In Ishimbai, a participant in the protests in defense of Shikhan Kushtau was detained in the case of an attack on a policeman

In Ishimbay, the police detained a participant in the protests in defense of Shikhan Kushtau. He is accused of using life-threatening violence against a government official (Part 2 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code). This was reported on the website of the local department of the Investigative Committee.

According to investigators, on August 16, 2020, near Shikhan, an activist hit a policeman in the head with a wooden handle and thereby caused serious harm to his health.

On January 14, 2021, it became known that several criminal cases had been initiated, presumably in the wake of actions in defense of Kushtau.

• 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. As a result, on September 2, 2020, the government of Bashkiria declared Shikhan Kushtau a natural monument of republican significance. After this, work on the mountain stopped.
• Bashkir activists are in favor of preserving several natural monuments, the remaining shihans - Toratau, Kushtau and Yuraktau. The previously existing shihan of Shakhtau was completely destroyed to obtain raw materials by the Bashkir Soda Company. On August 15, police detained more than 70 defenders of Kushtau, many of them were later arrested under administrative charges. The head of Bashkortostan, Radiy Khabirov, threatened the protesters with criminal charges, but later promised that the Shikhan would be given the status of a specially protected area.
• The Bashkir public organization “Bashkort” was recognized as extremist in May 2020 by decision of the Supreme Court of the republic.