In the occupied Crimea, four FSB operatives were interrogated in the so-called case of the former political prisoner Edem Bekirov, who was released on September 7 as part of an exchange of prisoners between Ukraine and the Russian Federation. The testimonies of the witnesses contradict each other. This was reported by the Crimean Solidarity public association.
“Lawyer Aleksey Ladin reports that the testimony of the security officials looks very fragmented, in particular, they were confused in the distance at which they were from the place where the ammunition was found. So one of them called the number 100 meters, the other one 200 meters, and the third argued that everyone was at a distance of 2-3 meters. Also, despite the presence of explosives, it was the FSB officer who first discovered the explosives. The defender is sure that everyone was so calm and at ease when working with a dangerous substance for only one reason – they themselves planted this bomb and knew that there is no danger”,- the message said.
We remind that on December 12, 2018, while trying to enter the Crimea through Chonhar checkpoint, Ukrainian national and Crimean Tatar Edem Bekirov, born in 1961, a resident of Novooleksiivka village of the Kherson region,
was arrested by the Russian border guards. He was detained at around 08:30 while undergoing passport control procedures. Until the evening his location remained
unknown.
On December 13, the so-called Kyiv District Court of Simferopol arrested Edem Bekirov until February 11, 2019. On the December 20 the FSB charged him with illegal trafficking of weapons and the illegal transfer, sale, storage, transportation or carriage of explosives (Part 2 of Article 222 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and Part 2 of Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).
On June 6, 2019, the so-called Kyiv District Court of Simferopol once again extended his detention term until the 12 th of August.
On June 11, 2019, the European Court of Human Rights decided to urgently place Edem Bekirov in the hospital.
On July 10, 2019, the European Court of Human Rights issued a new decision considering Edem Bekirov, according to which independent and specialized doctors should conduct a medical examination and eventually prepare separate, detailed conclusions on each of his health problems.
Edem Bekirov is one of the Crimean Tatar public activists of the village Novooleksiivka