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A week after Sobchak and Churbanov met, the much-anticipated "counsel case" finally entered the stage of trial. Out of consideration of the political purpose behind this case, Ligachev was very dissatisfied with the public trial of Churbanov, but Yakovlev insisted on opening the trial process to the media. He believed that if it was a secret Trial of a celebrity like Churbanov who has a wide range of attention will greatly reduce the openness policy that the Soviet Union has always advocated, and it will be a reverse of Soviet political reform. In the end, the Politburo chose to stand on Yakovlev's side and denied Ligachev's proposition.

So under this circumstance, people all over the country began to pay attention to the fate of the former consort. All of a sudden, it was hard to get a ticket from the sidelines of the court hearing, and many local media rushed to Moscow to wait for the latest news. This trial has mobilized the curiosity of the people across the country. People are curious about the private lives of Churbanov and Galina, and are angry at the huge wealth that Churbanov has exploded. The people are eager for this former husband and wife. It’s good to be in prison, but many people with conscience in the Soviet legal circle don’t think so. They are not populists. They only hope that the judiciary will not be disturbed and a fair trial will be used to deal with Churbanov. The case, safeguard the dignity due to Soviet law.

The significance of the criminal law is to provide both the prosecution and the defense with an opportunity to sit down and bargain. In a civil law country like the Soviet Union, the prosecution and the defense must refute each other legally to achieve victory. This is very different from the laws of the British and American countries. In the common law countries, the final verdict is actually a jury selected from among ordinary citizens. Therefore, lawyers in the common law system usually use persuading the jury as their main defense strategy.

Sobchak appeared confident in the trial. After the prosecution read the indictment, the two sides entered the trial debate stage. Sobchak first pleaded not guilty based on the prosecution's abuse of power. Although the prosecutors prepared sufficient materials, as well as the confession given by the person in charge of the border defense engineering unit who had participated in the construction of the villa, under Sobchak’s defense, the evidence given by the prosecutor was simply full of loopholes , They could not prove that Churbanov did not build these villas at the instigation of the former minister Xiaolukov, who had committed suicide, which made the prosecution's first killer suddenly useless.

The morning trial ended here. After the judge announced the adjournment, Sobchak left the court with his assistant. After a short break at noon, Sobchak relentlessly overturned the prosecution's allegations one by one during the afternoon trial. Sobchak was able to teach at Leningrad University, and his own legal literacy was naturally nothing to say. The prosecutor was helpless by Sobchak's counterattack, and was even speechless when he was questioned. The reporters at the scene turned their cameras at the 50-year-old law professor and were surprised at the absolute advantage Sobchak showed in the court. Because of Sobchak’s outstanding performance, this time was greatly affected. The eye-catching court trial showed a one-sided situation early.

The judges and prosecutors present had actually received pressure from above, but Sobchak was too strong, and the prosecution was too confident to underestimate the enemy, which made the judges willing to help but unable to recover. In the end, The judge even asked the prosecutor anxiously: "Comrade Prosecutor, are you really not going to speak? Can't you say something?" The questioning prosecutor was sweating coldly.

In the end, the judge really couldn't stand it anymore. After the prosecution requested adjournment for the trial, the judge ended the painful trial with great ease. Even the layman Churbanov could see the extraordinary of Sobchak. Churbanov, who was already discouraged, was taken out of the court by the bailiff with a big laugh.

After Sobchak walked out of the court and returned to his residence, Sergei's phone was soon called. Seleosa watched the report of the trial from TV. He already knew Sobchak's performance. Selesha felt that there was nothing to worry about in the trial. But the seasoned Sobchak still had reservations, and he reminded Sergei that the prosecutors might try their best to deal with him.

Sergei thanked Sobchak for his reminder that this sudden rectification movement seemed to deliberately imitated the policies of Chairman Andropov, but the protagonist of the implementation was changed from the KGB to the judicial system. This is one of the few departments that Ligachev can fully control. Ligachev seems to want to solve the situation that the localities and ministries cannot get lost once and for all, so the impact of this rectification movement is not small. A large number of people drawn from Moscow went to various regions of the Soviet Union to collect evidence. Even some old comrades who have retired are not letting go. However, Selesha felt that Ligachev would never hold on for long. Brezhnev had been the supreme leader of the Soviet Union for eighteen years, and he was as tolerant as his father to most officials. Upright officials like Xie Liping are simply rare. And most of these officials are not promoted and reused~www.readwn.com~ Only officials with flexibility and ability like Suslov and Andropov will be reused. It is conceivable that if Ligachev really intends to pursue the issue of democracy, the bureaucracy of the entire country will have to collapse.

Sergey Sha asked some Sobchak’s views on this case. Sobchak said that according to the current situation, there is no need for Sergey Sha to do anything for the time being. Everything can wait until the prosecution takes further action before making a decision. .

After putting down the phone, Sergei’s hanging mental arithmetic was put down. At present, he still has many other things to deal with, such as inspecting the joint venture factory between Volkswagen and Gorky Automobile Plant, which is currently under construction. For example, Philip Morris’ Marlboro cigarettes will enter the Soviet market, McDonald’s will open his first restaurant in Moscow, and Kraft Foods will establish a branch in Moscow. All of this must rely on Sergey Shah to personally ask. After all, this is the first time an American company has entered the Soviet market since the Stalin era. There are no routines to follow in many tasks, and they have to start from scratch.

So Seryosha temporarily put aside Churbanov's case, and he set off for Gorky to inspect the construction progress of the car factory. Before leaving, Sergei Sha gave an invitation to the three newly acquired companies to visit the Soviet Union, and asked whether Secretary Gorbachev of the Kremlin would like to meet the American business delegation. The Kremlin immediately gave it. Positive response.