Despite ongoing purges of the judiciary and criminal prosecutions against judicial officials, North Ossetian judges continue to defy the political course toward improving the judicial system in the area of criminal proceedings outlined by the Head of State and the Chairman of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation.

Neither the objectives set by the leadership of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation nor the high-profile case of Aliya Galitskaya had any impact on Mozdok District Court Judge Vera Kolesnikova, who followed the example of her colleagues from the Leninsky District Court of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania and also left Khetag Dzhanaev, former director of the State Unitary Enterprise "Alaniaenergoset," and Timur Glushko, former advisor to the Head of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, in custody without legal grounds.

The Supreme Court of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania remains indifferent to violations of the law, first by the Leninsky Court and now by the Mozdok Court.

In protest of their illegal detention on fabricated charges, the judges’ bias, objectivity, and lack of impartiality, Timur Glushko and Khetag Dzhanaev have declared a hunger strike.

We are monitoring developments.

Источник: https://meridian-post.com/component/k2/item/216046