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It is impossible from this distance to get to the truth of all this. However I have to confess to thinking there is a farcical aspect to all this rounding up of the usual suspects. The "blame Muslim extremists" card reeks of Putin's desperation. The problem for Putin and co is that Chechen "extremists" do no meet the *cui bono* test. comradely Gary On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 8:04 AM, Louis Proyect via Marxism < marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> wrote: > ******************** POSTING RULES & NOTES ******************** > #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. > #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. > ***************************************************************** > > NY Times, Mar. 11 2015 > Suspect in Nemtsov Killing Was Most Likely Forced to Confess, Rights > Activist Says > By NEIL MacFARQUHAR > > MOSCOW — A member of the Kremlin’s advisory council on human rights said > on Wednesday that the main suspect in the shooting death of a high-profile > opposition figure was most likely forced to confess under duress, and that > his two cousins in detention had been tortured. > > After visiting the three Chechens, who were among five suspects imprisoned > on Sunday in Lefortovo Prison in Moscow, Andrei Babushkin, a rights > activist, said that the men had suffered multiple injuries after their > arrest. > > In a summary of the visit posted on the council’s website, Mr. Babushkin > also reported that another man arrested at the same time as Zaur S. > Dadayev, the main suspect, had disappeared and said that he had asked > Russia’s top law enforcement agency to account for his whereabouts. > > The report caused an immediate stir in the Russian government. The > Investigative Committee, which is responsible for looking into the Feb. 27 > killing of the opposition figure, Boris Y. Nemtsov, near the Kremlin, > accused Mr. Babushkin and Eva Merkacheva, another rights official, of > violating the law. > > The statement issued by the committee questioned the motives of Mr. > Babushkin and Ms. Merkacheva, hinting that they could face charges of > trying to hinder the investigation of a crime, which carries a possible > jail sentence of up to six months. > > Mr. Dadayev, who is suspected of being the assassin according to Russian > news reports, has “numerous wounds on his body,” Mr. Babushkin said. He > added that Mr. Dadayev’s cousin, Anzor Gubashev, who is suspected of being > the driver of the getaway vehicle, had cuts on his nose, wrists and legs. > > Mr. Babushkin said Mr. Dadayev had told him that, after he was arrested on > March 5, he was starved, given only sips of water three or four times a day > and left hooded until he was transferred to Moscow for his court appearance > on Sunday. > > Mr. Gubashev had no complaints about his treatment, the report said, but > his younger brother Shagid Gubashev, also in jail, told the two activists > that his older brother had been beaten and pressured to confess. “There are > reasonable grounds to believe that Dadayev and the Gubashevs were > tortured,” Mr. Babushkin wrote. > > According to the report, Mr. Dadayev said that another man detained with > him, Yusupov Rustam, had later disappeared. > > According to Mr. Babushkin, Mr. Dadayev, previously a lieutenant in the > Interior Ministry’s forces in Chechnya and decorated for bravery, said that > Mr. Rustam was his former subordinate and that he had confessed to killing > Mr. Nemtsov because he was told Mr. Rustam would be released unharmed if he > did. > > It is Mr. Rustam’s whereabouts that the members of the rights council > asked of the F.S.B., the Russian abbreviation for the Federal Security > Service, previously the K.G.B. > > Mr. Dadayev and Mr. Gubashev, both charged in the murder, were ordered on > Sunday to be jailed until April 28. The other three suspects, including Mr. > Gubashev’s younger brother, were not formally charged but were jailed > pending further investigation. > > Ramzan A. Kadyrov, the leader of Chechnya, has said he knew Mr. Dadayev > personally as a faithful Muslim. Mr. Kadyrov has suggested that the motive > for the killing was Mr. Dadayev’s anger about Mr. Nemtsov’s defending the > right of a French satirical weekly to publish cartoons mocking the Prophet > Muhammad. > > That motive was widely rejected by others who have linked the killing to > Mr. Nemtsov’s criticism of Russia’s role in the war in Ukraine. > > _________________________________________________________ > Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm > Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/gary. > maclennan1%40gmail.com _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
