On October 19, the Military Court of Appeal of Russia upheld the verdict in the case of the terrorist attack committed against Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov and his aide Ilya Polikarpov. The appeals filed by the defense attorneys of the convicts requesting a reduction in sentences were not granted.
According to the criminal case files, on December 17, 2024, Uzbekistan citizen Akhmadjon Kurbonov left an electric scooter with an explosive device installed near the house where the general lived. Both officers died as a result of the explosion. According to investigators, the perpetrator was promised 100,000 dollars for these actions.
By the court's decision, the main perpetrator, Akhmadjon Kurbonov, was sentenced to life imprisonment. Additionally, those involved in the case, Robert Safaryan, was sentenced to 25 years, Batukhan Tochiyev to 22 years, and Ramazan Padiyev to 18 years in prison. The defendants were also ordered to pay 16.2 million rubles in material damages to the relatives of the victims.
Furthermore, it was determined that the explosion caused 3.3 million rubles in damage to 14 vehicles and 28 apartments. During the investigation, it was revealed that a total of 842,000 rubles had been spent on preparing the crime.
