Four Sentenced for Fatal Beating in Shchyolkovo
Four men were sentenced to prison terms between 8.5 and 11 years for the fatal beating of a 20-year-old footballer in Shchyolkovo, Moscow Oblast, after a fight that began at a bar on August 17, 2025. The victim died six days later from head injuries sustained during the attack.
Consensus
- The incident occurred on August 17, 205, near a bar in Shchyolkovo, Moscow Oblast.
- The attack resulted in the death of a 20-year-old man, who was a footballer.
- Four individuals were convicted and sentenced to prison for the crime.
- The victims were two young men; one died and the other sustained injuries.
- The attack began as a conflict at a bar and escalated into a physical assault on the street.
- The convicted individuals were all from Central Asia.
- All four were sentenced to serve time in a strict-regime penal colony.
- The verdict was based on a guilty verdict by a jury of lay assessors.
- The court applied Article 111, Part 4, and Article 213, Part 2 of the Russian Criminal Code, with additional charges for some.
- The sentence for one defendant was 11 years, and the others received terms between 8.5 and 10.5 years.
Points of divergence
- The court sentenced Rakhimov to 9 years, Yatimov to 8 years 6 months, Rustamov to 10 years 6 months, and Kadirov to 11 years. — riamo
- The court sentenced Kadirov to 11 years, Rustamov to 10.5 years, Rakhimov to 9 years, and Yatimov to 8.5 years. — vesti
- One suspect, considered an initiator of the conflict, is wanted internationally and has been separated into a separate case. — riamo
- The court did not mention an international arrest warrant or a separate case for a fifth suspect. — vesti
- The attack involved a kick to the head from a run and a jump to finish off the victim lying on the ground. — vesti
- The attack was described as a group assault after a conflict was provoked near a bar, but no specific details about the method of killing were provided. — riamo
- The verdict has not yet entered into legal force. — vesti
- The verdict has been issued and the sentences are final. — riamo
Coverage (2 sources)
- Footballer beaten to death in Shchelkovo sentenced to 8.5 to 11 years in prison — РИАМО
- In Shchelkovo, participants of an assault resulting in a man's death were sentenced — Вести
Key entities
- Shchelkovо
- Moscow Oblast
- Moscow
- SKR
- GSU
- Central Asia
- Moscow Regional Court
- Underground
- Moscow Oblast
- Shchelkovsky District Court
- Rakhimova Sh. F.
- Yatimova M.M.