. O. E. Kutafina (MSUA).
Filmography
Documentaries
2012 - Term - directors Alexey Pivovarov, Pavel Kostomarov and Alexander Rastorguev.
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Lawyer, member of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation
famous lawyer, public figure, human rights activist, member of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation since 2005, member of the Public Council under the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation since 2011. One of the founders and leaders of the Non-Profit Charitable Foundation "Russian Jewish Congress", Vice-President of the International Union (Commonwealth) of Lawyers, President of the Moscow Chamber of Advocates, Head of the Department of Advocacy at the Academic Law University at the Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences. PhD in Law, Honored Lawyer of Russia.
Henry Markovich Reznik was born on May 11, 1938 in Leningrad into a family of musicians. He successfully performed in the national teams of the RSFSR in volleyball, basketball and high jump,. After he failed to enter the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University, he studied for a year at the Institute of Physical Education, where in parallel he passed entrance exams for insurance. In 1962, Reznik graduated from the law faculty of the Kazakh State University. He successfully combined his studies at the university with sports and acted as the captain of the Dorozhnik volleyball team created in Alma-Ata, which later, without him, became the champion Soviet Union. After graduating from the university, Reznik, known as a volleyball player, was invited to work in the investigative department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Kazakh SSR, where "bypassing all stages of growth" he became an investigator for especially important cases. In 1966, he entered full-time graduate school at the All-Union Institute for the Study of the Causes and Development of Crime Prevention Measures of the USSR Prosecutor's Office. After 3 years, he graduated from it, having defended his Ph.D. thesis, and remained to work at the same institute as a researcher.
In 1982, Reznik headed the research laboratory of the All-Union Institute for the Improvement of Justice Workers (later - the Law Academy of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation).
In 1985, Reznik received the status of a lawyer of the Moscow City Bar Association. In 1989-1991, he was the head of the Scientific Research Institute of the Advocacy of the Union of Advocates of the USSR, while conducting both scientific and pedagogical activity- gave lectures and conducted classes on the special courses he created on criminology, criminal law and criminal procedure in such educational institutions, as the Institute for the Improvement of Investigators, the Institute for Advanced Training of Prosecutors, the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR, Law Academy and others .
As a lawyer, Reznik became widely known. In various years, as a defender, he represented the interests of such famous people, as Prime Minister of Uzbekistan Narmakhonmadi Khudaiberdyev, journalist Andrey Babitsky, musicians Nikolai Petrov, Leonid Chizhik, Yuri Temerkanov. In addition, Reznik acted as a lawyer for a number of well-known politicians and entrepreneurs - members of the State Emergency Committee (Vladimir Kryuchkov, Dmiry Yazov, Oleg Sheinin, Oleg Baklanov, Valentin Pavlov, Valentin Varennikov, Yuri Plekhanov, Boris Pugo, Gennady Yanaev, Anatoly Lukyanov, Vasily Starodubtsev, Alexander Tizyakov), as well as Anatoly Chubais, Yegor Gaidar, Valeria Novodvorskaya,, Alexander Shokhin, Vladimir Gusinsky, Boris Berezovsky,,, Evgeny Adamov, Igor Kruglyakov,. Reznik himself called the peak of his activity the period when he represented the interests of Russian President Boris Yeltsin,.
In 2003, when the case of the Yukos oil company was opened, which eventually grew into a major campaign of criminal prosecution of both the main shareholders of Yukos and the company itself, Reznik defined what was happening as "stupidity, if measured on a national scale" and suggested those responsible in the organization of this "action" to expel "from the sovereign service". In 2004-2008, Reznik acted as one of the representatives of the official defense of the shareholder of the MENATEP group, the former co-owner and vice president of Yukos, Leonid Nevzlin. From the very beginning, the lawyer insisted that the purpose of the case against Nevzlin was to discredit the founders of Yukos and the subsequent extradition of Nevzlin by Israel, where the businessman left in 2003,. Despite the fact that Nevzlin had lawyers, in 2008 the state illegally appointed his lawyer as a defense lawyer for him, Reznik and the second lawyer, Dmitry Kharitonov, could not get acquainted with the case materials. On August 1, 2008, the Moscow City Court found Nevzlin guilty in absentia of organizing murders and attempted murders and sentenced him to life imprisonment.
As chairman of the Moscow Chamber of Advocates, Reznik repeatedly spoke out in defense of lawyers who handled the cases of defendants in the "YUKOS case", protesting against the methodology used by the Prosecutor General's Office of "knocking lawyers out of cases", and violations of the rights of lawyers, in particular illegal searches and seizure of materials protected by the lawyer secret. Later, in 2007, he supported the lawyer Boris Kuznetsov, who, being the defender of ex-senator Levon Chakhmakhchyan, was accused by the prosecutor's office of disclosing state secrets, after which he left Russia and received political asylum in the United States,. “I have never encountered such idiocy to see signs of a crime in the fact that a lawyer sends case materials to the Constitutional Court,” Reznik said in an interview.
Reznik also appeared in the press as a well-known public figure. So, in 1996, with his participation, the non-profit charitable foundation "Russian Jewish Congress" (REC) was created. In the future, Reznik actively worked in the leadership of the organization: according to data for 2008, he was a member of such governing bodies RJC, as the presidium and public council of the Congress, , , .
The media wrote about Reznik as one of the members of the organizing committee of the National Anti-Corruption Committee (NAC) created in 1999 - public organization, which was supposed to protect those who tried to fight corruption and influence the authorities in order to intensify anti-corruption activities. He also appeared in the media as a human rights activist, a member of the oldest Russian human rights organization, the Moscow Group for Assistance in the Implementation of the Helsinki Accords (Moscow Helsinki Group, MHG),. In 2006, Reznik participated in the drafting of the MHG lawsuit against the Rossiya TV channel, in which human rights activists demanded a refutation of statements that their activities were funded by British intelligence services. Another author of the lawsuit was the head of the NAC, Kirill Kabanov. In 2007, the organization's claim was denied - at first such a decision was made by the Moscow City Court, and later it was confirmed by the Supreme Court of Russia.
In 2005, Reznik, as chairman of the presidium of the Moscow City Bar Association, became a member of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation,. The lawyer continued to work in this body in subsequent years,. As of 2008, he was a member of the Commission of the Public Chamber on public control over the activities of law enforcement agencies and the reform of the judicial and legal system.
In October 2008, Reznik, among other members of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation, spoke in defense of the former deputy head of the Yukos legal department Svetlana Bakhmina, who was sentenced to six and a half years in prison in 2006. They appealed to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev with a request to "perform an act of mercy" and release the convict, who is seven months pregnant. The words of Reznik himself were also cited, saying that in relation to Bakhmina, the court, which refused the convict on parole, committed an "act of unjustified cruelty".
In 2009-2011, Reznik defended in court the interests of the head of the human rights center "Memorial" Oleg Orlov, against whom in October 2009 a criminal case of libel was initiated at the suit of the President of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov. The reason for initiating the case was Orlov's statement that Kadyrov was guilty of the death of Memorial employee Natalya Estemirova, who was killed in July 2009 in Grozny. In June 2011, Orlov was acquitted by the world district of the Khamovniki Court of Moscow,,.
In October 2010, Reznik was included in the Public Council under the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation,.
In the fall of 2011, Reznik also appeared in the media as a lawyer for the ex-mayor of Moscow Yuri Luzhkov, who was a witness in the case of embezzlement of 13 billion rubles from the Bank of Moscow. According to Luzhkov himself, he was summoned for interrogation due to public criticism of President Dmitry Medvedev and the United Russia party,,.
In 2012, Reznik represented the interests of TV presenter Ksenia Sobchak, who was a witness in the riot case at a rally on May 6, 2012. On June 11, Sobchak's apartment was searched, during which about 1 million euros, 500 thousand dollars and 500 thousand rubles were found and seized; a tax audit was initiated against the TV presenter. Reznik said that it was about Sobchak's personal funds and he intends to seek "the return of all the money to the penny." Sobchak herself called the actions of the investigators "political reprisals",,,.
Reznik - Honored Lawyer of Russia, Vice President of the International Union (Commonwealth) of Lawyers, President of the Moscow Bar Association,. As of 2008, he also headed the department of advocacy at the Academic Law University at the Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences,. He was awarded the Fyodor Nikiforovich Plevako Gold Medal, the Badge of Honor "Public Recognition".
Among the numerous scientific papers Reznik in the press, the most cited works by lawyers were mentioned "The Personality of the Criminal: Legal and Criminological Content" (1981), " Public opinion as a factor in planning the fight against crime" (1982), "To the question of the definition of the concept of crime" (1986), "The contradictions of modern urbanization and crime" (1985), "Lawyer: the prestige of the profession" (1987) .
A liberal by conviction, Reznik insisted that every person has the right to protection. He approved the cancellation death penalty and regretted that he did not have to defend the serial killer Chikatilo. "I would be able to convince the court to a certain extent that this is an insane subject," Reznik explained his thought,. “I can defend anyone from criminal charges. But I ask you not to disturb those who care about their civil rights with anti-democratic views of lawyer Reznik,” he said in an interview. At the same time, he said that he "purely like a man" regrets that in life he "did not commit that act that one could be proud of as a fact of biography ... For example, he did not go out into the street, to the square to protest against the bloody robbery in Czechoslovakia".
They wrote about Reznik as an extravagant person. They talked, in particular, about the lawyer's passion for yellow shoes. "Even the life of a trial lawyer like me is a little boring, and therefore I want more and more sun. And yellow shoes personify such a bright spot," Reznik explained. Meanwhile, his extravagance was seen not only in this: for example, many colleagues regarded Reznik's intention to create a "board of shame" on the Internet for prosecutors, investigators and judges as an extravagant step.
Among Reznik's hobbies, in addition to sports, were music, the love for which his parents instilled in him - in one of the interviews he even regretted that he never became a musician - as well as theater and poetry.
Reznik is married: the press mentioned his wife, Lvova Larisa Yulianovna, and son, Orthodox priest- Father Andrey (Lvov Andrey Genrievich, born in 1967). Reznik has five grandchildren - Savva, Varvara, Serafima, Ekaterina and Sophia.
Used materials
Lawyer Sobchak came to the UK to demand the return of the money seized from her. - RIA News, 15.06.2012
Alexander Chernykh. The opposition has money. - Kommersant, 13.06.2012. - № 105 (4890)
Tikhon Dzyadko, Sofiko Shevardnadze. Cover: Ksenia Sobchak. - Echo of Moscow, 12.06.2012
On the progress of the investigation of the criminal case on the riots on Bolotnaya Square in Moscow. - investigative committee Russian Federation, 12.06.2012
Vladimir Barinov. Luzhkov went to the interrogation in a positive mood. - News, 15.11.2011
Natalya Bashlykova. Yuri Luzhkov sued Sergei Naryshkin. - Kommersant-Online, 27.10.2011
Yuri Senatorov. Yuri Luzhkov is brought to justice. - Kommersant, 25.10.2011. - №200(4741)
Andrey Kozenko, Vladislav Trifonov. Lyudmila Alekseeva was taken to the police. - Kommersant, 07.10.2011. - №188 (4729)
Human rights activists, artists and journalists have entered the OS under the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. - RIA News, 06.10.2011
Andrey Kozenko, Yuri Kruk. Word closed the case. - Kommersant, 15.06.2011. - № 106 (4647)
The court acquitted the head of the human rights center "Memorial", not finding him guilty of slandering Ramzan Kadyrov. - ITAR-TASS, 14.06.2011
Kadyrov succeeded in initiating a criminal case against the head of "Memorial" - a lawyer. - Interfax, 27.10.2009
Members of the Public Chamber are asking the president to release Svetlana Bakhmina. - National News Agency, 17.10.2008
Vladimir Shishlin. Nevzlin was sentenced to life. - Interfax, 01.08.2008
Vladimir Putin has returned to Moscow from his last foreign trip as president. - ITAR-TASS, 18.04.2008
Marina Lepina. Boris Kuznetsov was announced a state secret. - Kommersant, 11.04.2008. - № 61
New hearings on the Nevzlin case have been scheduled. - Polit.ru, 05.03.2008
The Prosecutor General's Office did not familiarize the lawyers of the former co-owner of the Yukos company, Leonid Nevzlin, with the materials of his case. - general newspaper, 21.02.2008
Former Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov, who was summoned by the Investigation Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for questioning as a witness in a criminal case on embezzlement of funds from the Bank of Moscow, applied for legal assistance to the President of the Moscow Chamber of Lawyers Henry Reznik, Kommersant newspaper reported on Tuesday.
Henry Reznik - President of the Moscow Chamber of Lawyers, has been advocating since 1985. Defended in criminal trials: Prime Minister of Uzbekistan Khudaiberdyev, journalists Vadim Poegli and Andrey Babitsky, publicist Valeria Novodvorskaya. Represented Russian President Boris Yeltsin in civil proceedings, prominent politicians and entrepreneurs: Anatoly Chubais, Yegor Gaidar, Vladimir Gusinsky and Boris Berezovsky, as well as musicians: Nikolai Petrov, Leonid Chizhik, Yuri Temirkanov and many others.
In 1997, Reznik represented the interests of Russian President Boris Yeltsin in a civil case. Yeltsin was sued by his former assistant, the head of the security service, Korzhakov. Korzhakov sought to cancel the presidential order to dismiss him from the armed forces for "slanderous statements" about the family of Boris Yeltsin and "disclosure of confidential information entrusted to him in his service."
On November 5, 1999, the charges against Berezovsky were dropped and the criminal case against him was dropped.
In the early 2000s, Henry Resnick. Vladimir Gusinsky was arrested on charges of fraud on June 13, 2000. The criminal case and the arrest of Gusinsky were connected with the activities of the state enterprise " Russian video", thanks to whose leadership, according to the prosecutor's office, Gusinsky took possession of Channel 11 of St. Petersburg TV. On June 16, Gusinsky was released on bail. At the end of the same month, all charges against him were dropped, after which he flew out with his family to Spain.
On April 22, 2001, a new charge was brought against Vladimir Gusinsky, and a warrant for his arrest was issued in connection with this. The head of the Media-Most holding was accused not only under the criminal article "fraud", but also under article 174 part 3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("laundering" of illegally obtained funds on a large scale).
As part of the investigation, Gusinsky was arrested twice - in Spain and Greece, but the courts of these countries refused to extradite him to Russia.
According to Gusinsky's lawyer Henry Reznik, the investigation itself and the criminal prosecution "has nothing to do with law." He agreed with the main conclusion of the Spanish court that there is no crime in these actions, but there are civil law relations, and therefore "there is no very subject for accusation."
On June 23, 2004, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation upheld the verdict in the case of the murder of State Duma deputy Sergei Yushenkov. Thus, the court rejected the cassation appeal of the lawyer.
April 17, 2008 Moscow City Court. Adamov's sentence was changed to a suspended sentence with a three-year probationary period.
In 2009, Henry Reznik at the suit of Joseph Stalin's grandson Yevgeny Dzhugashvili. Yevgeny Dzhugashvili filed a lawsuit against the editorial office of the newspaper after the publication of an article by the author Anatoly Yablokov under the heading "Beria found guilty." Stalin's grandson demanded that the newspaper refute several quotes from an article that mentions Stalin and his guilt, and also pay him 10 million rubles in compensation for damage to honor, dignity and reputation.
The court hearings were held with increased public interest, in the presence of supporters of the Stalinist ideology. Verbal skirmishes between Stalin's supporters and lawyer Reznik repeatedly took place in the court corridors.
On October 13, 2009, the Basmanny Court of Moscow dismissed the claim of Joseph Stalin's grandson Yevgeny Dzhugashvili for the protection of honor and dignity against Novaya Gazeta.
In 2010-2011 Oleg Orlov Reznik. Oleg Orlov was charged with defamation of Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov in connection with the murder of human rights activist Natalia Estemirova.
Estemirova, an employee of "Memorial" and the winner of many well-known human rights awards, was abducted on the morning of July 15, 2009 in Grozny. Toward evening, her body was found in Ingushetia. The murder caused a great political and public outcry. The head of the Memorial Center, Oleg Orlov, publicly stated that Kadyrov was personally or indirectly responsible for the death of the human rights activist. A criminal case was initiated against Orlov.
On June 14, 2011, the Magistrate of the Khamovniki District of Moscow slandered the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov.
The material was prepared on the basis of information from RIA Novosti and open sources
Lawyer Reznik G.M. is the best lawyer of our time, who earned the right to be called that not by participating in talk shows and promoting his name on the Internet, but as a result of many victories in high-profile criminal cases that ended in decisions in favor of his Principals. Fame came to the eminent lawyer during the existence of the USSR, while his biography is a role model for future defenders of the law.
Reznik G.M. was born on May 11, 1938 in Leningrad. In 1957 he entered the law faculty of the Central Asian State University in Fr. Tashkent. In 1962 he received a higher legal education, having graduated from the Kazakh State University, while his thesis "On legal presumptions" was awarded at the All-Union student competition. After graduating from the university, he entered the full-time postgraduate department of the All-Union Institute for the Study of the Causes and Development of Crime Prevention Measures of the USSR Prosecutor's Office, from which he graduated in 1969. After graduating from graduate school, he defended his Ph.D. academic degree candidate of legal sciences.
In 1962-1969 he worked as an investigator in the district department of internal affairs in Alma-Ata. From 1969 to 1982 he worked at the All-Union Institute for the Study of the Causes and Development of Crime Prevention Measures of the USSR Prosecutor's Office. In 1982-1985, he served as head of the laboratory of the All-Union Institute for the Improvement of Justice Workers. The authorship of G. Reznik owns more than 200 monographs and publications on criminal law and criminal procedure, criminology and general theory of law.
Since 1985, he has been engaged in advocacy, joining the Moscow City Bar Association (MGKA).
In 1990 he became a member of the MGKA Presidium, and in May 1997 he was elected chairman of the MGKA Presidium. Led the MGKA until the adoption of a new federal law on issues of advocacy and shortly after the entry into force of the law in 2004, he left the MCCA, establishing together with lawyers N. Gagarin and B. Abushakhmin Law Office"Reznik, Gagarin, Abushakhmin and Partners" (in 2018, after the death of B.F. Abushakhmin, it was transformed into the Reznik, Gagarin and Partners Law Office).
The main specialization of the lawyer Reznik G.M.: criminal law and criminal procedure, defamation and goodwill, intellectual property, entrepreneurship.
Henry Markovich is still actively engaged in advocacy, combining it with research and teaching, as well as participating in the leadership of the bodies of the lawyer community in Moscow and Russia.
Since November 2002, for two terms in a row, Reznik G.M. was the President of the Bar Association of Moscow. Currently, he holds the position of First Vice-President of the Moscow Bar Association, is a member of the Council of the Moscow Bar Association. At the same time Reznik G.M. is Vice-President of the Federal Chamber of Lawyers of Russia, is a member of the Council of the FPA of the Russian Federation. He is also Vice-President of the Federal Union of Lawyers of Russia, Vice-President of the International Union (Commonwealth) of Lawyers, Director of the Institute of Advocacy of the International Union (Commonwealth) of Lawyers. Head of the Department of Advocacy at the Law University at the Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor of the Department of Advocacy and Notaries of Moscow State Law University named after M.V. O.E. Kutafin. He was awarded the gold medal named after F. N. Plevako for high professional skills and contribution to the development of the Russian legal profession, the Badge of Honor "Public Recognition" for active human rights work and contribution to the development of an independent legal profession.
Member of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation. Vice President of the International and Federal Unions of Lawyers, member of the Moscow Helsinki Group. Member of the Council for the Improvement of Justice under the President of the Russian Federation.
This man quite easily, with a certain touch of grace, is able to place in the thoughts of the people around him the confidence that he is a descendant of one of the ancient families. And he succeeds quite simply. Indeed, one has only to look at him, his appearance, manner of communication with the interlocutor, behavior and aristocracy, as any doubts immediately fade into the background.
His name is known to almost everyone, but in most cases it is pronounced for a specific, completely ambiguous reason. Despite the fact that this is an interesting, even curious personality, unfortunately, not so much is known about her. This person does not like to give interviews and share childhood memories. Let's try to open the veil of secrecy at least a little. So, Reznik Henry is one of the best lawyers of our time in Russia.
Childhood of the future genius
Little Henry for the first time at I saw this world on May 11, 1938 in one of the most beautiful cities in Russia - Leningrad. His childhood was no different from that of his peers. He played and fought on an equal footing with other children (by the way, more often the victory turned out to be on the side of our hero), built castles from pebbles and launched home-made kites.
At the age of ten, he learned that he was a Jew by nationality. But this did not embarrass him at all, but even delighted him. The future lawyer Henry Reznik was sure from childhood that he would become a famous person. Where did this confidence come from, he could not understand even after more than a dozen years, when he was already quite famous and, what to hide, wealthy.
Mom and dad Reznik
Little Henry's mother was a pianist. Precisely according to her family tree there was a reunion of two clans: the Schneersons and the Rafalovichs. Thanks to his mother, Reznik Henry became a descendant of these families: on the one hand, Rafalovich, who was the chief rabbi of the Kremenchug synagogue, on the other, Schneerson, who was a Lubavitcher rebbe.
Little Henry's dad came from a Jewish family whose income was very small. They lived near Kremenchug, in the town of Znamenka. Dad had a very clear, beautiful voice. Unfortunately, due to some defect, he did not complete his studies at the conservatory at the vocal faculty. So he had to move to another faculty. The document that dad received was a diploma from the Moscow Conservatory.
The family was lucky enough to leave Leningrad shortly before the start of the terrible blockade. Their life continued in Saratov. It was in this city that Mark Reznik (father) headed the local conservatory.
Did not extend the dynasty of musicians
Parents knowingly instilled in their son a love of classical music. Today, lawyer Henry Reznik is a regular visitor to the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall and the Moscow Conservatory. And in his house the richest music library of jazz and classics is collected. But Henry Markovich decided not to follow in the footsteps of his parents and did not become a musician. And this, despite the fact that nature endowed him with a wonderful deposit - absolute pitch.
Now he is sure that at first the war prevented him from extending the musical dynasty. He still remembers how Saratov was bombed, where they moved, how he and his mother went to combat units with concert brigades. But after the end of the war, something else prevented. Reznik Henry Markovich, whose photo can often be seen on the pages of glossy publications, once asked his mother why he was not taught music when he grew up a little. Mom told him that Henry was too restless as a child. He was hardly seated at the instrument. Yes, and the situation was not very successful: in the two rooms of the communal apartment, where he spent his childhood, until the end of the forties, seven more relatives lived (except for Henry himself and his parents) - grandmother, aunt, brother and sister of dad with two children. And a little later, the boy was visited by "jumping".
His sporting achievements
From the very young years Reznik Henry actively participated in many sports competitions. At the age of fifteen, he became the champion of the Russian Federation in high jump (then Henry was a member of the junior youth team). And a year later, Reznik played for the adult national teams of his native city in volleyball and basketball. Two years later, he was one of the founders of the volleyball team in Tashkent, and besides, he was its head. Also at the same time, Reznik became the absolute champion in high jump in Kazakhstan. And in the fifties of the last century, the future Soviet lawyer Henry Markovich Reznik was already a member of the volleyball and basketball teams.
From Moscow to Tashkent
Simultaneously with the craving for sports in Reznik, an interest in journalism woke up. But immediately after receiving school certificate in 1956, he fails to conquer the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University due to the fact that entrance exams Henry did not get just one point. And for one year he becomes a student at the Institute of Physical Education, where in parallel, for the purpose of insurance, he took exams. Lawyer Reznik Henry Markovich, whose biography is not as well known as his other colleagues, was quite ambitious even in those years. That is why it then seemed to him that his volleyball career was not developing as he imagined.
Reznik was taken to the team of MAI masters. It seems to be luck, but Henry Markovich was in reserve, and he was almost never allowed to the site. He was sure that he was being overwritten, not allowed to prove himself, because he jumped high enough and hit the ball with a good swing.
A year later, in 1957, Reznik, in company with the same ambitious peers, decided to leave the capital and create his own strong team in Tashkent. But young man again, it is not possible to combine studies and sports, because the specialization of a journalist there existed exclusively for representatives of the Uzbek nationality. Reznik makes an important decision for himself to enter the Faculty of Law.
Against all genes
Reznik was awarded a diploma from the Faculty of Law of the Kazakh State University in 1962. At this time, he was quite seriously engaged in jurisprudence, and his thesis work "On Legal Presumptions" was highly appreciated at the all-Union student competition and recommended for admission to graduate school.
Reznik Henry decided to postpone his move to Moscow for a while, because his sports career was developing as well as possible. He starts working in the investigation department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan. He was helped in this by the new minister, who turned out to be a big fan of volleyball. Now Reznik is quite successfully working as an investigator, and in parallel with this, the volleyball team, of which he was elected captain, takes prizes in the 2nd group of the championship of the Soviet Union.
Reznik always regarded these years of his life as great luck. After all, he was immediately enrolled in the republican investigative department, where the most qualified and experienced investigators worked. And Henry ended up on this team solely because of volleyball. He now worked side by side with the aces of investigative work and tried to learn everything from them as quickly as possible. So, in just a few years, Reznik walked up the career ladder from an ordinary investigator to an investigator for especially important cases.
War on the Void
Despite the fact that the lawyer Reznik Henry Markovich, whose photo is presented in the article, is quite successful in his profession, he is the head of the anti-defamation activities carried out by the Russian Jewish Congress. It has a strong conviction that anti-Semitism as a kind of social background can be seen in different countries. It has historically developed that the Jews are considered not so ordinary a nationality as other peoples. They seem to have been labeled, they are not always understood and accepted. Until now, people have some incomprehensible need to divide into “ours” and “not ours”.
As far as Russia is concerned, here anti-Semitism has blossomed into a lush, bright flower. Henry Markovich never believed that no one provoked the pogroms of the Jews, as it was always claimed. If you look at history, this happened both under Joseph Stalin and during the reign of the tsar. Reznik is convinced that now there is no state anti-Semitism, which is a kind of policy expressed in things known to most: from restricting citizens in their rights and opportunities to their physical elimination.
