The owner of a cafe in Bakhchisaray had his fine reduced for participating in a rally

On November 8, the Supreme Court of Crimea reduced the fine of Crimean businessman Marlen Asanov by five thousand rubles, who is accused of violating the procedure for holding a public event during the events that occurred on May 12 in Bakhchisarai, as a result of which four people were detained on suspicion of participation in the Hizb ut organization -Tahrir." This was reported by the publication “Crimea. Realities" with reference to Crimean lawyer Emil Kurbedinov.

“Today the appeal court did not accept any of Marlen Asanov’s defense arguments. The only thing is that his fine was reduced by 5 thousand rubles. Now you need to pay not 20, but 15 thousand rubles. This decision can be appealed in cassation, but the fact is that this method of defense is considered ineffective. Now we will file a claim with the European Court of Human Rights and wait for a response from there,” Kurbedinov told Crimea. Realities."

Emil Kurbedinov wrote on his Facebook page the day before that the director of the Bakhchisaray café “Salachik”, Marlen Asanov, had begun considering in court the complaint against the decision of the court of first instance, which fined him 20 thousand rubles for participating in the rally:

“At the moment, the Supreme Court of Crimea is considering the appeal of Marlen Asanov. Director of the Salachik cafe, Bakhchisarai. The court of first instance fined him 20 thousand rubles. for participating in the rally.

We are talking about mass searches in Bakhchisarai, during which civil activists arrived at the site of searches and arrests. During these raids, residents of Bakhchisarai, accused in the “Hizb-ut-Tahrir case,” were arrested, and Ilmi Umerov was taken to the FSB. Asanov is not the only one who has been brought to administrative responsibility for these events,” Kurbedinov noted.

On May 12, searches were carried out in five houses and cafes in Bakhchisarai. Four people were detained and taken to the FSB headquarters in Simferopol: Enver Mamutov is suspected of organizing a terrorist cell, Remzi Memetov, as well as Rustem Abeltarov, and Zevri Abseitov are suspected of participating in it. They are suspected of participating in the Hizb ut-Tahrir organization, recognized as terrorist in Russia.