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Vladikavkaz mayor’s murderer sentenced to 20 years of prison

Jussoyev will spend 15 years in prison and the rest at a penal colony. The imprisonment terms start from April 1, 2009, the arrest day. The assailant was accused for 17 articles of the Russian Criminal Code, he was to spend 80 days in prison. Judge Stanislav Balikoyev merged the punishments together.

Jussoyev was pardoned on a set of violations. His case has been considered since October 2010. Jussoyev admitted guilt. A special processes was organized.

Jussoyev joined an organized criminal group in July 2008. They killed the Vladikavkaz administration head, former deputy government chairman and his driver in December 2008. He also attacked police officers, including a criminal police chief, head of the operative search group. Jussoyev is suspected of banditism, murder of 8.

Vladikavkaz Mayor Vitaly Karayev was killed by a sniper near his house on November 26, 2008.
Deputy Chairman of the North Ossetian government Kazbek Pagiyev was killed on December 31, 2009 when driving out of his yard.

Three other assailants involved in the case were sentenced as well. Suepected organizer of the criminal group Oleg Gagiyev will be on trial. His process will start in a military court of Rostov-on-Don. His lawyer Alan Bagrayev said he protested against the military court.

VLADIKAVKAZ, August 11 (Itar-Tass) — The Supreme Court of North Ossetia will pass on Thursday a sentence on Alexander Dzhussoyev, charged with several resounding contract murders of ranking officials and police officers.

According to the investigation, he committed, along with his gang, the assassination of the Vladikavkaz Mayor Vitaly Karayev, former North Ossetian first vice-premier Kazbek Pagiev and his driver as well as several civilians.

Dzhussoyev is also accused of an attempt on life of head of the criminal search department of the republican Interior Ministry Vitaly Cheldiev and section head of the criminal search department Aslan Kachmazov who were investigating the operation of the above gang.

Court hearings started last November. Dzhussoyev concluded agreement during the preliminary investigation on a special order of conducting court hearings. However, court hearings started with an unexpected trick right at the first meeting: the accused refused to recognise his guilt. And the court hearings were conducted in an ordinary way.

Dzhussoyev is charged under articles of the Russian Criminal Code “Murder”, “Banditry”, “Attempts on life of officers of law enforcement bodies” and others. He was detained in April 2009 along with supposed ringleader of the gang Oleg Gagiev in Moscow.

In July the Russian Supreme Court decided to send the criminal case against Gagiev to a district military court. Spokesman of the Russian Investigation Committee Vladimir Markov said that its decision had been taken in connection with the fact that “ the investigation had data on possible preparation by mobsters who are on international and federal lists, for attacks on trial participants”.

According to Markin, “the investigation received information during its search activities of a real threat to life and health of victims and witnesses of the above criminal case, while they will implement their juridical powers and rights during court hearings of this criminal case”.

Earlier, the North Ossetian Supreme Court sentenced to long prison terms three other members of the gang: Inal Ostayev who participated in four murders – to 19 years of strict regime colony, former police officer Rafael Kallagov who supplied information of measures conducted by police and “sheltered” his buddy thugs – to 18 years of strict regime colony and Alan Alborov who participated in preparing assassinations of ranking officials and police officers – to nine years of strict regime colony.