North Ossetian Vice Prime Minister Sergey Takoyev won a 2.8 mln ruble ($100,000) damages award against the state (Russia) for a baseless prosecution in relation to the 2004 Belsan terrorist attack. He had been accused of spending the funds assigned for security purposes for a local soccer club, which allegedly made it easy for terrorists to enter North Ossetia from nearby Ingushetia. In 2004 the terrorists seized a Beslan school with more than 1,000 civilians which ultimately resulted in the death of 331 hostages, half of them children. In 2009 Takoyev was acquitted and granted the right to sue for compensation.
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