On the day of the verdict, the court decided to resume the trial in the case of a clash between a Chechen and security forces at the rally on January 23

On the day of the verdict, judge of the Tverskoy Court of Moscow, Alexander Merkulov, decided to resume the trial of the case of Moscow State University student Said-Mukhamed Dzhumaev, accused of attacking security forces at the rally on January 23. Mediazona was informed about this by the press service of the court.

Lawyer Murad Musaev reported that Dzhumaev’s case was considered in a special manner, that is, without examining the evidence. The press secretary of the Tverskoy Court clarified that the case will now be considered in the general manner with the examination of evidence.

“The judge left the deliberation room and announced that, after listening to the arguments of the parties, he considered it necessary to resume the judicial investigation, I don’t know anything else,” lawyer Alexander Gofshtein clarified in a conversation with Mediazona.

Today, May 31, Dzhumaev was supposed to be sentenced. The prosecutor's office demanded that he be sentenced to five years in prison. On May 29, Mediazona found out that Dzhumaev was involved in the case under the name Markhiev. The student's aunt said it was his mother's last name.

During the action on January 23 on Pushkin Square, Dzhumaev entered into hand-to-hand combat with a group of security forces armed with batons. Video of the confrontation was widely shared on social media. in the Pskov region five days after the protest The young man was detained . State Duma deputy from Chechnya Adam Delimkhanov offered to help Dzhumaev “resolve the issue” if he abandoned the protesters’ ideas.

Updated at 1:10 p.m. Added information about the general procedure.