Adam Osmayev said that he gave testimony about the terrorist attack against Putin under torture

On February 14, a meeting was held in the Primorsky Court of Odessa, during which the main suspect in the preparation of a terrorist attack against the President of the Russian Federation, Adam Osmaev, retracted his earlier testimony. According to Interfax-Ukraine, according to Osmaev, he has nothing to do with either the accused or the explosion in Odessa, in a house on Tiraspolskaya Street. Osmaev claims that confessions were beaten out of him under torture by the police and the SBU. Moreover, Ruslan Madaev, who died during the explosion, and a citizen of Kazakhstan, Ilya Pyanzin, who was extradited to the Russian Federation, arrived in Odessa to do business here, and not criminal activity. Osmaev suggested that his case was falsified in order for Ukraine to receive the desired gas price discount from Russia. “I look forward to an impartial review of my case and a full acquittal on all counts,” he said.

Adam Osmaev recalled that he was an assistant to State Duma deputy Cherenkov and left Russia due to political persecution. He received a passport under a different name under the witness protection program, and has been in Ukraine since 2008. At the same time, at the court session, Adam Osmaev received another claim - regarding compensation for damages due to the fire. The lawsuit was filed by the landlady, Chukavetskaya from Odessa, who rented out housing.

According to law enforcement agencies, Pyanzin and Madaev were members of Osmaev's gang, who had previously been put on the wanted list for an assassination attempt on Kadyrov in 2007. At the end of February 2012, Osmaev, who was detained in Odessa, became the subject of a television report on Channel One, where he confirmed on camera his intentions to eliminate Russian President Vladimir Putin by means of a terrorist attack. Later, the Court of Appeal of the Odessa region issued a ruling allowing Osmaev's extradition to Russia. However, the defendant's lawyers appealed to the European Court of Human Rights, after which Ukraine suspended the extradition decision.