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Qatar sentences Russians to Life In Prison for topping Chechen ex-prez
QATARâS criminal court today sentenced two Russian intelligence agents to life in prison for the murder in Doha of a Chechen rebel leader last February and accused Moscow of involvement in the assassination. Judge Ibrahim Saleh al-Nisf jailed Anatoly Bilashkov and Vassily Pokchov for 25 years - the life term in Qatar - for killing of Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev, a former Chechen president who lived in exile in Doha, in February this year. Reading out the verdict during a brief public hearing, the judge accused the "Russian leadership" of being behind the killing.The umma sticks together Posted by: Anon1 2004-06-30 |
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