The court left the former head of Navalny's headquarters in Dagestan in pre-trial detention. He is suspected of possessing explosives

The Supreme Court of Dagestan left in custody Eduard Ataev, the ex-coordinator of Navalny’s local headquarters. At the meeting, he stated that the pistol, grenade and drugs found during the search were planted on him, Kavkaz.Realii.

write The activist is a suspect in a case of possession of explosives (Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code), and on March 27 he was taken into custody. Ataev connected the persecution with his political activity.

sent At the appeal hearing, he participated via video link from pre-trial detention center-3 in the city of Khasavyurt. The publication provides a fragment of his speech:

When they were taking me to the police department, they stopped halfway, they put a bag over my head and wrapped it with tape. I felt that they were trying to put something into my left palm. I immediately closed both palms. They forcibly unclenched my left palm and inserted an object that looked like the handle of a pistol.

The right palm was forcibly unclenched and a round object similar to a grenade was inserted. I filed a crime report, so they're just as much a suspect as I am.

Kavkaz.Realii also reports that the lawyer informed the court about a previous attempt by the security forces to bring Atayev to criminal charges due to his social activities.

• Navalny’s supporters have been trying to open a headquarters in Dagestan since February 2021. In April of the same year, Atayev, the acting headquarters coordinator at that time, was sentenced to 10 days. In fact, the security forces kidnapped the activist, as well as another employee of Murad Manapov’s headquarters. The latter said that after his arrest they threatened him with torture and demanded a report on the plans of the headquarters. arrested - In 2021, the Anti-Corruption Foundation, the Foundation for the Defense of Citizens' Rights and the headquarters of Alexei Navalny were “extremist organizations”. recognized