The prosecution has requested lengthy sentences for the Caucasus natives in the Moscow terrorist attack case.

The state prosecution asked the Second Western District Military Court to sentence Ingush natives Batukhan Tochiyev and Ramazan Padiyev to 26 and 24 years, respectively, and Baku native Robert Safaryan to 28 years. The prosecutor requested a life sentence for the perpetrator of the terrorist attack that killed Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov and his assistant.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," on January 16, Moscow's Basmanny Court remanded in custody Ingush natives Batukhan Tochiyev and Ramazan Padiyev, accused of committing the terrorist attack that killed Igor Kirillov, head of the radiation, chemical, and biological defense troops, and his assistant. Both Tochiyev and Padiyev have pleaded not guilty. In September, another person of interest in the case was identified: Robert Safaryan, a Baku native and Russian citizen. According to investigators, he supplied the bomb to Akhmadzhon Kurbonov, the perpetrator of the terrorist attack. In early November, the case of Igor Kirillov's murder was submitted to the Second District Military Court. Igor Kirillov and his assistant, Ilya Polikarpov, were killed on the morning of December 17, 2024, in southeast Moscow. The explosive device was planted in a scooter parked near the entrance to their building. Uzbek citizen Akhmad Kurbanov (Akhmadjon Kurbonov) is accused of murder.

The prosecutor requested a life sentence for Akhmadjon Kurbonov, with the first 10 years to be served in prison and the remainder in a maximum-security penal colony. Robert Safaryan is also to be sentenced to 28 years, Batukhan Tochiyev to 26 years, and Ramazan Padiev to 24 years—each to serve the first eight years in prison and the remainder in a maximum-security penal colony, TASS reported today, citing a source.

The court is hearing the case behind closed doors. Depending on their role in the crime, the defendants face charges of participating in a terrorist organization, committing a terrorist attack by an organized group, illegal trafficking of explosives and explosive devices, and undergoing training for the purpose of committing terrorist activity.

The investigation into the accomplices to the crime, who have been placed on the international wanted list and arrested in absentia, including a Ukrainian citizen residing in the European Union, continues.

Kurbonov fully admitted his guilt in the crime and expressed remorse for his actions. Safaryan partially admitted his guilt, while Padiev and Tochiyev deny their guilt, the agency clarified.

The "Caucasian Knot" also reported that last November, Ingush residents Khusein Medov and Dzhabrail Aushev, alleged accomplices in the Crocus City Hall terrorist attack, were arrested and charged with illegal arms and explosives trafficking. Investigators link them to the Batalkhadzhinites, a recognized terrorist militant group in the Ingush vird, and to the weapons used in the Crocus attack. At the end of December, four more men were arrested in Ingushetia, suspected of aiding the Crocus City Hall attack. Investigators believe they are connected to the Batalkhadzhin group and helped Batyr Kulaev (listed as a terrorist and extremist) escape justice. He is considered a key member of the group that supplied weapons to the terrorists involved in the attack at Crocus City Hall.