Suppress protests in Bashkiria sent the commander of the Special Forces detachment "Thunder"

Among the security forces who came to the video of the suppression of protests in the Bashkir city of Baymak, was the head of the thunder detachment of the Rosguard Office for Bashkortostan Ramil Gareev, the analysis of the Agency testifies. Thunder is considered one of the best divisions of the Russian special forces, after the rebellion of Evgeny Prigozhin, the Russian Guard was handed over. Negotiations with activists were also conducted by the deputy commander of the regional detachment of OMON "Ural" Nazim Gayazov.

Details . Gareev and Gayazov hit the video published by the Sota telegram channel.

• Gayazov waged negotiations with activists. In October 2023, Bashinform was called by his deputy commander of OMON by a colonel of the police. In the same position in 2020, Gayazov gave an interview to the local VGTRK.
• Gareev was the commander of the thunder detachment at least until August 2023, follows from the publication of Bashinform. In this publication, he talked about his combat experience. According to Gareev, during his work he went on business trips to the North Caucasus, including to Chechnya, where his detachment "kept the bridge across the Neftyanka River." In addition, he characterized the head of the unit.
• Quote : "We are one of the best special units and exemplary we carry out the tasks."
• In 2019, Gareev wore the title of Colonel. This is evidenced by the form in which he was in the photograph published by Bashinform (the first on the left in the second row). In May 2023, the head of Bashkortostan Radiy Khabirov handed Gareev a medal of Minigali Shaimuratov ( appeared in 2023).
• The arrival of “thunder” at the place of protests was not previously reported. The channel “Says Nemoskva” wrote that a police reinforcement from Sibay (neighboring city) arrived at the place.
• The thunder detachment in 2016 moved to the Ministry of Internal Affairs from the disbanded Federal Drug Control Service. They became part of the anti -drug unit of the department. As Vedomosti wrote , in fact, they began to perform the functions of a special quick response detachment (SOBR).
• In July 2023, Vladimir Putin transferred the Thunder to the subordination of the Russian Guard. Preparations for this, as Vedomosti wrote with reference to sources, began after the meeting of Vladimir Putin with the leadership of law enforcement agencies after the rebellion of Yevgeny Prigozhin.

Context . The authorities had to attract special forces to suppress protests in Baymak, which have already become the most massive since the beginning of the war in Ukraine. After the sentence, the Bashkir activist Fail Alsynov at the building of the local court began clashes of protesters with the security forces. As a result, law enforcement officers had to start negotiations with activists and offer the liberation of the detainees. After a few hours of protests by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Bashkortostan, a criminal case of riots at the court in Baymak opened a criminal case.