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A SOLDIER FROM THE CAUCASUS WILL BE PUT TO TRIAL FOR THE WORD "CHECHNYA" ON BACKS OF THE FELLOW-SOLDIERS
DEFENSE and SECURITY (Russia)
October 8, 2012 Monday
Source: Komsomolskaya Pravda, October 05, 2012, p. 7 by Ekaterina
Malinina
A SERVICEMAN WILL BE PUT TO TRIAL FOR KINDLING OF INTER-ETHNIC
HOSTILITY IN A MILITARY UNIT; Investigators from Volgograd prefer
keeping silent about the case of Shamil Belonos born in Chechnya. In
their practice this is nearly the only case when a serviceman will
be put to trial for kindling of inter-ethnic hostility.
Investigators from Volgograd prefer keeping silent about the case
of Shamil Belonos born in Chechnya. In their practice this is nearly
the only case when a serviceman will be put to trial for kindling of
inter-ethnic hostility. Military officials prefer not to wash such
dirty linen in public.
Shamil was drafted to the army in spring of 2011 from Chechnya. The
young man was sent to Volgograd but he was not upset. Military
officials say that the military unit has a rich multi-ethnic
composition but in reality the influence of conscripts from the
Caucasus is strong there.
There are four proven incidents in the case. The first happened in
December. For refusal to cut the firewood during a frost he beat a
private. He made a video of his next "feat" by a mobile telephone:
he drove four Russian guys to the parade ground and threatened them
with an automatic rifle. At another video he forced several soldiers
to stand up from the beds at night and drew "Chechnya-95" on the back
of one of them by shaving foam. At another video two soldiers were used
for this purpose and there were inscriptions "Chechnya" and "Armenia."
Russian guys tolerated this for a long time fearing bigger torturing
but finally complained to officers.
Many of the victims refused to sign a complaint about the offender
at first. The guys kept serving and Shamil had many friends left in
the military unit. However, they finally got tired of humiliation
and all of them would testify in the court.
Representatives of the military investigations department for Volgograd
Region explained:
- Belonos is charged according to two articles: "kindling of hatred
according to the signs of sex, race, ethnicity or language" and
"breaching of authorized relations among servicemen."
Investigators also ordered the commander of the military unit to find
out the circumstances that "contributed to committing of the crime."
So, it is possible that officers will be punished too.
DEFENSE and SECURITY (Russia)
October 8, 2012 Monday
Source: Komsomolskaya Pravda, October 05, 2012, p. 7 by Ekaterina
Malinina
A SERVICEMAN WILL BE PUT TO TRIAL FOR KINDLING OF INTER-ETHNIC
HOSTILITY IN A MILITARY UNIT; Investigators from Volgograd prefer
keeping silent about the case of Shamil Belonos born in Chechnya. In
their practice this is nearly the only case when a serviceman will
be put to trial for kindling of inter-ethnic hostility.
Investigators from Volgograd prefer keeping silent about the case
of Shamil Belonos born in Chechnya. In their practice this is nearly
the only case when a serviceman will be put to trial for kindling of
inter-ethnic hostility. Military officials prefer not to wash such
dirty linen in public.
Shamil was drafted to the army in spring of 2011 from Chechnya. The
young man was sent to Volgograd but he was not upset. Military
officials say that the military unit has a rich multi-ethnic
composition but in reality the influence of conscripts from the
Caucasus is strong there.
There are four proven incidents in the case. The first happened in
December. For refusal to cut the firewood during a frost he beat a
private. He made a video of his next "feat" by a mobile telephone:
he drove four Russian guys to the parade ground and threatened them
with an automatic rifle. At another video he forced several soldiers
to stand up from the beds at night and drew "Chechnya-95" on the back
of one of them by shaving foam. At another video two soldiers were used
for this purpose and there were inscriptions "Chechnya" and "Armenia."
Russian guys tolerated this for a long time fearing bigger torturing
but finally complained to officers.
Many of the victims refused to sign a complaint about the offender
at first. The guys kept serving and Shamil had many friends left in
the military unit. However, they finally got tired of humiliation
and all of them would testify in the court.
Representatives of the military investigations department for Volgograd
Region explained:
- Belonos is charged according to two articles: "kindling of hatred
according to the signs of sex, race, ethnicity or language" and
"breaching of authorized relations among servicemen."
Investigators also ordered the commander of the military unit to find
out the circumstances that "contributed to committing of the crime."
So, it is possible that officers will be punished too.