Yemkuzhev's father has been seeking an investigation into his son's abduction for over a year.

The publicity could have led to the dismissal of the investigator in the case of Nalchik resident Kazbek Emkuzhev, whose terrorism charges the defense believes are fabricated. The court admitted a video of the young man's abduction to the case file, but his family and defense are unable to secure a criminal case, the defendant's father said.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot," the investigator who opened the criminal case against 19-year-old Nalchik resident Kazbek Emkuzhev for involvement in a terrorist organization has been dismissed from the FSB Directorate for Kabardino-Balkaria. Defense attorney Ramzan Uzuyev called Kazbek Emkuzhev's case fabricated by security forces to improve reporting. The case of Emkuzhev and five other defendants is currently being heard in the Southern District Military Court.

Aslan Emkuzhev, Kazbek Emkuzhev's father, is convinced that the dismissal of the investigator in his son's case was partly due to publicity.

"I can't I can't say with 100% certainty that the investigator's dismissal was due solely to publicity, but I'm convinced it could have been the straw that ultimately "broke the camel's back." After all, there was a similar case against Salikh Osmanov, handled by the same investigator, where two people were also killed, allegedly during a special operation," he recalled.

In the Kazbek Emkuzhev case, two people were also killed, allegedly during a counter-terrorism operation, Aslan Emkuzhev pointed out. "All of this was handled extremely crudely: for example, the forensic analysis in the case showed that the weapons used by the murdered Chipchikov and Murachaev, which they allegedly used to shoot back, were faulty, and there were no traces of gunpowder gases on their bodies. Of course, I can't give the exact reason for the investigator's dismissal. I only know that he was fired under the guise of 'loss of trust,' and I'm sure it was a combination of many factors, including my son's case. I think the FSB would have answered this question more accurately," he said.

Despite the fact that the investigator was fired, the case was completed by another investigator, meaning they brought it to its logical conclusion by hook or by crook and sent it to court, added Aslan Emkuzhev.

All my complaints and statements about the inaction and illegal actions of the Military Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee, which I submitted to the Prosecutor General, the head of the Investigative Committee, and the Presidential Administration, are being sent for review to the same Military Investigative Department. Investigative Committee

The trial of Kazbek Emkuzhev and the other defendants is currently underway. The accused have not yet testified.

"At this stage, the prosecutor's office has completed presenting its evidence, and the defense is now presenting its evidence. The court added a video of my son's abduction by law enforcement officers to the case file, and for over a year I have been trying to bring the kidnappers to justice. The Military Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee, where a complaint about the crime committed against my son was filed, has been busy with formal replies all this time. And the main reason for refusing to open a case is that the video makes it impossible to discern the kidnappers' faces or the license plate number of their car. That is, no one denies the fact of the abduction itself, and by their logic, it follows that any crime recorded by a video camera, if the perpetrator's face cannot be discerned, does not need to be investigated and a criminal case opened. At the same time, I would like to note that all my complaints and statements "The complaints about the inaction and illegal actions of the Military Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee, which I submitted to the Prosecutor General, the head of the Investigative Committee, and to the Presidential Administration, are being sent for review to the same Military Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee," Yemkuzhev said.

During the trial, the defense filed a motion to return the case due to insurmountable obstacles, in particular the violation of my son's right to defense during the preliminary investigation, but the court has not yet considered it," he said.

"The defense is doing everything it can to convey to the court that this case is, let's say, toxic on all sides," Emkuzhev explained.

Zaur Shokue, a representative of the Kabardino-Balkarian Regional Human Rights Center, doubts that publicity played a major role in the investigator's dismissal. "Nothing can be ruled out, although it is hard to believe.There are many criminal cases where gross falsifications took place, but I don’t recall the culprits being fired,"- he told a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.