FSB of Ingushetia Denies its Involvement in the Kidnapping of Rustam Aushev
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Apr 5, 2012, 3:43:23 AM4/5/12
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FSB of Ingushetia Denies its Involvement in the Kidnapping
of Rustam Aushev
The Human Rights Center (HRC) “Memorial” reported about the abduction of Rustam Alikhanovich Aushev happened on February 17, 2012 in the city of Mineralnye Vody (Stavropolsky Region). The victim - born in 1988 and resident of the Republic of Ingushetia, arrived by train to the city of Mineralnye Vody from Nazran on his road to Brest (Belarus). From there, he wanted to go visit his sister in Belgium. However he was kidnapped by unknown people, allegedly officers of law enforcement agencies, and taken to an indefinite place. (http://www.memo.ru/eng/news/2012/03/20/2003122.html).
On March 13, his lawyer, Magomed Gandaur-Egi addressed to the HRC “Memorial”. He declared that the Aushev’s relatives received a certain telegram informing that “he was arrested on the railway platform of the Mineralnye Vody by officers of the FSB General Directorate for the Republic of Ingushetia (FSB RI) on February 17, as reported on the border between Stavropolsky Krai and the Kabardino-Balkarsky Republic”.
On March 7, the lawyer Gandaur-Egi addressed a request to the FSB Directorate for the Republic of Ingusthetia in the city of Magas in order to meet whit his client. His request was denied. A checkpoint controller, after a telephone talk with an officer of the investigative section, told the lawyer that Rustam Aushev was not detained there and that they did not know about any criminal case against him.
On March 29, some representatives of the Ingush FSB, at a special briefing for journalists, denied any involvement of FSB officers in the abduction of Aushev.
(watch press conference at www.youtube.com/watch?v=_trlxFPm99w&feature=player_embedded)
After the briefing an official press release was distributed : “Various media published information, which does not correspond to reality, about the abduction of Aushev Rustam Alikhanovich, resident of the city Nazran and born in 1988, by officials of the General Directorate of the Ingush FSB in the city of Mineralnye Vody. Those publications were grounded in the declarations of Gandaur-Egi Magomed, lawyer of the missing person, and in his addresses to human right organizations “Civic Assistance” and “Memorial”, in which the lawyer stated about the kidnapping of his client by the FSB for the Republic of Ingushetia”.
In accordance with the mentioned facts the Directorate in collaboration with relevant law enforcement agencies of the Republic of Ingushetia carried out an examination of those declarations concluding what follows:
no measures were undertaken by the Directorate of the FSB for the Republic of Ingushetia to detain Aushev
the irresponsible statements Gandaur-Egi, lawyer of the victim, were based on a telegram, received by Aushev’s relatives, sent from the city of Essentuki and signed by “Kobeev - investigator for particularly important cases”. The telegram reports false information about the arrest of Aushev by officers of the FSB for the Republic of Ingushetia.
No one named “Kobeev” has ever worked in the FSB Directorates for Stavropolsky region and the Republic of Ingushetia. The telegram was stamped by a civic organization without relation either to state bodies or law enforcement agencies of the Russian Federation.
Gandaur-Egi requested to the Directorate of the FSB for the Republic of Ingushetia to meet with Aushev and was answered that the latter was not detained by the officers of the agency. Gandaur-Egi diffused false information about the involvement of FSB officers in this accident nonetheless.
The Directorate of the FSB for the Republic of Ingushetia officially stated that the officers of the Directorate did not take part in the detention of Aushev, born in 1988, and do not have information on his whereabouts. Consequently the Directorate with other law enforcement agencies have undertaken measures to search for him.
The actions of Gandaur-Egi, i.e. the diffusion of false information about the involvement of officers of the FSB for the Republic of Ingushetia in the abduction of Aushev, will be legally analyzed.
On addition, the Directorate expresses concern about the violations of generally accepted principles of the journalist activity and the disregard for the journalistic ethics norms by employees of information agencies, that diffused false information, on the sole basis of the irresponsible statements of the lawyer Gandaur-Egi”
(The full text of the press release see at: http://www.ingushetia.ru/m-news/archives/015934.shtml#more).
The whereabouts of Rustam Aushev have not been established yet.
April 5, 2012
The Human Rights Center (HRC) “Memorial” reported about the abduction of Rustam Alikhanovich Aushev happened on February 17, 2012 in the city of Mineralnye Vody (Stavropolsky Region). The victim - born in 1988 and resident of the Republic of Ingushetia, arrived by train to the city of Mineralnye Vody from Nazran on his road to Brest (Belarus). From there, he wanted to go visit his sister in Belgium. However he was kidnapped by unknown people, allegedly officers of law enforcement agencies, and taken to an indefinite place. (http://www.memo.ru/eng/news/2012/03/20/2003122.html).
On March 13, his lawyer, Magomed Gandaur-Egi addressed to the HRC “Memorial”. He declared that the Aushev’s relatives received a certain telegram informing that “he was arrested on the railway platform of the Mineralnye Vody by officers of the FSB General Directorate for the Republic of Ingushetia (FSB RI) on February 17, as reported on the border between Stavropolsky Krai and the Kabardino-Balkarsky Republic”.
On March 7, the lawyer Gandaur-Egi addressed a request to the FSB Directorate for the Republic of Ingusthetia in the city of Magas in order to meet whit his client. His request was denied. A checkpoint controller, after a telephone talk with an officer of the investigative section, told the lawyer that Rustam Aushev was not detained there and that they did not know about any criminal case against him.
On March 29, some representatives of the Ingush FSB, at a special briefing for journalists, denied any involvement of FSB officers in the abduction of Aushev.
(watch press conference at www.youtube.com/watch?v=_trlxFPm99w&feature=player_embedded)
After the briefing an official press release was distributed : “Various media published information, which does not correspond to reality, about the abduction of Aushev Rustam Alikhanovich, resident of the city Nazran and born in 1988, by officials of the General Directorate of the Ingush FSB in the city of Mineralnye Vody. Those publications were grounded in the declarations of Gandaur-Egi Magomed, lawyer of the missing person, and in his addresses to human right organizations “Civic Assistance” and “Memorial”, in which the lawyer stated about the kidnapping of his client by the FSB for the Republic of Ingushetia”.
In accordance with the mentioned facts the Directorate in collaboration with relevant law enforcement agencies of the Republic of Ingushetia carried out an examination of those declarations concluding what follows:
no measures were undertaken by the Directorate of the FSB for the Republic of Ingushetia to detain Aushev
the irresponsible statements Gandaur-Egi, lawyer of the victim, were based on a telegram, received by Aushev’s relatives, sent from the city of Essentuki and signed by “Kobeev - investigator for particularly important cases”. The telegram reports false information about the arrest of Aushev by officers of the FSB for the Republic of Ingushetia.
No one named “Kobeev” has ever worked in the FSB Directorates for Stavropolsky region and the Republic of Ingushetia. The telegram was stamped by a civic organization without relation either to state bodies or law enforcement agencies of the Russian Federation.
Gandaur-Egi requested to the Directorate of the FSB for the Republic of Ingushetia to meet with Aushev and was answered that the latter was not detained by the officers of the agency. Gandaur-Egi diffused false information about the involvement of FSB officers in this accident nonetheless.
The Directorate of the FSB for the Republic of Ingushetia officially stated that the officers of the Directorate did not take part in the detention of Aushev, born in 1988, and do not have information on his whereabouts. Consequently the Directorate with other law enforcement agencies have undertaken measures to search for him.
The actions of Gandaur-Egi, i.e. the diffusion of false information about the involvement of officers of the FSB for the Republic of Ingushetia in the abduction of Aushev, will be legally analyzed.
On addition, the Directorate expresses concern about the violations of generally accepted principles of the journalist activity and the disregard for the journalistic ethics norms by employees of information agencies, that diffused false information, on the sole basis of the irresponsible statements of the lawyer Gandaur-Egi”
(The full text of the press release see at: http://www.ingushetia.ru/m-news/archives/015934.shtml#more).
The whereabouts of Rustam Aushev have not been established yet.
April 5, 2012
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