Georgy Zharkov: why was the honorary member of the “What? " Expert "What? Where? When?" convicted of rape Opinions on the case

Eorgy Vadimovich Zharkov was a native of the city of Vladimir. He was born there in 1966 and graduated from the Faculty of History of the Pedagogical University there, where he later engaged in teaching. For some time, Zharkov worked as a psychologist at school, and later even received a PhD in this field. Zharkov actively participated in public life, in particular, he became the author and initiator of some educational projects, and also after participating in the game “What? Where? When?" founded an intellectual club in his native Vladimir.

Georgy Zharkov first appeared on screen in 1994 as a player in a television quiz show. After 4 years, he was awarded the most important prize of this show, the Crystal Owl. Zharkov was a regular at the intellectual casino until 2004, when he was disqualified for violating the rules of the game for 12 months. In addition, in the same year, a criminal case was opened against Georgy Zharkov.

In mid-November 2004, Georgy Zharkov met a certain Alexander Pogodin at the Vladimir railway station. A 19-year-old young man who suffered from mental retardation came to Vladimir from Nizhny Novgorod and was looking for a job. Zharkov volunteered to help him with the overnight stay and invited him to his place.

Alexander Pogodin spent two days in the expert’s apartment. Here, according to him, Georgy Zharkov raped him and locked him up. Then the young man decided to use his sheets to descend from the 10th floor, but at some point he could not resist and fell onto a car parked in the yard. Georgy Zharkov explained the victim’s descent on the sheets by saying that Pogodin was mentally ill, but the examination showed that the victim “is not prone to morbid fantasies.”

Alexander Pogodin himself told all this at the trial. However, the accused Zharkov denied everything, citing the mental disabilities of the victim and his alibi. Nevertheless, justice found Georgy Zharkov’s arguments unconvincing, and in 2007 he was found guilty of illegally detaining a person and violent acts. Zharkov was given a suspended sentence of 4.5 years. He was also obliged to pay both the damage caused to Pogodin and to compensate for the losses incurred by the owner of the car.

By court decision, Zharkov was prohibited from leaving Vladimir for 3 years. All this time, Georgy Vadimovich continued to teach and claim that he was slandered. In 2009, due to the fact that Zharkov had no violations during the probationary period, his suspended conviction was removed.

Despite the fact that the period of disqualification of Georgy Zharkov in the intellectual club “What? Where? When?" By that time it had long expired and he never appeared on the screen again. The fact is that the experts refused to play with him. In 2008, they even posted a petition of sorts on LiveJournal.

Georgy Zharkov died in February 2016. According to some reports, he suffered from diabetes and suffered 2 heart attacks shortly before his death.

Unique designation: Zharkov Georgy Vadimovich (December 7, 1966)
Designation: Zharkov Georgy Vadimovich
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Georgy Vadimovich Zharkov(December 7, Vladimir - February 28, ibid.) - Russian participant in the intellectual games “What? Where? When? "(original television and sports version). Member of the Public Chamber of the Vladimir Region (since 2015). He was a participant in several high-profile scandals. In 2004, he was disqualified for 3 years for violating the regulations of the “City Cup” and “Russian Cup” tournaments in the game “What? Where? When?”, and in 2007 he was sentenced to 4.5 years of suspended imprisonment on charges of sexual assault and unlawful imprisonment.

Biography

Participation in "ChGK"

He played in the television club from 1994 to 2004. In the 1998 summer series he received the Crystal Owl. He also participated in tournaments in the sports version of the game. Since 1996 - Chairman of the Vladimir Intellectual Games Club. Organizer of the “Hot Winter” tournament (since 2008 it has been held in Murom under the name “Hot Winter”, and since 2009 - “Hot Spring on the Murom Path”). Since 2008, he played for the team “Teachers of the MF MSSI”. He also played 3 games on the TV show “Own Game”. On February 1, 2004, the commission of the International Association of ChGK Clubs found Zharkov guilty of violating the rules for holding sports ChGK tournaments. Thus, it was established that at the “City Cup” (April 2003), Zharkov told the tournament organizing committee an email address allegedly belonging to the tournament host, and he himself received questions to it. As a result, his team took third place. He tried to do the same at the Russian Cup, but the deception was exposed. The commission disqualified Georgy Zharkov for 3 years - until February 1, 2007, then on October 2, 2004 the period of disqualification was reduced to 1 year. After a series of public statements by Georgy Zharkov in 2008, some players, including Alexander Liber, Maxim Potashev, Alexander Druz, announced their refusal to invite Zharkov to all tournaments they organize and their refusal to participate in any tournaments where Zharkov plays.

Rape charge

Further, according to the testimony of Alexander Pogodin, Zharkov persuaded him to have oral sex. According to the testimony of neighbors, that night “noise, screams were heard from this apartment, someone was moving something, throwing something.” On November 15, when Zharkov left the apartment and locked the door, Pogodin decided to run through the window along a rope made of laundry, but fell near the fifth floor (the apartment was on the tenth) and fell on an Audi 100 parked under the window, causing serious injuries he did not receive it, and the car was badly damaged. The owner of the damaged car contacted the police. The police tracked down Pogodin, and after listening to his testimony, tracked down Zharkov. A criminal case was opened against Zharkov under articles %D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%82%5B>https:%E2%95%B1%E2%95%B1ru.wikisource.org%E2%95%B1wiki %E2%95%B1%D0%A3%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%BA%D0%BE %D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0 %BE%D0%B9_%D0%A4%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B8%E2%95%B1%D0 %93%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0_17#.D0.A1.D1.82.D0.B0.D1.82.D1.8C.D1.8F_127._.D0.9D. D0.B5.D0.B7.D0.B0.D0.BA.D0.BE.D0.BD.D0.BD.D0.BE.D0.B5_.D0.BB.D0.B8.D1.88.D0. B5.D0.BD.D0.B8.D0.B5_.D1.81.D0.B2.D0.BE.D0.B1.D0.BE.D0.B4.D1.8B" title="s :Criminal Code of the Russian Federation╱Chapter 17127 (illegal imprisonment) and %D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%82%5B>https:%E2%95%B1%E2%95%B1ru.wikisource. org%E2%95%B1wiki%E2%95%B1%D0%A3%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_% D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1% 81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%A4%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B8% E2%95%B1%D0%93%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0_18#.D0.A1.D1.82.D0.B0.D1.82.D1.8C.D1.8F_132 ._.D0.9D.D0.B0.D1.81.D0.B8.D0.BB.D1.8C.D1.81.D1.82.D0.B2.D0.B5.D0.BD.D0.BD .D1.8B.D0.B5_.D0.B4.D0.B5.D0.B9.D1.81.D1.82.D0.B2.D0.B8.D1.8F_.D1.81.D0.B5.D0 .BA.D1.81.D1.83.D0.B0.D0.BB.D1.8C.D0.BD.D0.BE.D0.B3.D0.BE_.D1.85.D0.B0.D1.80 .D0.B0.D0.BA.D1.82.D0.B5.D1.80.D0.B0" title="s:Criminal Code of the Russian Federation╱Chapter 18132 (violent acts of a sexual nature) of the Criminal Code. Another man, who wished not to give his name, testified as a witness in the case. He claimed that for 10 years (from 1993 to 2003) he suffered from sexual harassment by Georgy Zharkov. In connection with this case, Georgy Zharkov was deprived of the right to play in the television club

Georgy Zharkov himself did not admit his guilt. In an interview with Komsomolskaya Pravda, he did not rule out that the case could be ordered. According to Gazeta.ru, among the participants and employees of the television program “What? Where? When?" The news of Zharkov’s guilty verdict did not cause surprise. “Many suspected that he had such tendencies. Zharkov, to put it mildly, is not a person of the strictest morality,” said a source of Gazeta.Ru. “In addition, he showed himself ugly several times in the game itself, for which he was once disqualified.” Students of educational institutions where he taught also reported Zharkov’s sexual harassment of male students, as reported by Komsomolskaya Pravda.

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At the age of 50, a famous member of the club of experts, owner of the “Crystal Owl”, a notorious blogger, a member of the Public Chamber of the Vladimir Region and a candidate of psychological sciences, Georgy Zharkov, passed away.

Recently, Georgy Zharkov has been seriously ill and recently suffered a heart attack.

Until recently, in addition to his social activities, Zharkov taught at the Murom branch of the Vladimir Pedagogical University.

According to local media, farewell to Georgy Zharkov will take place on the morning of March 2 in the funeral hall of the forensic medical examination service on Bolshaya Nizhegorodskaya Street, 65.

Georgy Zharkov

He graduated from the Vladimir State Pedagogical University (history department), and later began teaching psychology there.

For some time he taught at the Vladimir College of Culture and Art. He had a PhD in psychological sciences.

Participated in the creation of the democratic movement "Solidarity" in the Vladimir region.

A well-known participant in the intellectual games “What? Where? When?". I have played the television version since 1994.

In the summer series of 1998 he received a prize "Crystal Owl". He also participated in tournaments in the sports version of the game.

Since 1996 - Chairman of the Vladimir Intellectual Games Club.

Scandal on “What? Where? When?"

On February 1, 2004, the commission of the International Association of ChGK Clubs found Zharkov guilty of violating the rules for holding sports ChGK tournaments. Thus, it was established that at the “City Cup” (April 2003), Zharkov told the tournament organizing committee an email address allegedly belonging to the tournament host, and he himself received questions to it. As a result, his team took third place.

He tried to do the same at the Russian Cup, but the deception was exposed. The commission disqualified Georgy Zharkov for 3 years - until February 1, 2007, then on October 2, 2004 the period of disqualification was reduced to 1 year.

After a series of public statements by Georgy Zharkov in 2008, some players, including Alexander Liber, Maxim Potashev, Alexander Druz, announced their refusal to invite Zharkov to all tournaments that they organize, and their refusal to participate in any tournaments where Zharkov plays.

Organizer of the “Hot Winter” tournament (since 2008 it has been held in Murom under the name “Hot Winter on the Murom Path”, since 2009 - “Hot Spring on the Murom Path”).

Since 2008, he played for the team “Teachers of the MF MSPS”.

Rape scandal

On November 12, 2004, Georgy Zharkov at the Vladimir railway station met 19-year-old Nizhny Novgorod resident Alexander Pogodin, who suffered from mental retardation. He traveled from Nizhny Novgorod to Moscow in search of work, but at that moment he was unable to get a job. Zharkov invited him to spend the night with him.

Later, during the investigation, Zharkov stated that the young man was on the verge of an epileptic seizure, but Pogodin himself claimed that at that moment he felt fine. They went to the apartment that Zharkov rented for training at a local intellectual club.

According to the testimony of neighbors, that night “noise, screams were heard from this apartment, someone was moving something, throwing something.”

On November 15, when Zharkov left the apartment and locked the door, Pogodin decided to run through the window along a rope made of laundry, but fell near the fifth floor (the apartment was on the tenth) and fell on an Audi 100 parked under the window, causing serious injuries he did not receive it, and the car was badly damaged. The owner of the damaged car contacted the police.

The police tracked down Pogodin, and after listening to his testimony, tracked down Zharkov. A criminal case was opened against Zharkov under articles 127 (unlawful deprivation of liberty) and 132 (violent acts of a sexual nature) of the Criminal Code.

Another man, who wished not to give his name, testified as a witness in the case. He claimed that for 10 years (from 1993 to 2003) he suffered from sexual harassment by Georgy Zharkov.

Georgy Zharkov himself did not admit his guilt. In an interview with Komsomolskaya Pravda, he did not rule out that the case could be ordered.

According to media reports, among the participants and employees of the television program “What? Where? When?" The news of Zharkov's conviction did not cause surprise - many had long suspected that he had such inclinations.

Students of educational institutions where he taught also reported Zharkov’s sexual harassment of male students.

Zharkov's unconventional sexual inclinations were repeatedly manifested in his behavior in everyday life.

Georgy Zharkov gropes a deputy

On August 22, 2007, the court found Zharkov guilty and sentenced him to 4.5 years of suspended imprisonment.

Zharkov, Georgy Vadimovich