NOssetia Supreme Court to pass sentence to contract killer.

VLADIKAVKAZ, August 11 (Itar-Tass) - The Supreme Court of North
Ossetia will pass on Thursday a sentence on Alexander Dzhussoyev, charged
with several resounding contract murders of ranking officials and police
officers.
According to the investigation, he committed, along with his gang, the
assassination of the Vladikavkaz Mayor Vitaly Karayev, former North
Ossetian first vice-premier Kazbek Pagiev and his driver as well as
several civilians.
Dzhussoyev is also accused of an attempt on life of head of the
criminal search department of the republican Interior Ministry Vitaly
Cheldiev and section head of the criminal search department Aslan
Kachmazov who were investigating the operation of the above gang.
Court hearings started last November. Dzhussoyev concluded agreement
during the preliminary investigation on a special order of conducting
court hearings. However, court hearings started with an unexpected trick
right at the first meeting: the accused refused to recognise his guilt.
And the court hearings were conducted in an ordinary way.
Dzhussoyev is charged under articles of the Russian Criminal Code
"Murder", "Banditry", "Attempts on life of officers of law enforcement
bodies" and others. He was detained in April 2009 along with supposed
ringleader of the gang Oleg Gagiev in Moscow.
In July the Russian Supreme Court decided to send the criminal case
against Gagiev to a district military court. Spokesman of the Russian
Investigation Committee Vladimir Markov said that its decision had been
taken in connection with the fact that " the investigation had data on
possible preparation by mobsters who are on international and federal
lists, for attacks on trial participants".
According to Markin, "the investigation received information during
its search activities of a real threat to life and health of victims and
witnesses of the above criminal case, while they will implement their
juridical powers and rights during court hearings of this criminal case".
Earlier, the North Ossetian Supreme Court sentenced to long prison
terms three other members of the gang: Inal Ostayev who participated in
four murders - to 19 years of strict regime colony, former police officer
Rafael Kallagov who supplied information of measures conducted by police
and "sheltered" his buddy thugs - to 18 years of strict regime colony and
Alan Alborov who participated in preparing assassinations of ranking
officials and police officers - to nine years of strict regime colony.