08 May 2007, 22:20

Break till May 14 announced in Arakcheev-Khudyakov's trial

Today's court session of the North-Caucasian Regional Military Court in Rostov-on-Don on the case of Khudyakov and Arakcheev, officers of Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, accused of murdering three peaceful residents of Chechnya, has interrogated one witness. The defence was presenting its evidences yesterday and today. The "Caucasian Knot" was informed about it by Liudmila Tikhomirova, representative of the victims.

"This witness was interrogated earlier, during the preliminary investigation, therefore, we have learnt nothing new. A break in the hearings has been announced till May 14," Ms. Tikhomirova has reported.

Evgeniy Khudyakov and Sergey Arakcheev are accused of a person's kidnapping and illegal detainment, and of murdering three residents of Chechnya.

Author: Alexandra Kondrasheva, CK correspondent

All news
НАСТОЯЩИЙ МАТЕРИАЛ (ИНФОРМАЦИЯ) ПРОИЗВЕДЕН И РАСПРОСТРАНЕН ИНОСТРАННЫМ АГЕНТОМ ООО “МЕМО”, ЛИБО КАСАЕТСЯ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ ИНОСТРАННОГО АГЕНТА ООО “МЕМО”.

January 09, 2025 23:17

  • Lawyers: court in Chechnya violates Musaeva’s right to defence

    A notification of an advocate an hour and a half before the start of the hearing at the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya, which left Zarema Musaeva in custody in the case on disorganization of the activities of the penal colony, violated the equality of the parties and the defendant’s right to defence.

January 09, 2025 22:56

January 09, 2025 22:46

  • Family of escaped Dagestani Zaira Pirova offers her to return home

    Zaira Pirova, a native of Dagestan, who fled to Georgia, has contacted her relatives, but was unable to convince them that she had left home voluntarily. She said that she missed her family. The girl's father gave her two days to think about it and promised that if she returned, she would be "treated specially."

January 09, 2025 21:14

January 08, 2025 23:34

  • Rights defenders refute abduction version of Dagestani Zaira Pirova

    The father of Zaira Pirova, who fled from Dagestan to Georgia, claims that his daughter was abducted and is kept under a threat to execute her family. However, human rights defenders object stating that Zaira had left home voluntarily and left Russia because of her relatives' attempts to find her.

News archive