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| France revokes the citizenship of a native of Chechnya convicted of training militants | |||
| 2024-01-04 | |||
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] France deprived of French citizenship of a native of Chechnya, Khasanbek Turchaev,
“By a resolution of January 2, 2024, based on the relevant conclusion of the State Council, Khasanbek Turchaev, born on January 25, 1970 in Grozny, Russia (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics), is deprived of French citizenship,” the document says. As reported by IA Regnum, in November 2019, a guilty verdict was handed down in France to Khasanbek Turchaev, a native of Chechnya. A jury in Paris sentenced him to 10 years in prison for training militants in Syria. Turchaev, who arrived in France to live from Chechnya in 2002, admitted in court that in the period from 2013 to 2014 he was in Syria, but, according to him, not at all to participate in hostilities on the territory of illegal armed groups. The accused stated that he was allegedly looking for his brothers in Syria. However, the investigation received information that Turchaev, having left his wife and children in Strasbourg, arrived in Syria to participate in the war on the side of the militants and even trained them in the use of explosives. He was the so-called emir of one of the gang groups. In 2015, a native of Chechnya was detained in Moldova and extradited to France. kavkaz-uzel.eu has more details France revokes the citizenship of a refugee from Chechnya A native of Chechnya, Khasanbek Turchaev, who is serving a sentence in the case of participating in the war in Syria on the side of militants, has been deprived of French citizenship. As the "Caucasian Knot" wrote, a court in France in November 2019 sentenced a native of Chechnya, Khasanbek Turchaev, to 10 years in prison, recognizing him as a participant in the fighting in Syria on the side of a terrorist organization. According to the court, Turchaev participated in combat operations in Syria, and also trained militants in sniper rifle shooting and explosives production, and was also an emir. Khasanbek Turchaev, a 53-year-old native of Chechnya, who emigrated to France in 2002, having received the status of a political refugee, has been deprived of French citizenship, the Kavkaz.Realii publication reported today*. As stated in the publication, he received citizenship in 2008. Le Parisien reported that Khasanbek Turchaev, the son of the former Minister of Energy of Chechnya, studied law in Grozny from 1994 to 1998, and subsequently worked in the criminal police of the Chechen capital. Turchaev was arrested in the summer of 2015 in Moldova, he stated that he was tortured there, and then was deported to France. At the trial, Turchaev claimed that he did not go to Syria to fight, but, on the contrary, to convince his two brothers to return to Europe, but they died in Syria. He also stated that this case is part of “a conspiracy conceived by Russian intelligence services with the complicity of the French judicial system,” according to the publication dated November 7, 2019. According to the French publication Actu17, the decree depriving Turchaev of French citizenship was published today. Turchaev's adult children live in Alsace. The deprivation of Khasanbek Turchaev's French citizenship is part of a wider pattern: between 2019 and 2023, France announced at least twenty cases of deprivation of citizenship for reasons related to terrorism. This measure, which only applies to dual citizens not born in France, is usually used in cases of attacks on the fundamental interests of the nation or convictions for terrorist crimes, the publication notes. Let us recall that on October 13, 2023, a teacher was killed at a school in Arras in France, and two more people were stabbed as a result of the attack. French media named the attacker as 20-year-old Mohamad Mogushkov, a native of Chechnya, whose family came to France from Ingushetia. On October 19, French media reported that Mogushkov was placed under arrest and refused to communicate with investigators; his younger brother and cousin were arrested. Also, according to them, Mogushkov’s father was deported from France for involvement in terrorism and lives in Georgia. On October 16, 2023, the French Ministry of Internal Affairs announced that about 60 people, including people from the North Caucasus republics, would be expelled from France after an attack on a school in the city of Arras, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported. On October 20, French media reported the detention of a 15-year-old native of Chechnya who was standing with a knife near a synagogue in Strasbourg. In his phone, law enforcement officers found threats to open fire at the lyceum with a Kalashnikov assault rifle, and in his browser history a search for prices for such weapons. The "Caucasian Knot" also wrote that a court in France in early November 2023 sentenced Abdul Hakim Anaev, a native of Chechnya, to 10 years in prison. He was found guilty of inciting the terrorist attack of Khamzat Azimov, who attacked passers-by with a knife in Paris, killing one and injuring four others. Earlier, on October 16, 2020, history and geography teacher Samuel Paty was beheaded in France, who had previously shown his students caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad from Charlie Hebdo magazine during a lesson on freedom of speech. When detained, the alleged killer shouted: “Allahu Akbar!” and was shot dead by police. He turned out to be a Russian citizen of Chechen origin, 18-year-old Abdulak (Abdullah) Anzorov, who was granted refugee status in France. In December 2020, Anzorov was buried with honors in the Urus-Martan region of Chechnya. About 200 people took part in the farewell ceremony, mainly relatives and close families of the Anzorovs. For security reasons, local authorities introduced a special access regime; mainly local residents were allowed into the village, and 65 police officers were stationed in the surrounding area.
[CaucasianKnot] A court in La Belle France sentenced Khasanbek Turchaev, a native of Chechnya, to 10 years in prison, after finding him guilty of taking part in warfare in Syria on the side of a terrorist organization. In 2002, Khasanbek Turchaev received asylum in La Belle France; and in 2008, he received a French citizenship. According to the court, Turchaev participated in battles in Syria, and also trained faceless myrmidons in sniper rifle shooting and manufacture of explosives, the Le Figaro writes. Besides, according to Sherlocks, Turchaev was Emir of a grouping that was part of the terrorist organization “Imarat Kavkaz",
Turchaev has admitted that in 2013 and 2014 he spent about three months in Syria; but he has emphasized that he went there "to search for his brothers, not to fight." "I didn't fight, I defended myself," Turchaev has stressed. He also explained that he was the Emir for "only 15 days." "When I was at the frontline, the Emir died during a battle, so they needed a boss. Young people loved me; they asked me to become the Emir's heir," the newspaper quotes Turchaev as saying. Related: Imarat Kavkaz: 2022-08-20 Six people charged in the case of terrorists in the Kalmyk colony Imarat Kavkaz: 2021-10-19 Dagestani terror suspect detention extended by Russian court Imarat Kavkaz: 2017-05-16 Armed Islamist gunned down in Dagestan Related: Caucasus Emirate: 2023-10-27 Convicted in the case of the terrorist attack in Domodedovo won the case in the ECHR Caucasus Emirate: 2023-10-23 MMA fighter Yakubov detained for publicly justifying terrorism Caucasus Emirate: 2023-09-02 A native of Ingushetia is suspected of involvement in the terrorist attack in Beslan Related: Vilayat Kavkaz: 2023-10-23 MMA fighter Yakubov detained for publicly justifying terrorism Vilayat Kavkaz: 2023-08-07 Zelimkhan Mazaev convicted in terrorism financing case Vilayat Kavkaz: 2023-06-07 The case of the participation of residents of Stavropol and Chechnya in Basayev's attack on Dagestan reached the court | |||
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