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[KavkazUzel] The decision of the Moscow court, which recognized as legal the refusal to pay compensation for torture to the natives of Dagestan Murad and Firuddin Ragimov, will be appealed despite the low chances of obtaining payments, a lawyer for the Team Against Torture said.
As the "Caucasian Knot" reported," their relative told about the brutal beating and torture of Murad Ragimov and his father Firuddin by security forces. In January 2017, it became known that forensic experts found signs of torture on the body of Firuddin Ragimov, and in February 2017, human rights activists stated that the Sledkom refused to investigate the torture of his father and son of the Rahimovs.
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In November 2018, a complaint in the case of torture of the Rahimovs was filed with the European Court of Human Rights. On March 22, 2022, the ECtHR awarded Murad and Firuddin Rahimovs 26,000 euros in compensation. In February, the Khoroshevsky District Court of Moscow declared the 24th refusal unlawful The Investigative Committee to initiate a criminal case on the torture of the Rahimovs, taking into account the decision of the European Court in their case.refused to grant his appeal.
Law enforcement officers detained Murad Ragimov on August 30, 2016 in Moscow on suspicion of involvement in militant formations in Syria, as well as an attack on police officers in Dagestan. Having found out that Rahimov could not leave Russia, since he did not have a foreign passport, the security forces searched his apartment and, with their witnesses, announced the discovery of drugs, the relatives of the young man claimed. In January 2018, Murad Rahimov was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison.
Now there is no pressure on Murad from the security forces, Georgy Ivanov, lawyer of the Team Against Torture, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
"The pressure is not expressed in anything. Murad lives in Moscow. He did not talk about detentions. He also tried to distance himself from this whole story," Ivanov said.
What Murad does and who he works for, the lawyer does not know. "He didn't talk about it," Ivanov commented.
The CPT has previously helped Murad and his father with rehabilitation, but at the moment the family does not need help, the lawyer assured.
The Rahimov family believes that the security forces will ultimately not be held accountable, and the compensation appointed by the ECtHR will not be paid. "Earlier, we filed a lawsuit against the Prosecutor General's Office about non-execution of the decision of the ECHR on non-payment of money - because it was the Prosecutor General's Office that refused to pay. There was a decision of the ECHR to pay money, but on February 16, the Tverskoy District Court recognized Russia's decision to refuse payment as legal," Ivanov said.
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 against the Russian Federation until that date. Earlier, Russia refused to comply with the decisions of the ECtHR issued after March 15, 2022. The fact that the decisions of the Strasbourg Court are no longer enforceable in Russia was announced in June 2022 by Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman for President Putin.
The Ragimovs were not present at the trial, which is legally permissible, Ivanov noted. According to him, the court decision will be appealed, but the Rahimovs do not believe in a positive outcome for them. “They don’t really believe in justice. But there will be an appeal against the decision of the Tverskoy District Court. Until the decision is made. As soon as we get it, we will immediately file a complaint,” Ivanov said.
The lawyer noted that there are few prospects for the case, but it is still necessary to file an appeal. " We believe that we can continue to appeal. The decision of the ECtHR is a legal fact on which we insist. And we will demand to initiate a case (against the security forces)," Ivanov said.
The Rahimov family leads a closed life and does not want to communicate with journalists, the lawyer said. "Relatives categorically do not want to remember this story and talk about it," Ivanov said.
Moscow lawyer Yevgeny Chernousov called indicative the decision of the court, which recognized the refusal of the Sledkom to initiate a criminal case on the torture of the Rahimovs as illegal. “They say that we left the Council of Europe, but our justice continues to fairly consider cases and make decisions not in favor of law enforcement agencies. They want to show that nothing has changed in the judicial practice of Russia after leaving the Council of Europe - they say, we consider cases according to the law, "Fairly. This is a well-thought-out move. In this situation, I do not rule out that the court's decision will ultimately not be in favor of law enforcement officers," Chernousov told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
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