New jury selected in Russian murder case involving Valery Tsimbaev
Pushkino court has selected a replacement jury for the case against Valery Tsimbaev and four others, Kommersant reports. The proceedings concern an alleged contract-killing network involving former special-forces personnel.
Moskovsky department-store co-owner Valery Tsimbaev faces trial with four others in a major contract-killing case. Kommersant reported on 29 October that Pushkino court had selected six jurors and six reserves. The original jury was formed in August; prosecutors requested its dissolution in early September over selection irregularities. A participant quoted by the newspaper said judge Oksana Zhukova was taking over and federal prosecutor Maria Semenenko was joining the prosecution team.
Investigators attribute eleven deaths and four surviving victims to the alleged network. Tsimbaev is specifically accused of commissioning an attack on Alexander Revzin in 2003. The newspaper names Oleg Ramazanov, former commando Oleg Tokarev, Pyotr Timoshenko and Arsen Muidov as his co-defendants. Georgy Chekhonadskikh’s case was separated; Kommersant reports he received ten years for murder on 20 October. Other alleged network members face separate proceedings at the Second Western District Military Court.
