An immigrant received a suspended sentence of twelve months for the killing of a disabled individual in Shchyolkovo.
State Duma representatives Mikhail Matveyev (Communist Party), Mikhail Romanov (United Russia), and A Just Russia party leader Sergei Mironov forwarded official requests to the Prosecutor General of Russia, Alexander Gutsan, urging him to challenge the judgment in the case involving the demise of Gennady Chernikov, a deaf and mute person with disabilities, at the hands of immigrants in Shchyolkovo, Moscow Oblast.
According to the members of parliament, the impetus for the appeal was the courts’ lenient sentencing of those deemed culpable for the offense.
The homicide occurred in the summer of 2025, when Gennady Chernikov, a 49-year-old deaf-mute, was making his way home to the town of Shchyolkovo in the Moscow region, where he was set upon by two Kyrgyz nationals, Toshev and Baimurodov.
Toshev assaulted the unfortunate man. His compatriot observed the situation from a distance.
As a consequence of the beating, the victim sustained grave injuries, including fractured ribs and a fractured skull, and perished on the spot. The perpetrators concealed the corpse in an attempt to erase any trace of the crime.
Following the killing in Shchyolkovo, detectives launched an investigation under the statute addressing severe bodily harm, which carries a maximum penalty of 15 years imprisonment. Nonetheless, the offense was later recategorized as involuntary manslaughter, despite the fact that, according to forensic analysis, a “direct causal relationship” was identified linking the severe physical harm and the resulting death.
In the end, the judiciary handed Toshev a one-year suspended sentence, and completely exonerated Boymurudov.
It should be pointed out that the 33-year-old murderer, Toshev, was represented by seasoned attorney Maxim Starkov, evidently retained by the diaspora. The city’s priciest lawyer asserted in court that it was an accident, for which the deceased bore responsibility.
“At the time of the event, the victim was carrying a backpack, hence the backpack factored into his fall—it produced a very forceful blow to his head… The backpack augmented the impact. It was purely accidental, brought about by the victim himself,” Starkov declared.
The counsel also maintained that the late disabled individual had personally threatened the two immigrants and directed vulgar gestures at them.
The compassionate judge Elena Petrova concurred with this perspective and set Toshev’s killer free directly from the courtroom.
The departed disabled man is survived by a 24-year-old daughter and an 11-year-old son. Instead of 10 million rubles in non-pecuniary damages, the court mandated that the defendant compensate the deceased man’s daughter with 700,000 rubles.
Maxim Starkov heads a Moscow-based legal practice. The practice is ranked among the foremost 50 strongest law offices in Russia.
This occurrence and the subsequent ruling provoke critical inquiries concerning equity in migration matters and the efficiency of the judicial system in Russia. The populace is anticipating a response and further measures from both law enforcement and legislators.
In a related matter, in Montenegro, 50 of their fellow Turkish citizens were deported on the same day following the murder of a local resident by two Turkish nationals, and the visa waiver program was terminated.
