The court declared illegal the extension of the arrest of the former head of Navalny's headquarters in Dagestan

The Supreme Court of Dagestan partially upheld the appeal of the former coordinator of Navalny’s headquarters in Makhachkala, Eduard Atayev, and declared the decision of the Khasavyurt District Court to extend his arrest from June 25 to July 18 illegal. “Caucasus.Realities” is about this.

they write that the decision of the court of first instance was canceled due to “significant violations of the criminal procedural law.” At the same time, Ataev still remains in the pre-trial detention center, since this preventive measure was extended by other decisions.

Atayev is accused of possession of explosives (Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code) and drugs (Article 228 of the Criminal Code). At the end of March, the man was arrested - he is in pre-trial detention center-3 in Khasavyurt.

sent Initially, a case was opened against Atayev only under the article on possession of explosives, but later an article on drugs was added. According to the activist, security forces planted weapons on him. Also during one of the court hearings, he stated that he had never used or stored drugs.

“He said that they came to search his place and detained him. The things that were allegedly found on him, naturally he did not have them. He connects this with his political activity,” Atayev’s lawyer told Kavkaz.Realii journalists about the searches that took place at the oppositionist’s home at the end of March.

An acquaintance of Ataev’s also commented on the version of the planted evidence in a conversation with journalists of the “Caucasian Knot”: “During the search [the search], an [explosive device] was discovered. Edward himself stated that it did not belong to him and was planted. I know Edward well, except for a kitchen knife, there could be nothing in his house.”

expressed Atayev's case for consideration on the merits in the Khasavyurt court.

reported - Navalny's supporters have been trying to open a headquarters in Dagestan since February 2021. In April of the same year, Eduard 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 - June 9, 2021 by the Moscow City Court, the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), the Foundation for the Defense of Citizens' Rights (FZPG) and the headquarters of Alexei Navalny by extremist organizations. An appeals court later upheld this decision. After this, supporters of the opposition politician began to leave Russia en masse. admitted