Asan Chapukh
Asan Chapukh, born 1953, 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…); Article 222 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code (Facilitating illicit trafficking in firearms or ammunition); “"The case of Vejiye Kashka"”. Sentence (April 16, 2019): Three years six months' conditional deprivation of liberty with a probationary period of three years. Status: at large.
In brief
Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · Simferopol · Construction workers
Sentence
3 years 6 months
Three years six months' conditional deprivation of liberty with a probationary period of three years
Upheld July 26, 2021
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.
- Article 222 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code — Facilitating illicit trafficking in firearms or ammunition
Full wording of the charges
extorted a large sum of money from Yusuf Aitan, a Turkish national.
Latest event
April 28, 2023 — persecution ends
Timeline
· Persecution ends
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 3 years 6 months
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Persecution begins
"The case of Vejiye Kashka"
Criminal case
"The case of Vejiye Kashka"
Other defendants in the case
- Kazim Ametov — At large, 3 years
- Bekir Degermendji — At large, 3 years
- Ruslan Trubach — At large, 3 years
Details and sources
Full summary
Asan Chapukh and three other defendants in the case - Bekir Degermendzhi, Kazin Ametov and Ruslan Trubach were detained on 23 November 2017. Before the arrest, he decided to help the veteran of the Crimean Tatar national movement Vejiya Kashk, from whom the husband of his 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 24 November 2017, the defendants were sent to pre-trial detention.In October 2018, Chapukh was transferred to house arrest.
On 17 April, he was sentenced to three and a half years suspended sentence. Shortly before the verdict, the court recovered from Yusuf Aitan the money allegedly extorted from him by the defendants in the "Vejiye Kashk case".
Other people prosecuted under Article 163 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.