VOA: Nemtsov Killer Sentenced to 20 Years in Jail
The man convicted of killing Kremlin critic and former deputy prime minister Boris Nemtsov in 2015 was sentenced to 20 years in prison by a Russian court Thursday.
Shooter Saur Dadayev was given 20 years and four accomplices were given between 11 and 19 years, judge Yury Zhitnikov told the packed courtroom.
Prosecutors had initially asked for longer sentences for all of the defendants, including a life sentence for Dadayev.
In June the jury ruled by majority against brothers Shagid and Anzor Gubashev, Ramzan Bakhayev, Tamerlan Eskerkhanov and Zaur Dadayev, who was found guilty of shooting Nemtsov six times in the back. Dadayev initially confessed to the crime, but later recanted, saying he was tortured into the confession.
All five men were ethnic Chechens from Russia's volatile North Caucasus.
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WNU Editor: The got off light .... and there is a lot of truth to this .... Nemtsov Killers' Sentencing Brings Little Closure (David Kharebov and Lena Smirnova, Moscow Times).
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6 comments:
I'm surprised to see this. Thought Putin approved
We all know who sanctioned this and it was not the damn Chechens either. They just carried it out. Russians have a shit military but a first propaganda arm
Is there such a thing as 'getting off light' in a Russian prison?
Good one D. Plowman. There is no such thing as "getting off light" in a Russian prison. It is just that I would have given them life.
I wouldn't even bet money that they had even been the killers.
Russia's been a nation of patsy's for a long time.
Did the Russians give you a good beating when you were in Russia since you dislike them so much.
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