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A verdict in the trial of two Russian intelligence officers accused of killing former Chechen rebel leader Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev will be announced by a Qatari court on June 30, Ilya Levitov, a spokesman for the law firm Yegorov, Puginsky, Afanasyev and Partners, told RBC.
Oral arguments continued at Tuesday’s hearing. “Next in line are the prosecutors,” Mr. Levitov said. Defense lawyers asked the court to clear Russian citizens Anatoly Belyashkov and Vasily Pokshev of all charges and hand them over to the Russian Ambassador.
Former Chechen leader Zelimkhan Yanderbiyev was killed in a car bombing in Doha on February 13. On February 19, Qatari authorities arrested three Russian citizens on suspicion of involvement in the assassination.
Later they released one of the arrested Russians, who had diplomatic immunity. First Secretary of the Russian Embassy in Qatar Alexander Fetisov returned to Russia on March 24. The other two Russians were indicted on February 26.
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