Ulman, Eduard Anatolyevich

Born in the family of an engineer. He graduated from the Novosibirsk Higher Military-Political Combined Arms School (NVVPOU) ( 1994 ).

In 1994, he was taken into service in the GRU special forces. ^[3]

Chronicle of events.

According to a 2007 article by Irina Dedyukhova from the Polar Star network publication and a 2005 article by Vadim Rechkalov from Moskovsky Komsomolets , on January 10, 2002, the commander of the United Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Vladimir Moltenskoy, signed Directive No. 3/02772 on the operation in Shatoysky area of Chechnya. The purpose of the operation was to capture the field commander Khattab , who, according to available operational information, was hiding in the village of Dai together with a detachment of 15 people.

Colonel Vladimir Plotnikov, Moltensky’s deputy airborne troops, who was transferred to Chechnya from Moscow, from the operational headquarters of the airborne forces, two weeks before the operation, at the end of December 2001, was appointed the direct leader of the operation.

It was planned to block the settlements by the United Armed Forces group, and special forces reconnaissance groups were sent to intercept groups of militants who could escape from the cordon.

On January 11, 2002, group No. 513 of the 691st separate special forces detachment of the 67th separate special forces brigade consisting of 12 men, commanded by Eduard Ulman, landed 3 km south-east of Dai, near the village of Tsindoi and organized an ambush in a ruined nightmare 5 meters from the Dai - Tsindoi road leading to Georgia.

According to the witness, senior sergeant Eduard Popov, who was in Ulman’s group, when the car with the victims appeared, “ Ulman ran out onto the road and with a wave of his hand ordered the moving UAZ to stop. The car not only did not stop, but tried to bring Ullman down, after which he bounced to the side, fired a warning shot, the car continued to move, and only then gave the command to shoot . ” ^[four]

When inspecting the car, 6 people, five men and one woman were found in it. One passenger (Said-Magomed Alaskhanov) died as a result of the shelling, two (driver Khamzat Tuburov and passenger Abdulvahab Satabaev) received gunshot wounds.

Having taken five detainees out of the car (driver H. Tuburov and citizens A. Satabaev, Z. Dzhavatkhanov, Sh. Bakhaev and D. Musaev, who were traveling with him to the village of Nokhch-Keloy), the military rendered first medical aid to the wounded Tuburov and Satabaev, after which they received Ulman’s orders transferred the detainees to a nearby hollow and left them under guard. There were no weapons and ammunition in the fired car.

Immediately after the arrest, Ullman reported the situation to the headquarters, requested the evacuation of the wounded and reported the passport details of the detainees. By order from the headquarters, his disclosed group was transferred to the normal block-post mode. Before sunset, the group stopped (this time without using weapons) three more cars of local residents, which, after inspection and verification of documents, were released. Late in the evening, Major Alexei Perelevsky gave the order to destroy the survivors. Ulman asked three times to repeat the order, the last time allowing all the soldiers of his unit to listen to it, but the order was confirmed. After that, Ulman ordered Lieutenant Alexander Kalagansky and Warrant Officer Vladimir Voevodin to shoot the detainees. Then the corpses were loaded into an UAZ, which was doused with gasoline and set on fire. After that, the headquarters asked about the escape routes, but all operational communications with Ullmann and his group were discontinued. On the same evening, a group of special forces reached the headquarters, where Ulman personally reported to Colonel Plotnikov about the destruction of the detainees.

Since the special forces group was unmasked by the command, there was no secret to the locals who killed the UAZ passengers. On January 13, 2002, armed Chechen policemen came to the unit where Captain Ulman was with his group, demanding that they give them a special forces group. An armed clash was avoided, as the military command hastily announced that the special forces group would be brought to justice.

On January 14, 2002, Captain Eduard Ulman, Lieutenant Alexander Kalagansky, Warrant Officer Vladimir Voevodin and Operations Officer Major Aleksey Perelevsky, who was at the temporary headquarters operation headquarters and passed the order on the liquidation group, were arrested. Ulman, Kalagansky and Voevodin were charged with murder, Major Perelevsky - for abuse of authority. ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

Other versions

According to Yelena Stroiteleva from the Izvestia newspaper, the investigation established that on January 11, 2002 a group of special forces under the command of Ulman shot six Chechens. ^[9]

According to a journalistic investigation by Anna Politkovskaya from Novaya Gazeta , on January 11, 2002, Ulman and his subordinates landed from the air in search of the wounded Khattab. On the mountain road from the Shatoy district center, the paratroopers killed "six people who got in their way." Major Vitaly Nevmerzhitsky , the military commandant of the Shatoi region, the head of military intelligence, stumbled upon an "independent crematorium" and called prosecutors from Shatoi. The following were killed:

• Zaynap Dzhavatkhanova, 41-year-old mother of seven children, who was expecting the eighth, disabled person of the second group, the village of Nokhchi-Keloy ;
• Said-Magomed Alashkhanov, 68-year-old director of the village school, the village of Nokhchi-Keloy ;
• Abdul-Wahab Satabaev, head teacher, the village of Nokhchi-Keloy;
• Shahban Bakhaev, forester, the village of Nokhchi-Keloy;
• Khamzat Tuburov, driver, Daya village;
• Magomed Musaev, a 22-year-old nephew of Javatkhanova, the village of Stariye Atagi . ^[10]

According to Lyudmila Tikhomirova, the lawyer for the relatives of the deceased Khamzat Tuburov, the driver did not have time to obey the command of the paratroopers to stop, and the paratroopers opened fire to defeat. The school principal was killed immediately, and two more passengers were injured. They received medical assistance.

Eduard Ullman reported to the communications officer Major Perelevsky.

Attorney Voevodin’s lawyer Nikolai Ostroukh said that Perelevsky reported to Colonel Plotnikov, after which Perelevsky ordered the destruction. ^[9] According to witness Nikolai Epov, who was in a tent with Perelevsky, Perelevsky consulted with "some colonel with a mustache and boots" who said: "Do not take prisoners." According to witness Alexander Kruplev, the leaders of the operation were Colonels Plotnikov and Zolotarev. ^{[8] The} paratroopers tried to blow up the car, then doused the bodies with gasoline and set it on fire.

Litigation

The first process (2004)

On April 29, 2004, a jury acquitted Ulman’s group, believing that they had no right to violate the commander’s order. This decision was confirmed by a court verdict on May 11. However, the victims appealed the verdict and the military collegium of the Supreme Court of Russia quashed it, motivating its decision by the fact that citizens Nadezhda Ananyeva, Vyacheslav Efimov, Tamara Izotova and Nikolai Stepanov were included in the jury bypassing the law . ^[one]

According to the military collegium of the Supreme Court, Captain Ullman received an untimely message about an approaching car, did not manage to stop him and exceeded his authority, ordered to open fire and started firing himself. ^[one]

Second Process (2005)

On May 19, 2005, the jury again acquitted the servicemen, unanimously declaring them innocent. ^[eleven]

The decision of the second jury trial triggered mass protests in Chechnya. In particular, a rally of many thousands took place in Grozny. The authorities of the Chechen Republic also sought a review of the case. ^[eleven]

In late August, the military collegium of the Supreme Court of Russia again canceled the acquittal. ^[eleven]

Third Process (2005-2006)

In November 2005, the third trial began. The hearing was suspended in February 2006 due to a request by the President of the Chechen Republic A. D. Alkhanov to the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation . The request challenged the norms of federal law, on the basis of which the case was examined by a military court without the participation of jurors from Chechnya. On April 6, the Constitutional Court ruled that before the introduction of jury trials in Chechnya, cases of particularly serious crimes of military personnel should be considered by judges without jury participation. ^[12]

At this stage, lawyer Murad Musaev entered the case, representing the families of the murdered residents of the Chechen Republic.

On June 6, the Presidium of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation ruled that the Ulman case would be examined by three professional judges, and returned it for a new trial from the stage of recruiting a jury.

The Fourth Process (2006-2007)

On August 21, 2006, a preliminary hearing at the fourth trial in the Ulman case began in the North Caucasian Military District Court. ^{[8] [13]}

On April 4, 2007, a representative of the prosecutor's office demanded that the servicemen be found guilty of the killings of civilians in Chechnya and sentenced: Ulman and Perelevsky to 23 years in prison, Voevodin - to 19 years, Kalagansky - to 18 years. In addition, the state prosecutor demanded that the accused be deprived of their military ranks and state awards and obliged the victims to pay moral damages in the amount of one million rubles to each. ^[fourteen]

April 13 , after Ulman, Voevodin and Kalagansky failed to appear in court twice, they were put on the federal wanted list. In addition, the court ruled to change his preventive measure from a written undertaking not to leave his place of custody. ^[fifteen]

Also, on April 13, it was suggested that Chechens had abducted Ulman. ^{[16] [17]} At the moment, his whereabouts are unknown. ^[eighteen]

On June 14, the North Caucasian District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Alexei Perelevsky to 9 years in prison with a sentence in a maximum security penal colony. Three other commandos were not present in the courtroom and were convicted in absentia. In particular, Captain Eduard Ullman was found guilty of murder, abuse of power and intentional destruction of property and was sentenced in absentia to 14 years in prison with a sentence in a maximum security penal colony. Lieutenant Alexander Kalagansky was sentenced to 11 years, and Warrant Officer Vladimir Voevodin was sentenced to 12 years. ^[2]

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• Ullman, Edward - an article in the Lentapedia . year 2012.
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• Belyakov D. Special Forces Colonel // Russian reporter . - 2010. - October 21 ( No. 41 (169) ).