Ex-police officer from the “Far” reduced prison sentences – BBC Russian

Ex-police officer from the "Far" reduced prison sentences – BBC Russian

• February 4, 2015

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According to the ori ginal sentence of the district court of Kazan former police received from 2 to 15 years in prison

The Supreme Court reduced the sentence of Tatarstan operatives Police Department “Far”, convicted in 2014 for the brutal torture of detainees and other crimes. prison term reduced from 2 years to a few months.

“The Court appointed Almaz Vasilov 13 years 11 months Fail Sabirzyanova 10 years, Ramil Akhmetzyanova 9 years 1 month Ilnar Ibatullin 9 years 4 months, Aynur Rakhmatullin 7 years 2 months, Amir Sharafullinu – 5 years 8 months, Denis Vasiliev 3 years 9 months, Alexander Fadeev 1 year, 8 months in prison, “- said TASS court spokesman Natalia Losev.

According to her, the court excluded from the criminal case series of episodes, which describes the torture of detainees.

The appeal was held in camera.

The defendants involved in the process by means of a video conferencing system.

not pleaded guilty

Employees OP “Far” in Kazan, according to the investigation, in March 2012, tortured detainee to death 52-year-old Sergey Nazarov. Nazarov was taken to a city hospital, where he died from rupture of the rectum, but before his death he could tell that he was tortured a bottle of champagne.

The case in the “Far” galvanized Kazan. In the city, a wave of demonstrations demanding the police to restore order and punish the guilty to come from Moscow investigators were queues.

Testing found that the police department regularly tortured people and committing various abuses. Victims in the case were found 14 people.

Two former police officers “Far” – Ramil Nigmatzyanov and Ilshat Garifullin not involved in the abuse of detainees, pre-trial agreement entered into in July 2012 were sentenced to imprisonment for a term 2 and 2.5 years, respectively.

Their colleagues, who have been charged with more serious charge, nor during the investigation, nor the last word not pleaded guilty.

In the summer of 2014 Volga District Kazan court found former police officers guilty of abuse of office and causing grievous bodily harm that resulted in death of the victim, and sentenced them to prison terms ranging from 2 to 15 years.

Since the beginning of the investigation the police department, “Far” was disbanded, and Interior Minister of Tatarstan Asgat Safarov resigned. Shortly thereafter, the President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov signed a decree appointing Asgata Safarova Acting Deputy Prime Minister.