The Presnensky Court said the suit filed by Uzeir Abuliyev, a resident of the Chechen village of Borozdinovskaya, was not supported by any conclusive evidence that the June 2005 operation affected him personally.
"The plaintiff's side produced no evidence of his mental or physical suffering. All the statements were groundless," said an official representing the Defense Ministry in court.
Abuliyev's lawyer claimed the Defense Ministry troops who raided Borodzinovskaya in June 2005 "abducted and killed locals, torched four houses, and subjected all the community's male population to torture."
He said his client had also been tortured and beaten up, and made to spend eight hours lying on the ground in heavy rain.
The Defense Ministry submitted documents proving that Abuliyev reversed his earlier testimony about the cruel treatment he had allegedly suffered during the operation.
Similar suits lodged by 41 other inhabitants of Borozdinovskaya will be considered in subsequent court hearings, each separately.
Abuliyev said he would appeal.
