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Courts Advance Terrorism, Violent-Crime and Security Cases Across Russia and the Region

A flurry of indictments signals cases shifting from investigation to trial across the region.

Overview

  • Russia’s General Prosecutor approved the indictment of Ignat Kuzin in the car-bomb killing of General Yaroslav Moskalyk and sent the case to the Second Western District Military Court.
  • A Warsaw district court ordered Ukrainian citizen Volodymyr Zhuravlev held for seven days in the Nord Stream probe until October 7, as his lawyer said he does not admit guilt.
  • Kyrgyzstan’s president directed officials to draft amendments imposing harsher penalties, including the death penalty for child rape and for rape with the killing of women.
  • An Altai court convicted Vitaliy Manishin of murdering and raping multiple women and imposed a 25‑year sentence, with investigators detailing killings spanning 1989 to 2000.
  • Investigators in Ulyanovsk detained a 27‑year‑old suspect in the killings of his wife and two daughters, with the inquiry ongoing and motive under review.