BREAKING NEWS:
A suspect in Boris Nemtsov killing blew himself up with a grenade
in Grozny as police tried to detain him -Interfax.
From the anti-Putin propaganda website in Washington DC – The Interpreter …
5 Men from Caucasus Brought Before Court in Murder of Opposition Leader Boris Nemtsov
According to Novaya Gazeta , five persons appeared today in Moscow’s Basmanny Court in the murder investigation of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov.
Two, Zaur Dadayev and Anzor Gubashev (also Kubashev) were arraigned, i.e. formally charged in the Russian criminal justice system and placed under pre-trial detention until April 28 on charges under Art. 105-2, sections zh and z and Art. 222 of the Russian criminal code (pre-meditated murder and illegal possession of weapons).
Dadaev pleaded guilty, and Gubashev pleaded not guilty.
The other three were categorized as suspects in the case and also put in detention, as the judge selected the measure of restraint as “arrest” or jail, as they were seen as a flight risk.
One suspect was the brother of Anzor, Shagid Gubashev, arrested on March 7 at 21:00, who was ordered detained until May 7. Two other suspects, Tamerlan Eskerkhanov and Khamzat Bakhayev, arrested at 2:20 am today, March 8 were ordered detained until May 8.
A sixth suspect blew himself up with a grenade as police banged on the door of his apartment in Grozny.
As Novaya Gazeta and others have reported, one of the names in the list is Zaur Dadayev of the 46th Separate Operations Purpose Brigade of the Interior Ministry who was decorated personally by Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov.
In a speech at the ceremony in October 19, 2010, Rashid Nurgaliev, then head of the Interior Ministry said that the 46th Brigade was founded by Ramzan’s father Akhmad Kadyrov, the former chief mufti of Ichkeria, the independent Chechen republic, who switched sides to serve the central Russian government, and who was assassinated at a May 9th Victory Day rally in
1994[year was 2004 – Oui].
Dadayev raised his index finger in the courtroom, a common Islamist sign.
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Boris Nemtsov: two charged over killing of Russian opposition politician | The Guardian | plus video
Their heads bowed and their arms handcuffed behind their backs, five men were marched into a Moscow court by armed men in balaclavas on Sunday, accused of involvement in the murder of Boris Nemtsov.
The five men accused of complicity in the murder of the opposition politician are all from Russia’s restive north Caucasus region, and one of them, Zaur Dadayev, has admitted his guilt, according to the judge.
“Dadayev’s involvement in committing this crime is confirmed by, apart from his own confession, the totality of evidence gathered as part of this criminal case,” said Judge Natalia Mushnikova.
Dadayev raised his index finger in the courtroom, a common Islamist sign, and said “I love the prophet Mohammad”, according to reporters present. Other defendants attempted to hide their faces from television cameras using their hoods, collars or sheets of paper.
The Russian agency Interfax also quoted a law-enforcement source claiming a 30-year-old man who was another suspect in the Nemtsov murder had “blown himself up” with a grenade when police tried to detain him in Grozny, the Chechen capital. There was no official confirmation that the man was linked to the Nemtsov killing, however.
