It is worked out for a long time

The judge of the Supreme Court of Chechnya Vakhit Ismailov sentenced the citizens of Ukraine Nikolai Karpyuk for 22 years and 6 months of imprisonment in a maximum security colony, Stanislav Klykh - by 20 years. This was reported by Radio Journalist Freedom Anton Naumluk.

Thus, Karpyuk received the longest term among Ukrainians convicted in Russia for political affairs. “Both Ukrainians signed an application for appeal to the court decision,” writes Naumluk.

On Tuesday, the state prosecution in the process in the case of Una-UNSO requested precisely such a period for Karpyuk . For Klykh, the prosecutor demanded 22 years in prison.

On May 19, the jury found the defendants in the case guilty of participating in the fighting against the federal troops in Chechnya in the winter of 1994-1995 as part of the Viking unit, as well as the death and wound of several dozen Russian soldiers.

The jury found the Ukrainians proven in the leadership and participation in the gang (part 1 of Article 209 of the Criminal Code), the murder of two or more persons in connection with the fulfillment of their official duty (paragraphs "B", "Z", "H" of Article 102 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR) and the assassination of the murder (part 2 of Article 15, paragraphs "B", "H", "H", "N", Article 102 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR) in the North Caucasus in 1994.

At the same time, according to the collegium, Klykhi deserves condescension on charges of participating in the gang and murders. Karpyuk, in their opinion, does not deserve indulgence.

On May 17, Karpyuk and Klykh, speaking with the last word, once again declared their innocence. Karpyuk in his speech emphasized that he was judged by the fact that he was a Ukrainian, and for the fact that Russia attacked his country. In addition, he spoke about the torture that he was subjected to the first days after the arrest, and about the threats of Russian security forces to torture his young son living in Ukraine.

Klykh also declared a juror about torture and showed traces that remained on his body from wires under voltage.

According to the prosecution, in December 1994 - January 1995, Karpyuk, Klykh and other Gang participants fought with the Russian military in Grozny in the territory of the Presidential Palace, as well as a minute and railway station on the square. Karpyuk, as stated, headed the "gang" called "Viking", and Klykh was its member. During these battles, according to the prosecutor's office, they "deprived their lives of at least 30 military personnel and at least 13 military personnel were injured in varying severity." Both of the defendant is charged with participation in the Second Chechen War.

The hearings essentially began on October 26, 2015. Already at the third meeting, on October 28, Ismailov deleted Karpyuk from the hall for the entire period of the judicial investigation , before the start of the debate of the parties. On February 8, 2016, the judge issued the same decision regarding Klykh . Thus, the judicial investigation took place in the absence of the defendants.

On January 18, at the request of Dubrovina , Klykh was sent to a psychiatric examination . However, the examination conducted on an outpatient basis in one of the Grozny hospitals announced Klykh healthy. Klykh and Karpyuk have repeatedly stated in court about self -cornation and torture applied to them.