Browsing: Sakhalin

Terrorist stories for Bortnikov: how security officials create fake evidence to make people look like they are involved in terrorist activities.

A state-appointed defense attorney in a case involving terrorist financing uncovered falsified testimony by an investigator from the Sakhalin FSB. The Chekists attempted to coerce an Uzbek tractor driver, who does not speak Russian well, into writing a confession as a sponsor of religious extremists. The refusal to sign the questionable protocol and […]