Kazim Ametov
Kazim Ametov, born 1957, Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea. Charges: Article 163 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code (Demands to carry out property-related actions under the threat of damage or destruction of the…); “"The case of Vejiye Kashka"”. Sentence (April 16, 2019): Three years imprisonment suspended with a probationary period of three years. Status: at large.
In brief
Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · Simferopol · Politicians
Sentence
3 years
Three years imprisonment suspended with a probationary period of three years
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 163 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code — Demands to carry out property-related actions under the threat of damage or destruction of the victim's property, dissemination of information that disgraces the victim or those close to them or violence.
Full wording of the charges
extorted a large sum of money from Yusuf Aitan, a Turkish national.
Latest event
April 16, 2019 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict: 3 years.
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 3 years
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol
· Persecution begins
"The case of Vejiye Kashka"
Criminal case
"The case of Vejiye Kashka"
Other defendants in the case
- Bekir Degermendji — At large, 3 years
- Ruslan Trubach — At large, 3 years
- Asan Chapukh — At large, 3 years 6 months
Details and sources
Full summary
Crimean Tatar Kazin Ametov and three other defendants in the case - Bekir Degermendzhi, Asan Chapukh and Ruslan Trubach - were detained on 23 November 2017. Before the arrest, they decided to help the veteran of the Crimean Tatar national movement Vejiya Kashk, from whom the husband of her granddaughter, a Turkish citizen, according to the version of the investigation, borrowed, and according to the family - stole a large sum of money. Bekir Degermendzhi and other activists met with this man several times and tried to persuade him to return the stolen money.
On 23 November 2017, on the day when he was supposed to hand over the money to Veđiye Kaška, they were detained and accused of extortion.
On 24 November 2017, the accused were sent to pre-trial detention. On 24 January 2019, Ametov and other defendants in the case were transferred to house arrest.
On 17 April, he was sentenced to three years' suspended sentence. Shortly before the verdict, the court recovered from Yusuf Aytan the money allegedly extorted from him by the defendants in the "Veciye Kashk case".
Other people prosecuted under Article 163 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.