A court in Qatar sentenced two Russians to life imprisonment for killing a Chechen rebel leader in the Gulf state and said the Russian leadership was behind the assassination
Published:
5 July 2004 y., Monday
A court in Qatar sentenced two Russians to life imprisonment for killing a Chechen rebel leader in the Gulf state and said the Russian leadership was behind the assassination, Reuters reports. According to Qatari legislation, life sentence means 25 years of prison.
Judge Ibrahim al-Nisf sentenced Anatoly Belashkov and Vassily Bogachev, and said the two men had been acting on orders from Moscow. “The Russian leadership issued an order to assassinate the former Chechen leader (Zelimkhan) Yandarbiyev,” Reuters quoted him as saying.
The trial had threatened to cause a diplomatic breach between Qatar, a key U.S. ally, and Russia. Observers had expected that the men would be condemned but eventually set free, Reuters reports.
“I expect they will be sentenced as guilty and given either death or a life sentence, then after (Russian President Vladimir) Putin intervenes they are transferred to Russia in a few months,” legal expert Najib al-Nuaimi, who is not involved in the case, told Reuters before today’s sentencing was announced.
Nuaimi, a former justice minister, noted that Qatar had chosen this path in similar situations before.
Šaltinis:
gazeta.ru
Copying, publishing, announcing any information from the News.lt portal without written permission of News.lt editorial office is prohibited.
The most popular articles
President Dalia Grybauskaitė sent congratulations on behalf of herself and the people of Lithuania to President Dmitry Medvedev of the Russian Federation on the Day of Russia.
more »
Political support, commitment at all levels of governance and ensured financing are crucial elements for the successful implementation of the European Union Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region, Lithuania’s Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs A. Skaisgirytė Liauškienė said at the seminar, dedicated to discuss financial and management aspects of the Strategy’s implementation.
more »
On 10 June, Political Director of Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Eitvydas Bajarūnas took part in the political consultations with officials from the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry in Kyiv.
more »
On 10 June, a seminar to discuss financial and management aspects of the implementation of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region will be held in Vilnius.
more »
Two entities with common objectives, Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, could act alongside each other, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs A. Ažubalis says.
more »
President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė has just made her first State of the Nation Address in the Seimas, to give an overview of the situation of the country and the status of internal and foreign policies of the state, as required under the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania.
more »
A round table discussion "Europe 2030: Do We Have a New Approach?" was held on 4 June in Vilnius.
more »
On 7 June in Vilnius, Lithuania’s Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Šarūnas Adomavičius met with Chairman of the Knesset Lithuanian-Israeli Parliamentary Friendship Group Zeev Bielski and discussed the cooperation between the countries, as well as in international organizations.
more »
Today Chancellor Angela Merkel of the Federal Republic of Germany called President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė to express regrets at not having been able to come to Lithuania earlier in the week due to the complicated political situation in Germany.
more »
President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė met with the President of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, who is currently visiting Lithuania.
more »