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Wednesday, 25 May 2005

COURT ACQUITS ULMAN TASK FORCE

Published in News Digest

By empty (5/25/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)

The North Caucasus military district court has acquitted four men led by Capt. Eduard Ulman, who were charged with killing six civilians in Chechnya. The sentence, in particular, reads: \"Taking into account the circumstances established by the jury, the men are proclaimed not guilty and acquitted for the absence of corpus delicti.
The North Caucasus military district court has acquitted four men led by Capt. Eduard Ulman, who were charged with killing six civilians in Chechnya. The sentence, in particular, reads: \"Taking into account the circumstances established by the jury, the men are proclaimed not guilty and acquitted for the absence of corpus delicti.\" Due to the acquittal, the court left civil lawsuits without consideration that the relatives of the victims had filed against the commandos. The court also ruled that the legal fees in the amount of 719,000 rubles be born by the federal budget. (Interfax)
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