Estonian Foreign Ministry strongly condemned the decision of the Pskov Regional Court, which on Wednesday sentenced a police officer safety Estonia Estonia Kohvera to 15 years. Estonia calls abduction Kohvera violation of international law.
“The Rape of Aston Kohvera with the Republic of Estonia FSB September 5 last year and the subsequent wrongful retention of it in Russia – a flagrant violation of international law and human rights” – said in a Statement by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia Marina Kaljurand.
“Today’s verdict will not change our position: we demand the immediate release of Russian Aston Kohvera. We, together with our allies and partners will continue to exert international pressure until Aston Kohver will not be released and return home to his family, “- added Kaljurand.
A separate statement issued and the Estonian embassy in Moscow.
” Cudebny trial Kohverom Estonia has nothing to do with justice [...] We demand that the Russian compliance with international law, the immediate liberation of Estonia Kohvera and providing him a safe return home, to Estonia, “- said the embassy, adding that sentencing” to protest “the diplomat attended the Estonian Embassy in Moscow and a diplomat of the EU Delegation in Russia.
Pskov Regional Court sentenced police officers Security (Intelligence) Estonia Estonia Kohvera to 15 years in prison, finding him guilty of espionage.
As an additional punishment, the court sentenced him to a fine of 100 thousand rubles.
closed trial
“Motivation is not read out. Counsel rescued four episodes of crossing the border. A court released Kohvera from court costs, “- said the journalist Svetlana Prokopyeva. The trial was held in camera.
The Russian special services have detained Kohvera in September in 2014 on the border between Russia and Estonia. He was charged with espionage, smuggling and possession of weapons, as well as illegal crossing of the state border.
FSB claimed that Kohver was detained on the Russian side of the border during undercover operations. When that Estonia declares that armed men kidnapped him from Estonian territory, near the border crossing Luhamaa when he participated in the operation to prevent crime at the border.
According to the Estonian authorities, unknown to Kohveru used physical force and threatened at gunpoint then took him to Russia.
Russia’s FSB claims that its employees stopped undercover operations in Estonia. It was reported that Kohvera allegedly seized a pistol, “Taurus” of ammunition, 5,000 euros, a special equipment for the hidden record, as well as materials that have a “reconnaissance character assignments”.
Smugglers and their “roof”?
On the Estonian side sounded informal assumption that actually Kohver not engaged in the exploration and fighting smuggling.
“I think it’s quite plausible information as the flow of contraband from the Russian side virtually inexhaustible over the years. I always have a question: how the smugglers operate so freely in the border area? There is a special mode passes through the FSB and so on “, – he said Igor Taro bbcrussian.com – Estonian journalist, columnist and resident of the border region, where he was kidnapped Kohver.
“If Kohver was investigating cases of smuggling, including humans, he is clearly someone did not hit much. Someone whose “roof” is indicated by three famous letters “- says the Tarot.
Because of the accident with Kohverom revealed that the boundary in places poorly marked and almost nothing not guarded. This caused a heated debate in Estonia on why it happened and how quickly you can rectify the situation.
“The only positive thing for Estonia – it is, of course, the realization that the border with Russia had long been how to mark and equip. This issue is constantly delayed due not entered into force boundary treaty, since the actual parting line under this contract changed. Now it is clear that it is impossible to pull, “- says Igor Taro.
The subject of secret negotiations
“Of course, Estonia Kohvera and demands the release of the verdict – not a reason to change our position that his abduction was a violation of international law – said the BBC BBC head of the commission of the Estonian parliament’s Defense and Security Marko Mihkelson.
“In the public sphere, a rhetoric and can not be. But, of course, through the media when he was released. This is the subject of negotiations, what, I believe, now engaged in “- he added.
Mihkelson argues that in many similar cases, it ended early or pardon or exchange. But predictions about the fate of the Estonian MP Kohvera do can not be solved.
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