Alan Parastaev ( ka, ალან ფარასტაევი; born 5 July 1951; death 16 March 2023) is an ethnic Ossetian jurist and politician who had served in the government of
South Ossetia
South Ossetia, officially the Republic of South Ossetia or the State of Alania, is a landlocked country in the South Caucasus with International recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, partial diplomatic recognition. It has an offici ...
Tskhinvali
Tskhinvali ( ka, ცხინვალი ) or Tskhinval (, ; , ) is the capital of the disputed ''de facto'' independent Republic of South Ossetia, internationally considered part of Shida Kartli, Georgia (except by Russia and four other UN m ...
,
South Ossetian AO
The South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast (; ka, სამხრეთ ოსეთის ავტონომიური ოლქი, tr; ) was an autonomous oblast of the Soviet Union created within the Georgian SSR on April 20, 1922. It was an ...
,
Georgian SSR
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, Parastaev graduated from the North Ossetian State University with a degree in law in 1981 and worked as a judge in South Ossetia's
Java District
Dzau District ( ka, ჯავის მუნიციპალიტეტი, ''Javis municip’alit’et’i''; , ''Dzawy rajon''; , ''Dzauskij rajon'') is a district in South Ossetia.
Geography
Roki Tunnel, Mamison Pass, Transcaucasian Highw ...
from 1987 to 1992. He worked in the '' de facto'' government in
Tskhinvali
Tskhinvali ( ka, ცხინვალი ) or Tskhinval (, ; , ) is the capital of the disputed ''de facto'' independent Republic of South Ossetia, internationally considered part of Shida Kartli, Georgia (except by Russia and four other UN m ...
, being Chairman of the Supreme Court (1992–1994), Minister of Internal Affairs (1994–1998), Minister of Justice (1998–2002) and again Chairman of the Supreme Court (2002–2005).
In November 2006, he was arrested and sentenced to an 18-year prison term for allegedly plotting the assassination of
Eduard Kokoity
Eduard Dzhabeyevich Kokoyty (; born 31 October 1964) is an Ossetian politician who served as the second president of South Ossetia of the partially recognized state of South Ossetia from 2001 to 2011.
Early life
Eduard Kokoyty was born in Tsk ...
. His family tried to apply to the
European Court of Human Rights
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and reported that Parastaev had been mistreated in prison and beaten "almost to death".
Parastaev escaped to Georgian-controlled territory after prison authorities set inmates free at the start of the August 2008 war. In a February 2009 interview with the Georgian Imedi TV, Parastaev said that Kokoity had organized a series of terrorist attacks and ordered murders for which he blamed Georgia.Бывший глава МВД Южной Осетии обвинил Эдуарда Кокойты в терроризме
Lenta.ru
''Lenta.ru'' (; stylised as LƐNTA.RU) is a Russian-language online newspaper. Based in Moscow, it is owned by Rambler Media Group. In 2013, the Alexander Mamut-owned companies "SUP Media" and "Rambler-Afisha" merged to form "Afisha.Rambler.S ...
Constitution of South Ossetia
The Constitution of the Republic of South Ossetia () was adopted by 2001 South Ossetian constitutional referendum, referendum on April 8, 2001. The previous constitution was adopted on November 2, 1993.
Died March 16, 2023.