The Supreme Court of North Ossetia commuted the sentences of six out of ten police officers from Vladikavkaz convicted in the case of the death of detainee Vladimir Tskaev after torture. This was reported by the human rights project «Axioma» and the press service of the court. =»1″ />6 hours of torture and 6 years of trial and investigation. In North Ossetia, ten policemen are sentenced in the case of the death of Vladimir Tskaev
In 2015, a 39-year-old employee of the Ministry of Agriculture of the republic, Tskaev, was detained on suspicion of attacking a riot policeman. According to investigators, during interrogation by the police, Tskaev was strangled with a bag and beaten, after which he died in the hospital.
The police were detained after at least two hundred residents of Vladikavkaz took to the streets to protest against police brutality. They were accused of exceeding their powers and abusing them, as well as forgery of documents (articles 285, 286 and 292 of the Criminal Code). In July 2021, the policemen were given sentences ranging from 2.5 to 10 years in prison.
Six policemen were released from liability due to the statute of limitations on episodes of abuse of power and forgery.
Policeman Soslan Sitokhov, who, according to the materials, tortured Tskaev and then drew up false documents, had his term reduced from 8 years of general regime to 6 years. Alan Bigaev, who was accused of signing falsified reports, was sentenced to 3 instead of 4 years. context-cite__image» alt=»1″ /> catastrophe! This guy is dead.» The story of Vladimir Tskaev, who was tortured by the entire police department in North Ossetia
Atsamaz Datiev, Vladimir Valiev, Oleg Dzampaev and Azamat Tsugkiev, who were sent to a colony-settlement for terms of 2.5 to 3 years, were released from punishment under articles on abuse of power and forgery.
The rest of the police officers — Alan Khokhoev, Georgy Tsomaev and Shota Maisuradze, who, according to the investigation, tortured Tskaev, and Spartak Buzoev, who did not interfere with the torture, were sentenced to upheld. The first three in 2021 were sentenced to 10 and 10.5 years in a strict regime colony, and Buzoev to 3 years in a general regime.