MOSCOW -- A Moscow City Court ruled today that the Finance Ministry must pay the equivalent of $4,700 to a man falsely accused of attempting to assassinate Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports.
Ruslan Musayev, an ethnic Chechen, was arrested in May 2007 on suspicion of planning to assassinate Kadyrov. In April 2009, he was acquitted by a Moscow court.
Since then, Musayev has been engaged in a legal battle to get 3 million rubles (about $100,000) from the Russian authorities in compensation for the false charges made against him and his time spent in detention.
Ruslan Musayev, an ethnic Chechen, was arrested in May 2007 on suspicion of planning to assassinate Kadyrov. In April 2009, he was acquitted by a Moscow court.
Since then, Musayev has been engaged in a legal battle to get 3 million rubles (about $100,000) from the Russian authorities in compensation for the false charges made against him and his time spent in detention.