The Supreme Court reduced the sentences of those involved in the Chistopol Jamaat case of burning churches and launching missiles by 2 months

The Supreme Court softened the decision of the Volga Military District Court in relation to two of the nine defendants in the Chistopol Jamaat case, who were sentenced in March to long terms of imprisonment in the case of arson of Orthodox churches and launching missiles into the territory of Nizhnekamskneftekhim. This was reported Idel.Realities by .

Initially, the alleged leader of the organization Marat Sabirov received 24 years in prison, his subordinate Rafael Zaripov - 23 years; Ramil Abitov and Airat Sitdikov received 19 years of imprisonment each, Almaz Galeev and Jaudat Ganeev - 18 years each, Ruslan Gafurov - 17 years, Mikhail Martyanov and Stanislav Trofimchik - 16 years each.

According to the decision of the Supreme Court, Sabirov’s sentence was reduced to 23 years and 10 months, and Ganeev’s to 17 years and 10 months.

All the accused denied guilt, with the exception of several episodes that were not related to the terrorist attacks.

Mediazona wrote in detail about the Chistopol Jamaat case and the trial, during which many witnesses recanted their testimony. According to the prosecution, in 2007, Sabirov and Rais Mingaleev organized a community of Muslims with the goal of jointly engaging in jihad. Mingaleev was called the organizer of the murder of the head of the educational department of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Tatarstan, Valiulla Yakupov, and the attempt on the life of the Mufti of Tatarstan, Ildus Fayzov; he was killed in 2014.

The defendants in the case were accused of committing a total of five terrorist attacks in Tatarstan at the end of 2013: setting fire to three Orthodox church buildings, planting explosives at the tourist “Stone of Wishes” and launching homemade missiles into the territory of Nizhnekamskneftekhim. They were also found guilty of creating and participating in criminal and terrorist communities, storing and manufacturing weapons and other crimes.

Corrected on September 1 at 12:15: Initially, Idel.Realii , with reference to defense attorney Almira Zhukova, reported that the Supreme Court approved the verdict. Later it became known that the two accused had their sentences slightly reduced.