Sergey Khadjikurbanov claims being pressed by investigators in case of Anna Politkovskaya's murder

Andrei Vikanov, an advocate of Sergey Khadjikurbanov, who was sentenced in the case of the journalist Anna Politkovskaya's murder, reported that investigators demanded from his client to testify against businessman Boris Berezovsky. According to the advocate, Sergey Khadjikurbanov confessed that he was forced to cooperate with the investigators.

According to the advocate, since last autumn, Sergey Khadjikurbanov is under pressure in the penal colony: "they began to subject him to disciplinary penalties for any fault."

As a result, Sergey Khadjikurbanov agreed to certain "conditions proposed to him," the "Kommersant" reports.

Karen Nersesyan, an advocate of Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov, another defendant in the case of the Anna Politkovskaya's murder, reported that his client had been visited by agents of secret services.

In 2012, Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov, the former head of the Department for operation and search activities of the Chief Department for Moscow of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), was sentenced to 11 years of imprisonment.

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Andrei Vikanov, an advocate of Sergey Khadjikurbanov, who was sentenced in the case of the journalist Anna Politkovskaya's murder, reported that investigators demanded from his client to testify against businessman Boris Berezovsky. According to the advocate, Sergey Khadjikurbanov confessed that he was forced to cooperate with the investigators.,

In 2008, Dmitry Dovgy, the head of the Chief Investigating Department of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) at the Russian Prosecutor's Office, expressed his confidence that the Anna Politkovskaya's murder was ordered by Boris Berezovsky.

According to the advocate, since last autumn, Sergey Khadjikurbanov is under pressure in the penal colony: "they began to subject him to disciplinary penalties for any fault."

As a result, Sergey Khadjikurbanov agreed to certain "conditions proposed to him," the "Kommersant" reports.

Karen Nersesyan, an advocate of Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov, another defendant in the case of the Anna Politkovskaya's murder, reported that his client had been visited by agents of secret services.

In 2012, Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov, the former head of the Department for operation and search activities of the Chief Department for Moscow of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), was sentenced to 11 years of imprisonment.

On October 7, Sergey Sokolov, the deputy editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta", said that officials "lied without reserve while saying that the case of the Anna Politkovskaya's murder had been solved."