Overview
- The Second Western District Military Court began hearing the case against Ahmadjon Kurbonov, Robert Safaryan, Batukhan Tochiyev and Ramazan Padiev on multiple terrorism charges.
- Kurbonov has fully confessed and told investigators he was recruited by Ukrainian special services, Safaryan has partially admitted guilt, and the two other defendants have not pleaded guilty.
- Hearings were closed after the Interior Ministry warned of planned courtroom attendance to obtain information for hostile publications that included calls for crimes against judges and other participants.
- Investigators are pursuing additional alleged accomplices placed on an international wanted list, including a Ukrainian citizen residing in the European Union.
- Case materials show Tochiyev previously received a two‑year sentence in 2022 for a robbery involving an iPhone, with the conviction not yet expunged.