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| Russia sends documents on Zakayev's crimes to Denmark |
| 2002-11-16 |
| The Prosecutor General's Office sent Denmark evidence of Chechen separatist Akhmed Zakayev's involvement in the abduction of Orthodox priests in Chechnya in 1996. "The evidence is based on the testimony of Father Filipp, born Sergei Zhigulin, whom Zakayev's gang abducted six years ago," Prosecutor General's Office spokesman Leonid Troshin said on Saturday. "The minutes of the questioning of Father Filipp was translated into the Danish language and handed over to the Danish authorities," Troshin pointed out. "Hey, Akhmad! Whattya want to do today?" "I dunno, Askar. Whattya you want to do?" "Let's go out and kidnap a priest and beat him up and hold him for ransom." "Hokay." A relevant criminal case was launched six years ago, he said. On November 11, 2002, it was added to the criminal case for incriminating Zakayev, he said. The Prosecutor General's Office requested that Zakayev be extradited from Denmark, where he was arrested during World Chechen Congress. "We should find the people responsible and bring them to justice!... Well, not him..." |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |