Witnesses report circumstances of Varvara Karaulova's transportation to Syria

At trial in the case against Alexandra Ivanova (Varvara Karaulova), a student of the Moscow State University (MSU), the court has questioned three witnesses for the prosecution. They have reported how, together with the defendant, they were crossing the Turkish-Syrian border, where they were detained, reports the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

Witness Magomed Gursultaev has testified that he went to Syria to work there as a teacher.

"There were 16 of us together with Ivanova (Karaulova), and we were detained when we were crossing the border. There, I knew her as Amina. She did not want to talk to anyone, and I heard someone saying that she was going to join her fiancé," the witness answered the questions asked by the public prosecutors.

Said Aligadjiev, another witness, who is serving his sentence in the Udmurt penal colony No. 6, who was involved in the trial via video conference, told the court that he met Varvara Karaulova in an apartment in Istanbul among those who were prepared to be sent to Syria to join the "Islamic State" (IS), recognized in Russia as a terrorist organization, which activities were prohibited by the court decision.

Varvara Karaulova has refuted the testimony given by the witness.

"It is not possible. At the place, where we lived, men and women were placed in different rooms, and a woman could not even enter a hallway with open face, if a man was walking there. The witness could not know what he said," noted the defendant emotionally.

Let us remind you that on June 4, 2015, Varvara Karaulova, a student of the Moscow State University (MSU), was detained at the Turkish-Syrian border among other citizens of Russia, including natives of Chechnya and Dagestan, and citizens of Azerbaijan, who, according to the investigators, intended to join the "Islamic State". During the preliminary investigation, Alexandra Ivanova pleaded guilty; however, later she retracted her confession.

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