Article 163 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. Extortion (new edition with comments)

1. Extortion, that is, the demand for the transfer of someone else’s property or the right to property or the commission of other actions of a property nature under the threat of violence or destruction or damage to someone else’s property, as well as under the threat of dissemination of information disgracing the victim or his relatives, or other information that may cause significant harm to the rights or legitimate interests of the victim or his relatives, -

shall be punishable by restriction of freedom for a term of up to four years, or forced labor for a term of up to four years, with or without restriction of freedom for a term of up to two years, or by arrest for a term of up to six months, or by imprisonment for a term of up to four years with a fine of up to eighty thousand rubles or in the amount of wages or other income of the convicted person for a period of up to six months or without it.

2. Extortion committed:

a) by a group of persons by prior conspiracy;

b) has become invalid;

c) with the use of violence;

d) on a large scale, -

shall be punishable by imprisonment for a term of up to seven years with or without a fine in the amount of up to five hundred thousand rubles or in the amount of the wages or other income of the convicted person for a period of up to three years and with or without restriction of freedom for a term of up to two years.

3. Extortion committed:

a) an organized group;

b) for the purpose of obtaining property on a particularly large scale;

c) causing grievous harm to the victim’s health;

d) has become invalid, -

shall be punishable by imprisonment for a term of seven to fifteen years with or without a fine in the amount of up to one million rubles or in the amount of the wages or other income of the convicted person for a period of up to five years and with or without restriction of freedom for a term of up to two years.

The corpus delicti of “extortion” (Article 163 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation)

The current Criminal Code of the Russian Federation recognizes as extortion such actions of a criminal when he demands from another person to transfer to him property, or the right to this property, or to perform some other actions of a property nature (for example, to forgive a debt or pay an obligation for it), threatening in case of non-fulfillment cause significant harm to the victim or his loved ones (harm to life, health, property or honor and dignity).
The object of extortion is complex, since here criminal actions are aimed, firstly, at property relations in the ownership, use and disposal of material goods and the exercise of rights to them, and secondly, at the life and health of the victim and his relatives (if a threat is received physical violence). At the same time, the peculiarity of extortion is the fact that it is not a form of theft.

Unlike theft, robbery, robbery or fraud, the crime of “extortion” does not cover the actual infliction of property damage to the victim (i.e. disposal of property from legal possession), which is a key feature of theft. Here the moments of extortion itself and the actual taking of someone else's property are separated.

Whereas all types of theft are considered completed when the criminal has received someone else's property or acquired the legal ability to dispose of it.

The objective side of extortion includes two main actions:

1) Presentation of a demand to transfer to the extortionist someone else’s property, rights to it, or to perform other actions of a property nature in favor of the criminal. Demand means that the criminal does not ask, does not offer, but in a strict form, categorically orders his victim to transfer property to him, etc.

A demand should be distinguished from a request, when the person from whom the request is made has the discretion to decide whether to comply with the request or not. When a demand is made, it implies mandatory fulfillment. The requirement can be expressed in any form - orally in a personal conversation or by telephone, or in writing on paper or electronic media (for example, via the Internet).

The verbal content of the requirement does not matter; there are many variations here - from polite phrases to rude expressions. The demand can be expressed in direct text or indirect hints (for example: “I should thank you,” “I wish I had the same apartment,” etc.). In any case, the demand must include the transfer of property or other property rights to the extortionist or other persons specified by him.

2) Expressing a threat to use violence against the victim, or to destroy or damage his property, or to make public information of a disgraceful nature about the victim himself or his relatives, or other information that could significantly harm their interests.

A threat means that the criminal forces the victim to hand over property to him, threatening him with harm. The law provides for the expression of threats in the following forms:

- threat of physical harm, i.e. intent to beat, mutilate or even kill the victim of extortion or people close to him (this includes relatives and any other people who are important to the victim). The classification of a crime does not depend on what exactly the offender threatened to commit,

- threat to damage or destroy property belonging to either the victim or people close to him (for example, commit arson),

— blackmail is a special form of threat, the essence of which is to intimidate the victim with the possibility of disseminating information discrediting the honor and dignity of the victim or people close to him, or publishing other information that can cause enormous harm to the rights and legitimate interests of the victim or his relatives.

The most common methods of blackmail are threats to disseminate some facts about the personal life of a public person or publish documents representing trade secrets, which can lead to significant losses for a business. The information with which the extortionist blackmails can be either true (for example, facts about a person’s treatment for alcohol or drug addiction, a criminal record, etc.) or deliberately false. In the latter case, the dissemination of such information will be qualified as a separate crime in the form of libel (Article 128.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

Regardless of whether the information is true or not, the objective side of extortion is considered perfect only if the victim really realized the real possibility of the criminal to carry out his threat. For example, the criminal showed photographs, documents and other evidence of information compromising the victim that he had.

Thus, victims of the criminal actions of an extortionist can be:

The moment of committing extortion is considered to be the first presentation of a demand to transfer property or the right to it under threat of harm. Such a crime is called truncated, since the fact of achieving a criminal result and completing the threat does not matter here. Even if the property was not transferred to the extortionist and he did not carry out his threat, he will be fully responsible for the completed crime. Therefore, there cannot be a stage of attempted extortion. Selecting a victim of extortion, collecting information to blackmail her - this will qualify as preparation for extortion.

On the objective side, extortion must be distinguished from robbery, because here, too, a threat to the life or health of the victim is used in order to seize his property. However, during robbery, the criminal commits a real attack on the victim and theft of someone else's property occurs at the same time. In the case of extortion, the facts of presenting a demand to transfer property and the actual taking of it do not coincide and, as a rule, are significantly extended over time.

The subject of the crime of “extortion” is any sane individual who has reached the age of 14 years. Such a low age of criminal responsibility indicates the special social danger of this crime.

The subjective side of extortion is expressed in the presence of the criminal’s direct intent to seize someone else’s property or otherwise enrich themselves at someone else’s expense, while threatening to cause harm to the victim. When establishing direct intent to extort, it is necessary to prove that the criminal was aware that:

- the property he demands does not belong to him and he has no legal rights to own and dispose of it, - the transfer of property is not voluntary, - the use of violence, causing property damage or blackmail is considered by the criminal not as a goal, but only as a means of achieving the desired property capture.

An integral element of the subjective side of extortion is the presence of a selfish goal on the part of the criminal, i.e. the deliberate intention to acquire the desired property and dispose of it at one’s discretion to obtain benefits. Therefore, in cases where the criminal planned only to temporarily use someone else’s property and then return it to the owner, or was sincerely confident that he had a legal right to the required property, there will be no extortion elements. It will be arbitrariness or another type of crime.

These include:

1) Extortion committed by a group of persons by prior conspiracy. This aggravating circumstance is applied in cases where two or more persons participated in the crime, who agreed in advance about joint criminal actions.

2) Extortion with the use of violence. Here, not only the property interests of the victim, but his life and health are under real threat. The courts interpret the use of violence as: beatings, tying up, torture, torment, causing mild and moderate harm to health.

3) Extortion on a large scale. In this case, the value of the property that the extortionist demanded to be transferred is assessed. Extortion of property worth more than 250 thousand rubles is recognized as large-scale extortion.

4) Extortion committed by an organized group. Such a crime is characterized by a special subject composition - a group of persons (two or more), which has a sign of stability, where people have united in advance for the purpose of engaging in criminal activity.

5) Extortion on an especially large scale. This rule applies if the value of the property for which the criminal’s claims were made exceeds 1 million rubles.

6) Extortion involving the infliction of grievous harm to the victim’s health. In the case where, during extortion, grievous harm to health was caused, due to which the citizen died, the act is qualified under a set of articles - extortion and causing death by negligence (Part 4 of Article 111 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

The defense lawyer's speech about the acquittal of the defendant under Art. 163, 330 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation

SPEECH OF THE DEFENDER

in criminal proceedings

on charges of P.G.L.

Your Honor, the subject of consideration in this case is the presence or absence in the actions of the defendant P.G.L. corpus delicti.

What did the defendant do? To briefly describe his actions, he took back the cell phone that was stolen from him and tried to compensate himself for the losses he suffered as a result of the theft of his phone, as well as to help compensate for the losses incurred by victim A.

The prosecutor's office proposes to classify the actions of my client as arbitrariness and extortion.

I do not agree with the proposed qualification, just as I do not agree with the fact that the actions of my client are generally subject to qualification under any of the articles of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

I'll start with self-government.

The state prosecutor believes that the victim A. suffered significant harm, namely in the amount of the cost of the phone, i.e. 2,600 rubles, which he paid when buying a phone from the victim F. What confirms the fact that A. paid this money? Testimony of the victim himself. Partly by the testimony of witness P., who confirmed that the phone was indeed purchased under the circumstances described by A. Nothing more.

The testimony of victim A., regarding the purchase of the phone for the amount he named, is refuted by the testimony of victim F. She says that such a phone was not sold in her store at all. At the same time, according to the state prosecutor, the testimony of the victims is consistent with each other. If they agree, then what can be called a contradiction? Whose testimony is more correct, who spoke more truthfully? I believe that in this case the victim F.

You could say that in this case my opinion is based on an assumption. This is true. But a conviction, unlike my opinion, cannot be based on assumptions. And the question of the amount that victim A. paid or did not pay is extremely important. Without establishing the exact amount, one cannot conclude that the actions of my client caused significant harm to the victim A.. It is impossible to seriously consider the opinion of the prosecutor's office that the actions of my client undermined the authority of all employees of all law enforcement agencies of the Russian Federation. But significant harm in general, in general, without specification, does not happen.

As for the material demands of victim A., they should be presented not to the defendant, but to the seller who sold such a problematic phone, and even without documents.

Regarding the fact that a person who is called to the police is already initially afraid and his actions in the police, even if seemingly voluntary, are carried out under the pressure of fear because he ended up in the police, then this position finds full response and understanding in my lawyer heart.

Absolutely agree. Unfortunately, all judicial practice follows the opposite path. How many times have I tried to explain that people gave evidence to the police, being frightened by the mere fact of being in the police, and signed their statements without reading, out of fear, just as many times the courts did not recognize these arguments, explaining that there was nothing scary in the police, and in order for a person to be afraid, the police had to have some kind of influence on him. Alas, in this case, I believe that the victim’s coming to the police, in itself, does not mean that he gave up the phone against his will. And they did not specifically frighten him, as the victim himself points out.

And in general, how can we talk about challenging the legality of P.G.L’s actions if he takes away a phone that (and this is not disputed by anyone) belongs to him, since it was given to him by his wife, who has documents for this phone. Moreover, he takes it from A., who does not have any documents for the phone, he does not even have a receipt. What law or regulation prohibits a citizen from taking property stolen from him from a person who cannot present any documents to the right to own this property? Now, if my cell phone is taken away on the street, can’t I immediately take it back? Should I first go write a statement telling the robber to wait for me and not go anywhere? Some may say that this is a different situation, but how is it different, is that time has passed since the phone went missing? How much time must pass for the situation to become different? It is precisely the right of property of citizens, including P.G.L. must be protected by law, as written in the Constitution of the Russian Federation.

Thus, in the actions of P.G.L. in relation to the victim A. there is no corpus delicti under Art. 330 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, not to mention Art. 286 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

Now about extortion.

Of course, the threat of writing a statement, or, as the victim herself says, the threat that P.G.L. himself will personally initiate a criminal case, is a threat of disseminating information that disgraces the victim. Agree. But only with one caveat. Only if the initiation of a criminal case against P.G.L. is also recognized as the dissemination of information disgracing him. Otherwise, discrimination results. If P.G.L. writes a statement, or somehow initiates a criminal case himself, then he disgraces the victim. And if they excite him against him, then there is no shame. This is, to say the least, unfair.

Now let's see what is the dissemination of information that disgraces the victim? Article 129 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation is libel. That is, P.G.L. must have known that the information he was disseminating obviously did not correspond to reality. No one has proven that the information was deliberately false. Art. 163 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation presupposes the dissemination of truthful information as a threat. But the problem is that contacting bodies authorized to verify citizens’ statements is not disseminating information. These are legal actions. Now, if it turns out that the statement is deliberately false, then please prosecute for deliberately false denunciation. Let me emphasize once again: contacting the authorities authorized to verify applications cannot be considered dissemination of any disgraceful information.

In addition, I believe that the victim, even without a legal education, simply from life experience appropriate to her age, obtained from books and television programs, knew that even if P.G.L. in some special way and opened a criminal case against her, then the case would have been considered not by himself, but by the court. I believe that, despite the prevailing opinion in society, the victim should have known that our Russian court would never convict an innocent person. Thus, I do not see what exactly she could be afraid of if it was a question of opening a criminal case against her. P.G.L. is not charged with any threats to take away all the goods.

In order to reasonably convict a defendant for extortion, it is necessary to establish, among other things, what the objective side of the crime was, i.e. what actions did P.G.L. commit, what threats did he make. From the examined memorandum of telephone conversations, I did not see anything that could be regarded as a threat. Moreover, the questions are “when will you bring me the money?” I wouldn’t even call it demands, but extortion is a demand for the transfer of someone else’s property or money. Today, begging is not criminally punishable.

The case file also contains a receipt from the victim, in which she writes that she is voluntarily returning the items. Once again, I want to say, if a person is not physically forced, if he is not threatened with violence, imprisonment and similar punishments, then why should he write such receipts without being guilty of anything? Why not give up right away? I believe that the victim never gave a convincing explanation for the appearance of this receipt.

The fact of the sale of the stolen phone in F.’s store is confirmed by the testimony of the victim A. and witness P. The question may arise - why does the lawyer refer to contradictory, or, as the state prosecutor said, consistent testimony of the victims, then casting doubt on one of them, and referring to others, then vice versa? The answer is simple. Because the investigation did not bother to eliminate the contradictions in them, and irremovable doubts, including the veracity of the testimony, are interpreted in favor of the accused, in this case, my client. But how to justify a guilty verdict with such testimony is a question.

Perhaps the court will decide to reclassify the actions of P.G.L. in relation to F. from extortion to arbitrariness. And in this case, I cannot agree with such a qualification. Let me explain why. Arbitrariness is taking action. What actions did P.G.L. perform? He asked: “well, when?” These are not actions. Did he use his official position, which would give these seemingly innocent questions a more terrible, threatening meaning? No and no again. First of all, because he is not accused of this, and other reasons, in connection with this, are no longer important.

If the defendant could have brought a case against F., but did not do this for money, then why was he not prosecuted for taking a bribe? If the defendant could not initiate a criminal case, but said that he could, but would not do it for money, then he should have been charged with fraud, which was not done.

Thus, in the actions of P.G.L. in relation to the victim F., not only is there no corpus delicti under Art. 163 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, but also Art. 330 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

To summarize what has been said, I ask you, Your Honor, to pronounce a fair and reasonable acquittal against my client. And I ask that he be acquitted due to the lack of corpus delicti in his actions.

Judicial practice in cases of extortion

An analysis of the current practice of the courts’ application of criminal law rules on extortion helps to more specifically understand the features of this crime and understand how to properly conduct the prosecution or defense in court in order to defend one’s position.
Questions often arise about how to distinguish extortion from robbery or robbery. The courts take the position that when committing robbery or robbery, violence is used as the main means of seizing and retaining someone else's property, and when extorting, the threat of violence comes to the fore. In addition, during robbery and assault, violent acts are committed simultaneously with the seizure of the victim’s property, and during extortion, the criminal’s intent is aimed at obtaining property in the future. But in practice, qualification difficulties still arise.

For example, citizen M. went into the apartment of a friend of citizen P. to talk and began to demand that he give up his refrigerator and washing machine. He refused, then M. beat P., eventually obtaining a forced consent to give up the things. M. took out the equipment and sold it. The court sentenced M. under the article of extortion, citing the selfish motives of the criminal. However, it is clear that in this case violence was used as a means of obtaining property, and it was seized immediately after the commission of violence. Therefore, in this case, the article on robbery with the use of violence should be applied (clause “d”, part 2 of article 161 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

Questions also arise when distinguishing extortion from arbitrariness (Article 330 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

Let us take the following situation as an example: the minor son of citizen A. caused an accident and caused damage to the car of citizen B. As a result, citizen B. began to demand money from A. under the threat of physical harm and damage to property. The court qualified such actions as extortion, taking into account that A. and B. had not previously known each other, there could be no debts between them.

However, the appeal court changed the verdict, indicating that this was arbitrariness, because the demands were to pay money to offset the property damage caused by B’s son. Therefore, the culprit was sure that he was demanding his own money; he had no intention of appropriating someone else’s property.

Otherwise, the extortionist cannot be held criminally liable. The courts check whether the victim really perceived the extortionist’s threat as completely feasible and whether he was mistaken. Since only a real threat can achieve the effect of mental violence, under the influence of which the will of the victim breaks and he submits to the demands of the extortionist.

In practice, there are examples when empty, unfounded demands were recognized as criminal extortion. Thus, citizen Sh., the ex-husband of citizen L., repeatedly demanded money from her. A criminal case was opened under the article of extortion. However, it was not proven in court that when demanding money, Sh. threatened to use violence, which is understood as a threat to beat, rape, restrict freedom, or cause harm to health in other ways. No evidence of such threats was presented by citizen Sh.; the case was dismissed for lack of corpus delicti.

When determining the degree of reality of the threat put forward by the extortionist, the courts take into account the age of the victim and the criminal, the number of extortionists, confirmation of the threat by certain actions (pushing, grabbing clothes, demonstrating weapons or compromising photographs in front of the victim that threaten to be published, etc.). Facts of violent acts previously used against the victim or other persons known to him (for example, beatings, arson, robberies) are important. Thus, two students A. and B. were convicted of extorting money from junior schoolchildren; the act was classified as committed by a group of persons by prior conspiracy.

Using physical intimidation, they demanded that three schoolchildren bring them 5 thousand rubles every month. Confirming their threats, they showed the knife in front of the children and scared them with it. The court took into account the young age of the victims, their explanations about the fear of A. and V., which was confirmed by missing lessons when they came to school, and stealing money in the required amount from their parents.

Extortion under the threat of disclosing disgraceful information about the victim is very common. In such cases, the courts check in each individual case whether the information was really of a defamatory nature and how much its dissemination could harm the interests of the victim. In this case, the attitude of the victim to such information and the consequences of its publication is assessed, since different people can perceive the same information in completely opposite ways.

For example, the court sentenced citizen P. to punishment for extortion, who demanded money from minor A., ​​threatening otherwise to tell everyone knowingly false information about A.’s non-traditional sexual orientation. The court took into account A.’s subjective assessment of such information about himself as disgraceful, and also took into account that, due to his minor age, the victim could not objectively evaluate the extortionist’s statements and treated the threat as real.

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What to do if you are extorting money or other property

None of us are immune from encounters with criminals, so if a situation arises where you are threatened and demanded to hand over money or other valuable property, you must first of all soberly assess all the circumstances of the case.
It is necessary to build a strategy for dealing with the extortionist in order to delay the transfer of money as much as possible and at the same time collect as much evidence of the crime as possible. Do not under any circumstances try to deal with the criminal on your own - the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation has Article 330 “arbitrariness”, which provides for criminal liability for committing unauthorized actions contrary to the procedure established by law, if significant harm was caused as a result. Therefore, if you use physical force or other methods of self-defense in response to the extortionist’s threats, there is a danger of ending up in jail yourself. Evidence is what you need to worry about first, because... Of course, neither the investigation nor the court will believe unfounded accusations.

The crime of “extortion” covers, firstly, the presentation of a demand to transfer property, and secondly, the reinforcement of this demand with a threat. Therefore, evidence will be needed on these two points. If requirements are communicated by telephone, it is necessary to record the conversation (many modern devices have such functions).

It is advisable that the conversation include the last names, first names and patronymics of the participants in the conversation, as well as the date and time of the conversation. Requirements sent via the Internet are very easily captured by taking screenshots of the page. The most difficult thing is when demands are made during a personal conversation - it is recommended to stock up on a voice recorder and, if possible, record the conversation.

Next, you need to prove that the criminal made a threat. If they threaten to disseminate some information, discuss that before transferring money you need to make sure that the criminal has this information. Try to record what the criminal presents to you.

Agree with the extortionist about the place and time of transfer of property and be sure to contact the local police department or the prosecutor's office (a sample application is given below). Describe the situation in detail and discuss your safety measures with the employee. They will help you catch the extortionist red-handed at the place where the money is being transferred.

Recently, cases of extortion by law enforcement officers and government employees have become more frequent. In this case, you can quickly stop criminal actions by sending a complaint to higher management, or better yet, to a supervisory institution (for example, against police officers - to the head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the corresponding region or to the main department in Moscow). All official websites of state and municipal authorities have sections for complaints and requests from citizens, where you can quickly send a message about extortion.

The tendency to organize extortion of money through specially arranged accidents on highways continues. The pattern of such crimes is typical: in an inexpensive car (usually various VAZ models are used), the attackers get as close as possible to the victim’s car and expose themselves to a collision. Then, playing on the victim’s nervousness, they offer to leave and give a receipt stating that they owe a certain amount of money for repairs. If the victim agrees, he's hooked.

Extortion of money begins under the threat that they will file a statement with the police and accuse you of fleeing the scene of an accident (punishment - deprivation of rights or arrest for up to 15 days, plus full recovery of property damage, since you are automatically found guilty). Therefore, in such a situation, you should never give your contact information, money and documents to strangers. If you get into an accident, call the traffic police, insurance agents and calmly wait for them in your car, without being fooled by the provocations of the other party.

Another classic scheme for extorting money is making phone calls under the guise of law enforcement officers. They introduce themselves as an investigator or police investigator, report that a son or daughter has been detained on suspicion of committing a crime and there are offers to hush up the case for a certain amount of money. They threaten that if there is no money, the case will be started immediately. They try to ensure that the victim does not have time to come to his senses and immediately come for the money.

Therefore, if you receive such a call, it is better to hang up and not communicate. If you still have concerns that this misfortune happened to your child, ask him to give him the phone to talk. As a rule, in this case, the criminal hangs up or comes up with an excuse why he cannot fulfill your request.

If a blackmailer pesters you with threats, you also need to contact the police with a statement of extortion. First you need to collect as much evidence of blackmail as possible, because... Police officers often refuse to accept unfounded statements. To ensure that they definitely accept the application, send it by registered mail with notification. Then the police will be required to register and review it, and you will have proof of service of the application in the form of a notice.

Very often children become victims of extortion - they are more susceptible to threats and are not always able to soberly assess the situation. A child intimidated by an extortionist may be afraid to contact his parents or the police for protection from a crime and comply with demands for the transfer of money.

If you notice that a child begins to ask for pocket money more than usual, has become withdrawn, does not want to go to school, or, God forbid, steals money from home, this is a clear sign that he has become a victim of an extortionist. Don't scold him, but talk to him in a good way, explain that the criminal must be punished. On behalf of the minor victim, his legal representative (parent, adoptive parent, guardian or trustee) files a statement with the police.

Where to go and how to file a complaint about extortion

If you receive demands from an extortionist, you should not panic, but contact law enforcement agencies as soon as possible.
Extortion is a criminal offense, so a criminal complaint must be filed. The Criminal Procedure Code does not provide for any special requirements for the format and content of the application. A written form of application is encouraged, which describes in detail all the facts indicating a crime has been committed, and includes a request to initiate a criminal case.

When accepting a statement, a police officer is obliged to warn about criminal liability for knowingly false denunciation under Article 306 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

Sample statement regarding extortion to the police

A verdict was handed down in an unprecedented case of extortion from a high-ranking official

If you understand that your need is charitable assistance, then pay attention to this article. Those who, without your participation, may lose an exciting business have turned to you for help. Many children, boys and girls, dream of becoming pilots on the track. They attend classes where, under the guidance of an experienced trainer, they learn high-speed driving techniques. Only constant exercises allow you to overtake correctly, build a trajectory and choose speed. Winning on the track is based on good qualification. And, of course, a professional kart. Children who participate in clubs are completely dependent on adults, because lack of money and broken spare parts do not allow them to participate in competitions. How much pleasure and new sensations children experience when they get behind the wheel and start driving the car. Maybe it is in such a circle that not only Russian champions grow up, but even future world champions in this sport?! You can help the children's karting section, which is located in the city of Syzran. We're in a really bad situation right now. Everything rests on the enthusiasm of the leader: Sergei Krasnov. Read my letter and look at the photos. Pay attention to the passion with which my students work. They love this developmental sport and really want to continue learning. I am asking you to help the karting section in the city of Syzran survive. Previously, there were TWO young technician stations in the city, and each had a karting section. There was also karting at the Palace of Pioneers. Now there is not a single station in the city, and the circle in the Palace of Pioneers was also destroyed. They closed it, I can’t say enough, they just destroyed it! We fought, wrote letters, and everywhere they had the same answer. About five years ago I went to the governor of the Samara region for a reception. He didn’t accept me, but my deputy accepted me. After that, we were given premises where we were based. We have a lot of children who want to go karting, but very poor material conditions do not allow us to recruit children. And most of the karts require repairs. This is the situation our circle is in. We also turned to the mayor of the city of Syzran for help. This is the second year we have been waiting for help. We decided to turn to you via the Internet for help. Contact me, ADDRESS FOR PACKAGES, 446012 Samara region, Syzran, Novosibirskaya str. 47, PACKAGE CAN BE SENT BY BUSINESS LINES, my data is full there, you can contact through social networks SERGEY IVANOVICH KRASNOV. or write to the mail. And we also have petition, if it doesn’t bother you, sign it. https://chng.it/cPmmdqsk. Always, being on the wave of success, you need to do works of mercy, give alms. And if the Lord helps in difficult circumstances, then do not forget about gratitude afterwards. Then He will not forget about your needs.