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| Baksan suspect sentence for helping IS militant upheld |
| 2022-02-09 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [KavkazUzel] The Military Court of Appeal upheld the sentence of Artur Chemkov, a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria, sentenced to 11 years for aiding a member of the Islamic State terrorist organization banned in Russia by a court. The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that Artur Chemkov, a 36-year-old native of Baksan, was accused of aiding a member of a terrorist organization. According to investigators, in March 2019, Chemkov brought a member of the IS terrorist organization to the territory of a horticultural society located in Kabardino-Balkaria, where they set up a cache in the basement of one of the unfinished buildings, in which he hid ammunition and explosive devices. The military court in Rostov-on-Don in August 2021 found Artur Chemkov guilty and sentenced him to 11 years in a strict regime colony, Chemkov himself pleaded not guilty, a spokesman for the court said. Artur Chemkov's defense appealed the verdict, but the Military Court of Appeal in the Moscow Region found him guilty and left the verdict of the Southern District Military Court unchanged. The verdict has already entered into force, RIA Kabardino-Balkaria reported today. A complaint against the verdict against Artur Chemkov was submitted to the court on November 15, 2021, according to the filing cabinet on the website of the Military Court of Appeal. The "Caucasian Knot" has no comments from Artur Chemkov's representatives regarding the decision of the Court of Appeal. |
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