Victims of terror act file multimillion-rouble lawsuits against top managers of "Domodedovo" Airport

40 people affected by the terror act at the "Domodedovo" Airport have filed civil lawsuits against the former top managers of the "Domodedovo" Airport and its co-owner. This was reported on May 10 by advocate Igor Trunov, representing the interests of the victims.

"The amount of compensation is calculated for each individual and ranges from 50 (million) up to 700 million roubles for each victim," the "TASS" quotes Igor Trunov as reporting.

According to the advocate, the victims are willing to settle the claims by settlement agreements. "In parallel, we have offered the defendants either voluntarily or in the form of charity to repay the damage caused by their actions," said the advocate.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that Dmitry Kamenschik, a co-owner of the "Domodedovo" Airport, Vyacheslav Nekrasov, the former director of the "Domodedovo" Airport, Andrei Danilov, the chief of the aviation security service, and top manager Svetlana Trishina were accused of the poor organization of screening of visitors to the "Domodedovo" Airport, which failed to prevent the terror act in the "Domodedovo" Airport on January 24, 2011.

As a result of the explosion committed on January 24, 2011, 37 people were killed, and other 172 were injured. According to investigators, the explosive device was activated by suicide bomber Magomed Yevloev (Evloev). In 2013, brothers Islam and Ilez Yandiev, Akhmed Yevloev, and Bashir Khamkhoev were sentenced in the criminal case of the terror act.

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