Staropromyslovski — Judicial Findings and Case Cross-References (2005–2007)
Legal follow-up register STA-JUD-001 · Edited 14 November 2026 · Judicial links to the 38 reported civilian deaths and six original disappearance records drawn from Human Rights Watch’s February 2000 documentation.
Official judgments (HUDOC): Khashiyev and Akayeva v. Russia (2005, applications 57942/00 and 57945/00) · Goygova v. Russia (2007, 74240/01) · Goncharuk v. Russia (2007, 58643/00) · Makhauri v. Russia (2007, 58701/00) · Tangiyeva v. Russia (29 November 2007, 57935/00). Summaries are editorial; the judgments control.
This register distinguishes contemporaneous allegations and evidence from later determinations made by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). The Court assessed responsibility of the Russian State under the European Convention on Human Rights; it did not convict individual soldiers in criminal proceedings. A judgment must not be represented as a blanket judicial finding about every person in the HRW catalogue.
Five directly relevant Strasbourg judgments
- 24 February 2005 — Khashiyev and Akayeva v. Russia, applications 57942/00 and 57945/00. The Court found substantive and procedural violations of Article 2 concerning the deaths of Khamid Khashiyev, Lidiya Khashiyeva, Rizvan Taymeskhanov, Anzor Taymeskhanov and Adlan Akayev (§§ 140–166). It also found an Article 13 violation and a procedural Article 3 violation concerning inadequate investigation of allegations; it did not establish substantive torture beyond reasonable doubt.
- 4 October 2007 — Goygova v. Russia, application 74240/01. The Court attributed the deaths of Maryam Goygova and her son Said-Magomed Goygov to Russian State agents and found violations of Article 2 (including ineffective investigation) and Article 13. It did not find beyond reasonable doubt that the victims had been subjected to treatment contrary to Article 3 (§§ 95–103).
- 4 October 2007 — Goncharuk v. Russia, application 58643/00. The Court found violations of Articles 2 and 13 concerning the life-threatening shooting of surviving applicant Yelena Goncharuk, an attack in which five other people died. HRW’s account supplies the five names; this is not five separate ECtHR individual death rulings.
- 4 October 2007 — Makhauri v. Russia, application 58701/00. The Court found Articles 2 and 13 violations in a life-threatening attack on surviving civilian Kheyedi Makhauri. Her case provides further contextual evidence of attacks in the district but does not match an additional death in HRW’s 38-name list.
- 29 November 2007 — Tangiyeva v. Russia, application 57935/00. The Court found substantive and procedural Article 2 violations regarding the deaths of the applicant’s father Abdul-Vagap Tangiyev, mother Khirzhan Gadaborsheva and uncle Ismail Gadaborshev; it also found an Article 13 violation and failure of cooperation under Article 38. The underlying incident corresponds to the HRW group catalogued as nos. 13–16, although the father’s surname and some ages differ. Paragraph 22 records recovery of the burned remains on 6 March 2000. Paragraph 50 reproduces Galina P.’s testimony that three younger men taken from the Pugacheva Street shelter on 1 or 2 January were later found dead. The Court did not render individual findings on those three men’s deaths (§§ 16, 22–23, 50, 95, 100–101 and operative part).
Person-by-person and incident-by-incident matching
| Archive file | Person / group | Judicial spelling | Judgment | Specific outcome or caution |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STA-K001 | Anzor Taimaskhanov | Anzor Taymeskhanov | Khashiyev and Akayeva (2005) | Death found by relatives; state responsibility for deaths (§§ 14, 17, 140–153); reported family relationships and dates vary between records |
| STA-K002 | Lida Taimaskhanov | Lidiya Khashiyeva / Taymeskhanova | Khashiyev and Akayeva (2005) | Death judicially assessed; HRW says Khamid’s wife, ECHR identifies her as Magomed Khashiyev’s sister; do not harmonise without further evidence |
| STA-K003 | Adlan Akayev | Adlan Akayev | Khashiyev and Akayeva (2005) | Death and Russian State responsibility assessed; ECHR gives birth year 1953, whereas HRW’s age estimate is 45 |
| STA-D06 | Khamid Khasiev | Khamid Khashiyev | Khashiyev and Akayeva (2005) | Missing in early HRW report; body found 10 February 2000, with fatal gunshot wounds (§§ 24, 54, 166) |
| STA-D05 | Risvan Taimaskhanov | Rizvan Taymeskhanov | Khashiyev and Akayeva (2005) | Missing in early HRW report; body found 10 February 2000, with fatal gunshot wounds (§§ 24, 54, 166) |
| STA-K012 | Mariam Goigova | Maryam Goygova | Goygova (2007) | State responsibility for mother’s death and deficient investigation under Article 2 (§§ 76–96) |
| STA-D04 | Magomet Goigov | Said-Magomed (Magomed) Goygov | Goygova (2007), also Khashiyev and Akayeva (2005) | Body found 10 February 2000, after initial detention and disappearance; state responsibility under Article 2 in Goygova (§§ 10, 19, 95–96) |
| STA-K007–K011 | kosym reshiev; natasha chernova; khava; lyusya; unidentified man from shatoi | Five cellar victims, names from HRW | Goncharuk (2007) | The Court found an Article 2 violation for the lethal attack on the surviving applicant; the judgment describes five deaths but does not individually identify or adjudicate each victim by name |
| STA-K013 | Abdulvagap Aslangeriev | Abdul-Vagap Tangiyev | Tangiyeva (2007) | State responsibility under Article 2 for the applicant’s father; surname and age discrepancy with HRW, same witness-based household case |
| STA-K014 | Valentina Fotieva | Valentina Fotiyeva / Fotieyeva | Tangiyeva (2007) | Body recovered for burial in Grozny about a month later (§ 21); ECtHR Article 2 ruling concerned three of the applicant’s relatives, not a separate claim for this neighbour |
| STA-K015 | Hijan Gadaborcheva | Khirzhan (Khidzhan) Gadaborsheva | Tangiyeva (2007) | Remains extracted by Emercom 6 March 2000 (§ 22), after the initial HRW report; substantive and procedural Article 2 findings |
| STA-K016 | Ismail Gadaborcheva | Ismail Gadaborshev | Tangiyeva (2007) | Remains extracted by Emercom 6 March 2000 (§ 22); judgment confirms Article 2 violations for his death |
| STA-D01–D03 | valera; issa; visayit | Three younger men, individual surnames unspecified | Tangiyeva (2007), also Makhauri (2007) | After 1–2 January detention, witness Galina P. reported that three men were later found dead (§ 50). No individually identified remains, certificates or ECtHR findings for these three deaths |
Critical correction: three of HRW’s disappeared men were later found dead
Human Rights Watch’s February 2000 investigation listed Magomet Goigov, Risvan Taimaskhanov and Khamid Khasiev as disappeared after an encounter with Russian soldiers on 19 January. Subsequent legal records establish that the bodies of all three were found on 10 February 2000 near garages in Grozny. Magomed Khashiyev photographed the remains and brought them to Ingushetia, where they were examined. See Khashiyev and Akayeva, §§ 24–26 and 54, and Goygova, §§ 19–21.
The original disappearance IDs STA-D04–D06 remain as historical cataloguing references, but the three men’s deaths are established in later materials and their personal pages have been updated accordingly. For the other three original HRW disappearance entries — Valera, Issa and Visayit (STA-D01–D03) — Tangiyeva v. Russia (2007), §§ 16 and 50, records a later witness statement that three younger men taken from the Pugacheva Street shelter were subsequently found dead. Their names and bodies are not individually identified by those paragraphs, and the Court’s Article 2 ruling concerned the applicant’s three relatives, not those three missing men. This is later testimony suggesting fatal outcomes, not three new individual criminal or ECtHR death findings. Refer to the visual and forensic evidence catalogue for a list of exhibits and missing records.
Differences in names, family relationships and dates
- Magomet Goigov: the later court identifies him as Said-Magomed (usually called Magomed) Goygov. This is a recorded name variant, not a second person.
- Risvan Taimaskhanov: appears in judicial documents as Rizvan Taymeskhanov. The full judgment records birth year 1977, whereas HRW gives age 22 in January 2000; this is broadly compatible.
- Lida Taimaskhanova: HRW refers to her as Khamid’s wife, while the Khashiyev and Akayeva judgment describes Lidiya Khashiyeva as the sister of Magomed Khashiyev and mother of Anzor and Rizvan Taymeskhanov (§ 14). The kinship descriptions conflict in their current documentary form. Neither should be quietly substituted for the other.
- Anzor: the original HRW list gives Taimaskhanov; its narrative and court documents use Khashiev or Taymeskhanov. The 2005 judgment describes him as born in 1982 and as Lidiya’s son.
- Adlan Akayev: HRW gives approximately age 45; the 2005 judgment reports birth year 1953. His biographical file should preserve this discrepancy.
- Dates of death: a domestic decision quoted in the 2005 judgment recorded 19 January for several victims, while HRW supplied later last-seen-alive dates for Lida and Anzor. Distinguish the date of body discovery (25 January) from an independently proven exact date of death.
Court cases excluded from automatic matching
The Estamirov and Others v. Russia judgment of 12 October 2006 concerns a different family killing dated February 2000. It is relevant to the wider study of unlawful killings in Grozny, but its five victims must not be retroactively added to this particular HRW list without a separate case record. Likewise, Makhauri is a survivor and cannot be counted as a person killed.
Research standards for further additions
Each case-specific judicial reference must identify the decision, application number, judgment date, relevant paragraphs, persons actually covered and the exact Articles found violated. Evidence that a body was discovered, a domestic prosecutor acknowledged a death, or the ECtHR attributed an attack to the State is not proof that a named serviceman was convicted. Public court judgments are linked, not republished as unauthorised full-text documents.
Staropromyslovski: original 38 deaths and six disappearances register · Historical case dossier · Martyrs archive
