22:00, 1 March 2006

SC of Kabardino-Balkaria returns the case of Rasul Tsakoev's murder for new investigation

As has become known to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, the panel of the Kabardino-Balkaria Supreme Court has considered the cassation appeal of the Kabardino-Balkaria Prosecutor's Office against the ruling of the Nalchik town court to invalidate the decision on suspending the investigation of the murder of Rasul Tsakoev, resident of Khasaniya, and returned the case for a new investigation. The new investigation must provide a direct answer on the guilt or innocence of Anatoly Kiarov, chief of KBR MIA directorate of combating organized crime, of Rasul Tsakoev's, death.

For reference, Rasul Tsakoev, aged 27, died as a result of severe beating inflicted in the above agency. Before his death, he managed to relate that he had been beaten and tortured by people in masks. Only one person did not wear a mask, and he recognized Anatoly Kiarov, chief of directorate of combating organized crime.

The investigation of Rasul Tsakoev's murder was suspended by the Kabardino-Balkaria Prosecutor's office twice due to the inability to identify the guilty persons, but renewed after Tsakoev's parents' complaints.

Author: Ludmila Maratova

Source: CK correspondent