Policemen's relatives hold rally on case against Magomed Taramov and Djamalai Tazbiev

In Grozny, in front of the court to hold today a hearing in the case against Magomed Taramov and Djamalai Tazbiev, relatives of the law enforcers killed in an attack on Grozny were chanting antiterrorist slogans. An advocate of the defendants has suggested that the trial will be postponed because of her failure to appear.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that, according to the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta", at the trial, Magomed Taramov and Djamalai Tazbiev, residents of the Grozny village of Krasnaya Turbina, detained after an attack on Grozny in December 2016, pleaded not guilty and complained of torture. On August 17, the "Novaya Gazeta" reported that 162 residents of Chechnya appealed to General Prosecutor Yuri Chaika with a request to punish those who tortured Magomed Taramov and Djamalai Tazbiev.

"My only son ... was 30 years old when he was killed by criminals ... I believe all cases of terrorism are to be eliminated on the Earth," said one of the killed law enforcers' relatives who came to the court building as quoted by the "Chechen Republic Today".

According to Kheda Saratova, a member of the Human Rights Council (HRC) under the Chechen leader, residents of the Chechen village who signed the appeal to the General Prosecutor wrote explanatory letters stating they were misled, the BBC Russian Service reports.

According to the newspaper, the action of repentance did not take place after on August 17, in an appeal to the President of the Russian Federation, the "Novaya Gazeta" reported pressure on the people who signed the letter to the General Prosecutor and called it an "incredibly courageous act for Chechnya."

Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.