Bekir Degermendji
Bekir Degermendji, born 1960, 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 of suspended imprisonment with a probationary period of three years. Status: at large.
In brief
Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · Simferopol · Drivers, Manual workers
Sentence
3 years
Three years of suspended imprisonment 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
February 1, 2021 — persecution ends
Timeline
· Persecution ends
· 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
- Kazim Ametov — 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 activist Bekir Degermendzhi and three other defendants in the case - Asan Chapukh, Kazin Ametov and Ruslan Trubach were detained on November 23, 2017. Before the arrest, they decided to help the veteran of the Crimean Tatar national movement Vejiya Kashka, whose granddaughter’s husband, a Turkish citizen, according to investigators, borrowed, and according to the family, stole a large sum of money. Bekir Degermenci and other activists met with this man several times and tried to convince him to return the stolen property.
On November 23, 2017, the day he was supposed to hand over money to Vejiya Kashka, they were detained and accused of extortion.
On November 24, 2017, the accused were sent to a pre-trial detention center. Degermendzhi is asthmatic, disabled group 3. Three weeks later, Degermendzhi was taken to intensive care in extremely serious condition; he was in a coma for three days. At one of the court hearings, Degermendzhi was in a cell wearing an oxygen mask.
On January 24, 2019, Degermendzhi and other defendants in the case were transferred to house arrest.
On April 17, he was sentenced to three years probation. Shortly before the verdict, the court recovered from Yusuf Aitan the money that the defendants in the “Vedjie Kashka case” allegedly extorted from him.
Other people prosecuted under Article 163 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.