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2022-09-09 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
A native of Chechnya was convicted in the case of the 1995 attack on Budyonnovsk
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[KavkazUzel] A court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Khazvakh Cherkhigov to 12 years in prison for participating in the 1995 attack by Shamil Basayev's group on Budyonnovsk. Cherkhigov pleaded not guilty.

The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Khazvakh Cherkhigov in the case of the attack on Budyonnovsk in 1995. "It has been established that Cherkhigov participated in a stable armed gang led by Basayev, in the capture and holding of persons as hostages, in terrorism, in premeditated murder under aggravated circumstances, and also escaped while serving his sentence," the press release said today. service of the Southern District Military Court. 

For a number of years, Cherkhigov lived in Moscow under an assumed name, and under this name he was convicted several times for various crimes. On November 20, 2018, Cherkhigov was detained by law enforcement agencies on suspicion of participating in an attack as part of Basayev's gang on organizations and residents of Budyonnovsk. The court sentenced him to 12 years in prison in a strict regime colony, according to a statement on the court's website.

Khazvakh Cherkhigov, 44, a native of Chechnya, pleaded not guilty to most of the incriminated acts, saying that he was not a member of Basayev's group and did not commit crimes as part of it. At the same time, he agreed with the accusation of escaping from the colony, Kommersant reported today. 

The "Caucasian Knot" does not yet have any comments from Khazvakh Cherkhigov and his official representatives regarding the court's verdict .

On June 14, 1995, a detachment of Chechen fighters led by Shamil Basayev invaded the territory of the Stavropol Territory and captured the central hospital of Budennovsk. As a result of the attack  , 129 people were killed and 317 others were injured. The militants released the remaining hostages in exchange for a promise from the Russian authorities to end hostilities in Chechnya.

The "Caucasian Knot" also wrote that on November 30, 2021, the military court of appeal upheld the sentence of Aslan Daudov, a resident of Chechnya, sentenced to 12 years for participating in hostage-taking, terrorism and premeditated murder during the attack of Shamil Basayev's detachment on Budyonnovsk in 1995.

Related: Wikipedia: Budyonnovsk hospital hostage crisis
Posted by badanov 2022-09-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ]  Top
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#1 2022-1995
(takes off boots)
Ha, 27 years!

Justice, swift and sure.
Posted by Skidmark 2022-09-09 15:12||   2022-09-09 15:12|| Front Page Top

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