Timur Saidgareyev, a former terrorism suspect, sued several banks for refusing to open an account for him. Saidgareyev was tried for conspiring to murder the St. Petersburg governor, and was acquitted by a jury in 2008. He then won a lawsuit for wrongful prosecution, but could not collect the money because several banks refused to open an account for him, referring to legislation on money laundering and financing terrorism (apparently Saidgareyev remained on a terrorism blacklist). Now he demands that the banks open an account for him and compensate him for moral harm of $1,700.
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