Said Amirov appeals against life sentence

According to the head of an advocacy group, Vladimir Postanyuk, the lawyers of the former mayor of Makhachkala, Said Amirov, who was sentenced to life imprisonment, have appealed against the verdict of the North Caucasus District Military Court (SKOVS). 

"All the defendants filed an appeal to the Supreme Court. This appeal can be called a preliminary one, as the sentence protocol and the trial record haven’t been received yet,’’ Tass cites him as saying.