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| Derbent citizen's sentence for participation in IS upheld |
| 2022-11-05 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited [KavkazUzel] The court of cassation did not satisfy the complaint of Movsum Mammadov, a resident of Derbent, sentenced to six years in prison for participation in a terrorist organization. The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that in December 2021, a military court sentenced a resident of Derbent, Movsum Mammadov, to six years in a penal colony, recognizing him as a member of the terrorist organization "Islamic State." Mammadov pleaded not guilty. According to investigators, in February 2020 in St. Petersburg, Mammadov swore an oath to the leader of the Islamic State and participated in the activities of IS until his arrest on November 3, 2020 in Makhachkala. Also, Mamedov, knowing about the intention of his acquaintance to create an armed formation controlled by IS in Dagestan, persuaded another person to become a member of this formation, the investigators believe. Russia's Supreme Court upheld Movsum Mamedov's sentence, Kavkaz.Realii reported on November 3. In his appeal, Mammadov stated that the conclusions of the court of first instance did not correspond to the circumstances of the case, and there was no evidence of his guilt. In particular, according to him, the acquaintance even before communicating with him "expressed his readiness to join an illegal armed formation under the influence of his brother" and "shared the ideas of radical Islam" even before they met. Mammadov also said that during the interrogations he was under pressure, and the verification of his statement about the use of unlawful measures of influence was carried out superficially, the newspaper writes. In its ruling, the Supreme Court indicated that the investigator, after verification, refused to initiate a criminal case on Mammadov's application for pressure "due to the lack of corpus delicti." "In the course of the check, explanations were received from the persons who participated in the detention and interrogation of the suspected (accused) Mammadov. The results of the check on Mammadov's report about the use of unlawful methods of influence against him received a proper assessment in the investigator's decision to refuse to initiate a criminal case. In particular, during investigators, defense counsel […] who confirmed their participation in the interrogation of the suspect Mammadov, who did not report any pressure to them, in their presence there were no threats against the latter. Mammadov was not found when he was admitted to the temporary detention center on November 3, 2020. With such data, the statements in the complaint that the check was formal and superficial,cannot be considered justified," the document, published on the website of the court, says. The decision to leave the verdict in force is motivated by the fact that "there are no grounds for mitigating the punishment," the judicial act says. According to the same document, the consideration of Mammadov's appeal took place on March 2, 2022 in the Military Court of Appeal, the sentence was upheld. |
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