In Crimea, the defendant in the gas pipeline sabotage case has had his charges increased

Crimean Tatar Asan Akhtemov, who was detained in early September, was strengthened in the case of sabotage on a gas pipeline, replacing the first part of the imputed article with the second (Part 2 of Article 281 of the Criminal Code - sabotage committed by a group of persons). The Crimean Solidarity portal is about this.

reports In addition, on September 17, Akhtemov was charged with a new charge under the article on illegal possession of explosives by a group of persons (Part 4 of Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code). For the first charge, the prison term can range from 12 to 20 years, for the second - from 10 to 15.

Akhtemov’s lawyer, Aider Azamatov, believes that the charges were increased because he refused to confess.

In the pre-trial detention center, Akhtemov began to have pain in the chest area and was experiencing attacks of suffocation. According to the lawyer, the doctor has still not been allowed to see the accused, and only a portion of the medicines that Akhtemov’s wife gives to Akhtemov reach him.

• On the night of September 3-4, in the houses of Crimean Tatars Asan and Aziz Akhtemov, former deputy head of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people Nariman Dzhelal and Shevket Useinov. searches took place - on September 6, that brothers Asan and Aziz Akhtemov and Nariman Dzhelal are suspects in the case of sabotage on the gas pipeline near Perevalny (Part 1 of Article 281 of the Criminal Code). According to investigators, in August of this year they deliberately placed an explosive device on a gas pipeline in the village of Perevalnoye, Simferopol region, and damaged it, which led to a shutdown of gas supply in the village and interruptions in the work of social institutions. it became known - In connection with searches in the houses of several Crimean Tatar families, on September 4, a public gathering was held in Simferopol, more than 40 people. According to Crimean Solidarity, the police drew up 56 reports under the article on violation of the high alert regime (Part 1 of Article 20.6.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences) and two more under the article on disobedience to law enforcement officers (Part 1 of Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) - against the father and the brother of one of the missing: Eskender and Arsen Akhtemov. They are given administrative arrests for 10 and 15 days. Fines will be imposed on the participants of the gathering. detained data assigned continue