Case of racist murder suspect brought to court in Moscow

In November 2012, an investigation was completed in Moscow case of 22-year-old Darya Botvinskaya (it was previously reported that the girl's surname Tikhonova, perhaps she got married or simply changed her last name), which was arrested in the summer of 2011 on suspicion of complicity in the attack on the natives of Dagestan, committed in June 2007 in an electric train near Moscow. The case was transferred to the Moscow City Court for consideration essentially.

Prior to this, the girl was in federal custody for several years. wanted.

D. Botvinskaya is charged under paragraphs. "f, l" part 2 of Art. 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (murder, committed by a group of persons, motivated national hatred), part 3 of Art. 30 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, p. p. “a, f, l” part 2 of Art. 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (attempted murder of two persons, committed by a group of persons, based on national hatred).

On May 20, 2013, the prosecutor in the Moscow City Court asked to sentence 22-year-old Daria Botvinskaya to five years in prison with a suspended sentence due to a small child. According to the representative of the prosecutor's office, the execution of the sentence is possible postpone until the child of the accused is 14 years old. At the time of the crime, Botvinskaya was a minor.

Recall that other Nazi skinheads who participated in the attack, were convicted by the Moscow City Court on June 18, 2009.

Sources

• Indictment approved against a young lady accused of committing brutal murder and attempted murder // Official site of the Moscow Interregional Transport Prosecutor's Office. 2012. November 22.
• The prosecutor demands five years for the accused in the murder of a native of Dagestan // RAPSI. 2013. May 20.