Tomorrow, a court in Crimea will choose a preventive measure for four Muslimsdetained today. This was reported by Crimea. Realities."
Renat Suleymanov, Arsen Kubedinov, Seyran Mustafayev and Talyat Abdurakhmanov were taken to the temporary detention center in Simferopol.
Abdurakhmanov’s lawyer, Mammet Mambetov, told reporters that Abdurakhmanov refused to testify in the case:
My client Talat Abdurakhmanov, within the framework of a criminal case, is suspected of participation in an extremist organization. Today he is in the status of a detainee; the materials of the criminal case have been sent to the prosecutor's office. Talyat testified without reference to 51 articles.
According to Suleymanov's lawyer Edem Semedlyaev, law enforcement officers recorded a sample of his client's voice for examination.
On the morning of October 2, four residents of Crimea were searched. They are suspected of involvement in the activities of an extremist organization.
The regional department of the FSB reported that several people were detained in Simferopol, as well as in the Simferopol and Belogorsky districts in connection with the investigation into the activities of the Tablighi Jamaat organization, recognized as extremist, RIA Novosti reports . The agency's report also talks about a criminal case under the article on the activities of an extremist organization (Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code).
The international religious organization Tablighi Jamaat was recognized as extremist in Russia in 2009. According to the SOVA Center, this ban was unlawful, since the association promotes Islam and has not been seen in any calls for violence.