More than 70 defenders of the Kushtau Shikhan were detained in Bashkiria

Near the camp of Kushtau defenders, security forces detained at least four people. About this publication “Ural. MBH Media" with reference to activist Rim Abdulnasyrov, who is at the scene of the events.

reports “Some athletes and bikers arrived along with the riot police. Everyone, together with the private security company employees, pulls the defenders out of the crowd and hands them over to the police. We don’t allow special equipment to pass,” the publication reports Abdulnasyrov’s words.

In the morning, riot police officers and a private security company from the Bashkir Soda Company arrived at the camp of the Shikhan defenders.

Telegram channel “KushTau on-line” about the detention of 25 defenders of the shihan. The detainees are planned to be taken to the district police department. We are probably talking about the police department in the Ishimbay district of Bashkortostan.

11:38 reports Lawyer from “Apology of Protest” Emil Galimov was not allowed to see the detainees for two hours, in the project’s telegram channel. They are now at the Sterlitamak police department.

13:45 reported In the telegram channel “Kushtau Online” the names of several of the detainees:

reported by Alchinov, Gabidullin, Sattarov, Slobodchikov, Latypov, Batyrshin, Banchuk, Nabiullin, Musin, Stolyarov, Kayumov, Yusupov, Muzametyanov, Baigazin, Kiyamov, Kayumov, Andropov, Kusukov, Shilyaev and Kidrasov.

At the moment, the number of detainees is more than 70 people. We are verifying information about those detained and monitoring the situation.

17:05 It is not yet known whether the detained environmental activists are charged with any offenses.

“Apology of protest” is the words of lawyer Emil Galimov from the police department that all detainees are charged with articles of the Code of Administrative Offenses on arbitrariness (Article 19.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) and disobedience to the demands of a police officer (Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). The police plan to detain everyone until trial, and therefore the activists are taken to the police departments closest to Sterlitamak immediately after registration.

18:15 reports About fifty people are still being held in the courtyard of the police department in Sterlitamak, one of them told OVD-Info. They have been there for about 11 hours. Explanatory notes were taken from some activists.

22:00 In addition, some of the detainees were taken to other settlements: Ishimbay, Tolbazy, Salavat and Ufa. It is reported that the people were also taken to the Meleuzovsky police department. Thus, the number of detainees could be more than a hundred. Information and names of activists are being clarified.

The news title has been changed due to the clarification of the number of detainees - Shikhan Kushtau is a small mountain in the Ishimbay region of Bashkortostan. Local activists have been fighting for several months against deforestation for the development of soda and limestone deposits in the territory of Kushtau. Starting from August, work in a protected natural area. On August 6, there were about 10 activists in Kushtau protesting against logging. resumed detention - Activists for the preservation of natural monuments, the remaining shihans of Toratau, Kushtau, Yuraktau. The previously existing shihan of Shakhtau was completely destroyed to obtain raw materials by the Bashkir Soda Company. perform