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[KavkazUzel] The Court of Appeal did not take into account the decision of the ECHR, which held the authorities responsible for the deaths of eight young Dagestanis in Chechnya, relatives of the victims said and promised to appeal the verdict to a higher authority.
The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on March 10, 2020, the Supreme Court of Chechnya found the murdered eight Dagestanis guilty of encroachment on the lives of law enforcement officers and illegal arms trafficking, but dismissed the criminal case due to their death. Lawyer Andrei Sabinin sent an appeal in this case to the Third Court of Appeal of General Jurisdiction.
On January 10, the European Court of Human Rights awarded 27 relatives of those killed 609,000 euros in compensation. On July 5, it became known that the Court of Appeal refused to reconsider the case for the relatives of the victims.
Residents of Dagestan Gashim Uzdanov, Pakhrudin Makhaev, Islam Magomedov and Shamil Dzhamalutdinov disappeared on September 28, 2016 on the way from Kaspiysk to Makhachkala. On October 4 of the same year, Hussein Huseynov (Gosen Gosenov), Klych Klychev, Shamil Jamalutdinov and Kamil Jamaludinov disappeared in Khasavyurt. The security forces claimed that these people were preparing a terrorist attack and were killed in a shootout.
According to the security forces, the incident occurred on the night of October 9, 2016 in the Gudermes district of Chechnya, when the police tried to stop two cars. Of these, fire was opened. Eight alleged militants were killed and four policemen wounded in the shootout, the Chechen Interior Ministry said. Employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Chechnya were presented for state awards. Reward your offer Ramzan Kadyrov previously explained the police officers by saying that "they, risking their lives, neutralized especially dangerous bandits."
The court's decision to refuse to review the case was not surprising, said Gashim Uzdanov's mother Aida . "I was hoping for a different solution, but I understand that no one wants to figure out what happened and what really happened," she told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
According to her, for all these years after the murder of her son, there was no attention from the authorities to their family. "Our family has not faced any pressure, inspections, searches over the years. But there was also no attention in a good way, that is, no one offered to help, did not provide support," she said.
Umraykhan, the mother of Islam Magomedov, is determined to go all the way and prove her son's innocence. “I have nothing to lose, this is my main goal in life. There are so many inconsistencies, lies, deceit, you can’t even imagine. I want all this to come out so that everyone knows what really happened there. All parents are ready to fight until end, despite all the difficulties," she told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
According to her, no searches or inspections were carried out during this time, but they came home with various questions. “The last time, about a year ago, the security forces came to us, asked various questions, asked where my daughter-in-law was. But they didn’t particularly bother, I can’t say that there was any direct attention to us,” she noted.
Burliyat, the mother of Pakhrudin Makhaev, is also ready to fight to the end. "The Third Court of Cassation of the city of Sochi left the decision of the Supreme Court of Chechnya unchanged. We don't know what will happen next. But we told the lawyer that we would go to the end. We want to restore justice and prove that the decisions of the courts are illegal," she told a correspondent " Caucasian Knot."
According to her, the Russian courts do not pay any attention to the verdict of the ECtHR. "The decision of the ECtHR was announced at the meetings by both the lawyer and the parents. But there was no reaction to this, they are not taken into account," she stressed.
On June 11, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a bill adopted by the State Duma on non-execution of ECtHR decisions issued after March 15, 2022. Judgments of the ECtHR are no longer the basis for reviewing decisions taken by Russian courts.
Burliyat also said that during this time there was no attention from the security forces to their family. "Our family has not faced pressure from the authorities. But, as I know, the wives of the guys are all registered and their children, too," she said.
Lawyer Yulia Antonova , who temporarily represented the interests of the relatives of those killed, confirmed that the court did not take into account the decision of the ECtHR in this case. "The decision of the ECtHR was known, but it did not have any influence either on the court of first instance or on the court of second instance," she told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. According to her, the next step will be to appeal the decision to refuse to reconsider the case in the court of cassation.
Recall that on September 16, 2022, the Russian Federation ceased to be a party to the European Convention on Human Rights. However, the ECtHR stated that it retains competence to consider applications directed against the Russian Federation, provided that they took place before that day. Earlier, on March 16, 2022, it became known that due to Russia's withdrawal from the Council of Europe, the ECtHR suspended consideration of complaints from Russia. At the same time, cases that were received from Russians at the ECHR before March 16, 2022, should be considered , and decisions made before that date should be executed, analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" pointed out.
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