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| Case on participation of a native of Chechnya in Basayev's raid on Dagestan submitted to court | ||
| 2023-02-02 | ||
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [KavkazUzel] The case of Alexander Ponomarenko, a native of Chechnya, was sent to court, accused of participating in the attack of militants Basayev
The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that in July 2021, human rights activists announced that 38-year-old Sochi resident Alexander Ponomarenko was accused of participating in the attack of militants on Dagestan based on the testimony of two witnesses, one of whom was classified, and the second was convicted in a similar case and often involved by the investigation for the fabrication of criminal cases. According to investigators, in mid-July 1999, Ponomarenko voluntarily joined the Basayev and Khattab group and took part in the seizure of a number of settlements in the Botlikh region with the aim of "violating the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation." Relatives of Ponomarenko called the accusation fabricated, noting that the results of the lie detector test speak in favor of innocence. The lawyer turned to the Investigative Committee with a statement about the use of torture against Ponomarenko in order to obtain a confession in crimes that he did not commit. The Department of the Investigative Committee for the North Caucasus Federal District has completed the investigation of the criminal case of Alexander Ponomarenko, a native of Chechnya. The case under Part 2 of Article 209, Articles 279 and 317 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (participation in a stable armed group (gang), active participation in an armed rebellion, encroachment on the life of military personnel) was sent to court for consideration on the merits, the press service of the Investigative Committee reported today. "The investigation established that in August 1999, Ponomarenko, acting as part of a stable armed group under the general leadership of Shamil Basayev and Emir Khattab, took an active part in an armed rebellion. In order to overthrow the constitutional order and violate the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation, militants armed with automatic weapons, grenades and explosive devices, with a total number of at least 1,000 people, committed an encroachment on the lives of servicemen of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, who ensure public security and restore constitutional order on the territory of the Botlikh region," the ministry's website said. The TFR did not specify which court the case was sent to. Recall that the mass penetration of militants into Dagestan began on August 7, 1999. The villages of Ansalta, Rakhata, Shodroda and Godoberi of the Botlikh region were immediately seized, and over the next few days other settlements in the Botlikh and Tsumadinsky regions were captured, the "Caucasian Knot" report " Invasion of militants into Dagestan " says. Cases on participation in the actions of Basayev and Khattab gangs are of the same type and are often falsified, cases are fabricated against the innocent , lawyer Narine Hayrapetyan told the "Caucasian Knot" earlier. “When people did not participate, but under threat, including torture, other people are forced to testify against them... to testify on the events of 1999 against persons whom he had never known before," Hayrapetyan said. | ||
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