Judges in Russia"s North Caucasus republic...
has gradually started to groundlessly accuse the entire legal system of corruption and involvement with people engaged in terrorist activities," the statement said.In particular, the president"s attacks have targeted the chairman of the republic"s Supreme Court, Mikhail Zadvornov, an ethnic Russian who is wound up in a tight network of family and clan ties on which the Caucasus republics are traditionally based.
Yevkurov claimed earlier the judges were "unscrupulous" and corrupt, describing them as criminals "worse than a dozen Chechen militants put together" and saying he did "not compel them to flout the laws."
Daurbekov said Yevkurov"s accusations were "groundless," explaining that the "campaign to discredit judges is aimed at replacing unwanted judges."
Experts say the move is unprecedented in the history of modern Russia, as the judicial power has for the first time publicly accused the executive branch of exploiting political pressure to achieve
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