scandalous cases of Elman Pashayev, who defended Mikhail Efremov in court, Katya Lel, Alexey Panin* were deprived of their lawyer’s license – for April 30, 2024 – Russia today Posting in CHAT: Russia Source: Pashaev.elman/Instagram (activity is prohibited in the Russian Federation), Vero/kino-teatr.ru Yesterday evening it became known that ex-lawyer of Mikhail Efremov Elman Pashaev was wounded in the Northern Military District zone. He came under fire near Ugledar, received a concussion and was wounded in the leg. Pashayev went to the Northern Military District last year to help soldiers with humanitarian aid. And one day Elman found himself involved in a divorce case and became notorious during the trial of Mikhail Efremov. In the material MSK1.RU tells who Elman Pashayev is and why the lawyer was deprived of his license several times. Left orphaned at age 15. Elman Pashayev was born on December 22, 1971 in the village of Shishkaya, Armenian SSR. the current Republic of Armenia. The future lawyer was orphaned at the age of 15: his mother, father and two brothers died in a car accident due to a drunk KAMAZ driver. According to him, when Pashayev’s relatives found out that the driver had two small children, they did everything to ensure that the culprit of the accident remained free, so that Elman’s relatives would help him finish school. He later served in the army in the Odessa Military District and was a participant in the Transnistrian conflict in 1990-1991, according to the website of his company Pashayev and Partners. After his service, Elman worked as a journalist for the newspapers “Akhtarysh” and “Khag Sozu”, and then moved to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan Source: Pashaev.elman/Instagram (activities are prohibited in the Russian Federation). At the age of 26, Pashayev moved to Moscow and began his career as a lawyer. He graduated from several universities - the First Moscow Law Institute, the Moscow State Law Academy, and the Russian Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation. He also entered graduate school at the Moscow State Law Academy with a degree in criminology, but never completed his studies. In addition, Elman studied abroad: in France, Japan, Great Britain and the USA. He has also lectured at Oxford University and Johns Hopkins University. In 2004 he was admitted to the Moscow Bar Association “Egida”. And five years later, Pashayev founded his own organization - the International Law Firm "Elman Group" ("Pashayev and Partners"). He is married, his wife Alena is a dermatologist and cosmetologist. The couple has two children: son Alvin and daughter Ariana Source: Pashaev.elman/Instagram (activities are prohibited in the Russian Federation) Source: Pashaev.elman/Instagram (activities are prohibited in the Russian Federation) Alvin followed in his father’s footsteps. and is engaged in the legal profession: he regularly appears in photographs with his father near the courts, Elman calls him a “colleague.” Also on the young man’s personal page on Instagram (activities are prohibited in the Russian Federation) it is indicated that he is an entrepreneur - he sells cosmetics from the Fancy Cosmetics brand in the markets Source: Pashaev.elvin/Instagram (activities are prohibited in the Russian Federation) Russian Federation) divorced the stars and lost his status as a lawyer . Over the course of his entire criminal practice with the participation of Pashayev, more than ten acquittals were issued and more than 100 criminal cases were dismissed, according to the Pashayev and Partners website. The lawyer also won more than a thousand civil and arbitration cases. Elman gained the greatest fame thanks to the divorce proceedings. He represented the interests of actor Alexei Panin* on issues of custody of his minor daughter, and was also the lawyer of singer Katya Lel when she shared property with her ex-husband. According to Rosbalt, in 2013, Anna Lavrentyeva, the wife of assistant to State Duma deputy Alexander Ugnich, approached Pashayev. In 2014, his client was Galina Vasilyeva, who divorced the deputy general director of the Radisson Slavyanskaya hotel, Mikhail Vasilyev. Source: Pashaev.elman/Instagram (activities are prohibited in the Russian Federation) Composer Yuri Sherling, gymnast Daria Dmitrieva, businessman Felix. also turned to Pashayev for help. Komarov was stripped of his lawyer status several times. In 2011, he was expelled from the Moscow Bar Association “Egida” after a complaint from an opponent. A year later he regained his status, but in 2013 he lost it again. In 2018, the lawyer was under investigation on suspicion of blackmail. Initially, the lawyer was given a preventive measure in the form of arrest for a period of two months, but later the article was changed to Part 2 of Art. 330 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (arbitrariness), and Pashayev was sentenced to a year of probation, writes AiF. Efremov’s case The most famous case in Pashayev’s career is the trial of actor Mikhail Efremov, who on June 8, 2020 drove into the oncoming lane and collided with a Lada car. As a result, the driver of the car died. After the incident, Mikhail Efremov recorded a video in which he pleaded guilty to the accident, but then, on the advice of Pashayev, changed his testimony. Elman himself made contradictory statements: allegedly another person was driving at the time of the accident, then - that during the car accident the actor had an epileptic attack. During the trial, he also stated that the cause of the accident could have been “energy holes” and “aerosol clouds” and that the investigation did not take into account the version that Efremov’s car was intercepted by hackers Source: Vero/kino-. teatr.ru The defender's statements and behavior were considered unacceptable, and he was deprived of his license. In September 2022, Pashayev regained his status as a lawyer, but five days later he lost it again. After some time, Efremov decided to refuse the help of a lawyer, but three days later he hired Pashayev again. As a result, the artist was sentenced to 8 years in prison and ordered to pay compensation in the amount of 800 thousand rubles to the eldest son of the person who died in the accident. Elman announced his intention to appeal the verdict. In an interview with MSK1.RU, the lawyer said that Efremov’s case did not affect his career, but became a “headache.” What can change? "It didn't give me anything new - it probably just became a headache," he said. SVO and injury In May 2023, it became known that Elman Pashayev provided humanitarian assistance to the Russian military participating in the SVO. Now he serves in the same unit with Elena Blinovskaya’s husband Alexey and is engaged in the supply of drones to the army and their assembly. He often goes into the field with soldiers to inspect the area and reconnoiter the situation. Last night, the Pashayev TV Telegram channel reported that a lawyer was wounded by a kamikaze drone near Ugledar. This happened during a combat mission - Pashayev was defending a comrade and came under fire while trying to destroy the UAV. Source: Shot/T.me Former defender of Efremov waited for evacuation for more than five hours. He was bruised and wounded in the leg. According to his wife Alena, vital organs were not damaged, and doctors had already provided Pashayev with the necessary assistance. Read the interview with lawyer Elman Pashayev, in which he told MSK1.RU about the Efremov case, the SVO and trips to. front line.* Recognized as a foreign agent on the territory of the Russian Federation. Source link Source link
