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| Adjamatov's verdict in terrorism financing case approved |
| 2022-09-08 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [KavkazUzel]\ A military court of appeal upheld the verdict against a Moscow doctor from Dagestan, Alikhan Adzhamatov, who was sentenced to a lengthy term on charges of transferring money to terrorist organizations. The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that a court in Moscow has heard the case of Alikhan Adzhamatov since September 13, 2020. The defendant denied the allegations of financing terrorism, stating that the money transfers were not intended for terrorists. Witness for the prosecution Solikhov in court completely retracted his testimony against Adzhamatov given during the preliminary investigation. Prosecution witness Parviz Akhmedov stated that evidence against Adjamatov was falsified. Two witnesses for the defense stated that they were pressured to testify against Adzhamatov. In December 2021, the court sentenced Adzhamatov, who was charged with facilitating terrorist activities, to 17 years in prison. This is too harsh a term, given that Adzhamatov's guilt has not been proven, the lawyers said. In September 2020, a blogger and journalist from Dagestan, Roman Babaev, announced that he was coerced into giving certain evidence in the case of his acquaintance, Alikhan Adzhamatov, who was accused of facilitating terrorist activities. Babaev was detained upon arrival in Moscow, where he flew as a defense witness. In August 2021, the defense indicated that all 10 episodes in the case are based on the fact that counterparties with whom Adzhamatov had legal business contacts had indirect ties with those convicted in terrorist cases, the defense pointed out. A military court in Moscow sentenced Alikhan Adzhamatov to 16 years and 9 months in a penal colony for transferring 59 million rubles to members of the international terrorist organizations "Islamic State" and "Al-Qaeda" banned in the Russian Federation for seven years, the press service of the Federal Security Service of Russia for Moscow reported today and Moscow region. The investigation established that Adjamatov, sharing the ideology of radical Islam, organized the collection of money and their further transfer to support the activities of members of terrorist organizations in Syria. From 2011 to 2017, he made over 100 translations."According to the ruling of the Military Court of Appeal, A.I. Adzhamatov was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment for a period of 16 years and 9 months in a strict regime colony. The verdict has entered into force," the UFSB quoted TASS as saying. |
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