14:33, 5 April 2016

Russian Supreme Court mitigates sentence for Gadji Magomedov

Russian Supreme Court. Photo http://www.vsrf.ru/galary.php?id=7#/5

The sentence for Gadji Magomedov, found guilty of involvement in mass riot in Dagestan, training in camps of Syrian militants and fights in the ranks of the "Islamic State" (IS), recognized as a terrorist organization, has been reduced from 17 to 14 years of imprisonment.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that in November 2015, the North-Caucasian District Military Court sentenced Gadji Magomedov to 17 years imprisonment in a high-security penal colony. The defendant pleaded guilty only to the charge on his involvement in the riot in Gimry.

In October 2014, Gadji Magomedov was detained in Egypt, from where he was deported to Moscow. In his home, law enforcers found explosives, weapons, and ammunition. Besides, according to investigators, on November 16, 2012, Gadji Magomedov took part in the action held by villagers of Gimry, who blocked traffic on the Gimry Bridge and demanded from the police to release three residents of the village detained at the airport of Makhachkala. As a result of the riot, policemen were injured.

Both the defence of Gadji Magomedov and the Prosecutor's Office asked to change the sentence. In particular, the Prosecutor's Office requested to sentence the man to 15 years of imprisonment in a common-security penal colony.

The defence of Gadji Magomedov asked to acquit him under the charge of his involvement in the IS and admitted only his involvement in an illegal rally. The advocate insisted that the verdict of the first instance court was based on one-sided assessment of the evidence and that the very trial was of accusatory bias.

Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.