Two men jailed in connection with an attack...

Earlier on Wednesday, Russia"s Supreme Court upheld the sentences given to Salambek Dzakhkiyev and Maksharip Khidriyev, both residents of the North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia. The men were convicted on terrorism charges relating to the illicit trafficking of explosives and sentenced to 10 and four years in prison, respectively.

A video conference with Dzakhkiyev was organized as part of the hearing. He asked the court to cancel the sentence and end the criminal investigation. He made an emotional plea that he was innocent and had been pressurized during the trial.

"I was driven to the brink of madness and beaten every day," he said.

Dzakhkiyev"s lawyers provided documents showing he tried to commit suicide twice while in custody, which they said proved he was being pressurized.

On August 13, 2007, the Nevsky Express passenger train traveling from Moscow to St. Petersburg derailed after a bomb explosion. Thirty people were injured and railway traffic

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