In Nalchik, the head of the Circassian public organization "Khabze" Martin Kochesoko was detained. This is reported by the "Caucasian Knot". According to one of the activists of the organization, Kochesoko is charged with possession of drugs.
The Adyge Gup Facebook page reports that Kochesoko was detained in the Leskensky district of Kabardino-Balkaria when he was returning home from fishing. During a search, drugs were found in his car. In the car, along with Kochesoko, there were two more activists of the organization, Murat Shurdumov and Aslangeri Dymov. All three were taken to the police station.
The activists detained together with Kochesoko were later released, reports the Kavkaz.ru portal . Realities".
The police conducted a search in the Khabze office, took away the computers, the Caucasian Knot writes.
“Earlier, the local telegram channel posted information discrediting a public figure that Martin Kochesoko allegedly “smoked weed” in his student years,” the Adyge Gup page reports.
At the end of May, Kochesoko reported that “a person from the district administration” came to his parents, said that he was sent “from above” and that the head of “Khabze” should slow down his activity. This happened after he held a round table in Nalchik on the problems of federalism.
The "Caucasian Knot" notes that Kochesoko criticized the ban on the rally on the Day of the Circassian flag in Nalchik and the draft law on the voluntary study of native languages.