| Submit your comments on this article |
| Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia |
| Sentence to a native of Dagestan for helping an IS member upheld |
| 2023-04-18 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [KavkazUzel] The court of cassation refused to satisfy the complaint against the sentence of Abdul Akaev, a native of Dagestan, who was convicted of financing terrorism. Akayev transferred money to his brother, not knowing about his involvement in a terrorist organization, the defense pointed out. The Supreme Court of Russia did not satisfy the complaint of Abdul Akaev, a native of Dagestan, against the verdict of the Central District Military Court, which sentenced Akaev to nine years in prison on the case of assisting terrorist activities. Akaev was found guilty of financing terrorism after transferring the money to his brother, who, according to the investigation, was a member of the terrorist organization "Islamic state." Akaev himself insists that the money transferred by him was to be used by his brother to purchase medicines for the treatment of his wife suffering from cancer, who lives in Turkey, Kavkaz.Realii writes today. According to the cassation appeal of the defense, witnesses confirmed Akayev's ignorance of his brother's involvement in IS* activities, and there is no evidence of such involvement in the case file. "The content of the correspondence between the brothers confirms the convict's version that the money he transferred was intended for a relative ... According to the defense counsel, the court distorted the testimony of the witness about the circumstances of the case, and the verdict was decided on inadmissible evidence," the publication cited the cassation complaint. However, the Supreme Court considered that the defense did not provide evidence of Akaev's innocence and falsification of the charges, therefore, the decision of the Central District Military Court remained in force, the publication says. According to the case file on the website of the Supreme Court, the cassation appeal was considered on April 13, 2023, and the verdict was delivered on April 21, 2022 by the Central District Military Court in Yekaterinburg. Consideration of Akayev's appeal took place on August 22, 2022 in the military court of appeal, the sentence was upheld, according to the text of the cassation ruling published on the website of the Supreme Court. According to the document, Akaev was convicted of facilitating terrorist activities "in the form of terrorist financing" committed by him on November 27, 2018 in Novy Urengoy. The lawyer asked to cancel the verdict and appeal ruling and send the case for a new trial to the court of first instance. "Having checked the materials of the criminal case, having discussed the arguments of the cassation appeal and objections to it, having listened to the parties, the judicial board finds the decisions of the courts regarding Akaev lawful, justified and fair," the ruling on refusal to change Akaev's sentence is explained. |
| Posted by:badanov |