The ECHR found no violations in the case of Chechen woman Murtazalieva, convicted of preparing a terrorist attack in Moscow

The European Court of Human Rights found no violations in the case of Zara Murtazalieva, who was convicted of preparing a terrorist attack in the Moscow Okhotny Ryad shopping center. This is reported on the court's website.

In 2005, Murtazalieva was sentenced to nine years in prison; later the Supreme Court reduced the sentence by six months. According to investigators, Murtazalieva wanted to blow up an escalator in Okhotny Ryad and recruit two Muslim women.

During the trial, the girls - Anna Kulikova and Daria Voronova - recanted their testimony; as wrote the Memorial human rights center , the investigation put pressure on them. Human rights activists called her a political prisoner.

In 2012, Murtazalieva fully served her sentence and was released, after which she left for France. Later she spoke about beatings, torture and “hard labor” in Mordovian IK-13.

According to the Caucasian Knot, in 2003, Murtazalieva came to Moscow from the village of Naurskaya in Chechnya to find work. Soon she was developed by FSB officers, who suspected her of being a “suicide bomber.” The provocateur in her case was Said Akhmaev, an employee of the Organized Organized Crime Control Department of the Moscow Main Internal Affairs Directorate.

In August 2016, Rosbalt reported that Akhmaev was arrested in connection with the extortion of 100 million rubles from a Moscow businessman. The Chechen policeman was part of the personal security of State Duma deputy Adam Delimkhanov.