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The verdict was handed down in the case of “Russian Wahhabis”
On May 24, 2012, the Stavropol Regional Court handed down a guilty verdict in the case of the “Russian Wahhabi” 24-year-old Viktor Dvorakovsky and his “associate” Vladimir Skirko.
V. Dvorakovsky was found guilty of preparing for a terrorist act (Part 1 of Article 30 and Part 1 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code), encroachment on the lives of law enforcement officers (Article 317 of the Criminal Code), illegal manufacture of weapons (Part 1 of Article 223 Criminal Code), illegal possession of explosive devices (Part 1 of Article 222 of the Criminal Code) and was sentenced to 23 years in a maximum security colony with restriction of freedom for a period of two years and a fine of 100 thousand rubles.
Previously, the state prosecution insisted on 25 years in prison.
V. Skirko was found guilty of illegal acquisition and possession of drugs (Part 2 of Article 228 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) and was sentenced to six years in prison to be served in a general regime correctional colony. The state prosecution asked for nine years in prison for him.
The court stopped the prosecution of Dvorakovsky and Skirko under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (incitement of national hatred) due to the expiration of the statute of limitations for criminal prosecution. For the same reason, the criminal case on charges of fraud (Part 1 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code) against Dvorakovsky, who took out a loan from Russian Standard Bank CJSC and did not repay it, was discontinued.
Let us recall that Dvorakovsky and Skirko came to the attention of law enforcement officers in December 2008, when they converted to Islam. Before the initiation of this criminal case, police and FSB officers repeatedly detained the defendants and even expelled them from Dagestan.
In March 2010, “Wahhabis” downloaded from the Internet several videos of military actions by members of the North Caucasian underground against Russian military personnel, as well as a speech by the ideologist of Wahhabism in the North Caucasus, Said Buryatsky (Alexander Tikhomirov), and sent the videos to friends with the aim of “inciting national and interreligious enmity.”
In March 2011, Dvorakovsky made a bomb. On the night of March 6, in his apartment in Pyatigorsk, he placed 200 grams of explosive material on the battery to dry. Soon an explosion occurred: a spontaneous detonation occurred. Dvorakovsky managed to escape. According to investigators, he continued “to prepare for the crime and made at least four improvised explosive devices using a homemade method.”
Dvorakovsky was put on the wanted list, but he, having gone illegal, continued to make bombs and homemade grenades.
Skirko was detained at the station in Mineralnye Vody in March 2011. During a search of his house, investigators seized literature promoting Wahhabism and videos of executions of military personnel.
The FSB found out that they were familiar with suicide bombers - spouses Vitaly Razdobudko and Maria Khorosheva, who committed self-explosions in the Dagestan village of Gubden in February 2011.
On July 14, 2011, Dvorakovsky was stopped by police officers in his home village of Inozemtsevo to check his documents when he went to visit his mother. He refused to show documents. According to investigators, he threw a grenade at the police, as a result of which one of the law enforcement officers was slightly injured. According to the defendant, he did not aim at the police, but tried to throw the grenade in the other direction. Dvorakovsky himself was also injured, one of the grenades exploded in his hand, and he was also wounded by police shots from a service weapon. With three bullet wounds and the loss of his left hand, he was taken to intensive care.
Dvorakovsky partially admitted his guilt - namely, in making bombs.
Skirko is going to challenge the court's decision.
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