In Bashkortostan, protests continued for several hours after the sentence activist Fail Alsynov

SK started a case of riots and the use of violence to police

In the city of Baymak in the Republic of Bashkortostan, a protest action was held. She continued for several hours at the court building , where she was sentenced to activist Fail Alsynov. He was found guilty of inciting interethnic growth and sentenced to four years in prison in a colony of general regime. At the same time, the state prosecution asked him to appoint four years in a colony-settlement.

Alsynov’s supporters began to gather at the court before the announcement of the sentence. The protests continued after the court decision. According to various estimates, the action participated from several hundred to several thousand people.

The case of Fail Alsynov

The case against Fail Alsynov was opened because of his statements made at the national gathering in the village of Ishmurzino in the Baymak district of Bashkortostan, held on April 28, 2023. The action was organized due to plans to start near the village of gold near Ishmurzino. According to investigators, Alsynov “made a speech in the Bashkir language containing statements in which“ residents of the Caucasus ”,“ Central Asia ”,“ Armenians ”are negatively evaluated. In his speech, Alsynov, in particular, said that "Armenians will leave for their homeland, Kara Halyk - to themselves, Russians - to their Ryazan, Tatars - to their Tatarstan." The examination conducted during the investigation decided that this phrase "corresponds to the meaning of the words" khachi "," chock "," Blackmaase "." The case against Alsynov was opened at the request of the head of Bashkortostan Radium Khabirov. In his opinion, the activist opposed the Bashkir people with representatives of the Armenian, Russian and Tatar nations, indicating the exclusive rights of the Bashkirs to the natural resources of the Bashkir Trans -Urals. In March 2023, Ilnar Galina came to Alsynov and another activist with searches. According to Mediazona, they were both chairmen of the Bashkort organization, which in 2020 the Supreme Court of Bashkortostanrecognized as an extremist.

The security forces applied tear gas and light -school grenades against protesters. In particular, the telegram channel “Once in Bashkiri” and Sotavision wrote about this. The use of tear gas is said about the video protests on the video that publish telegram channels. Explosions are also heard on the records.

Participants in the rally threw the security forces with snow. Sota telegram channel claimed that two people who were beaten with batons were hospitalized. One injured leg is broken (due to crush or beating-it is unknown). About 20 people turned to medical help. Most of them complained about burning in their eyes due to tear gas. According to the Prufa publication, 40 protests were injured as a result of clashes with security forces.

The exact number of detainees is unknown. The telegram channel “Once in Bashkiria” wrote about more than 20 detainees. Fail Alsynova’s father negotiated with security officials, wrote Sota. He proposed to release the detainees, and in return the protesters would move away from the court building. According to “Once in Bashkiria”, some of the detainees were released.

A criminal case has been opened under articles on the organization and participation in the riots (part 1 and 2 of Article 212 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) and the application of violence in relation to the representative of the authorities (part 1 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). The report of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation says that in social networks and instant messengers “in order to organize riots”, calls were posted to reach protest promotions from the Baymak district court. According to the SK, the purpose of protest actions was the release of Fail Alsynov from criminal liability.

“During the mass riots accompanied by violence, including several people used with the use of items used as weapons, including law enforcement officers,” the SK says.

The RusNews telegram channel, which in detail covered a protest action in Baimak, was temporarily unavailable. He disappeared from the search, and when trying to open it, a notification appeared that the channel was “inaccessible” appeared. What it was connected with is unknown.

The verdict was also inaccessible to the Kuzhtau Bayram telegram channel, which was used to coordinate the protest in support of Alsynov.

The rapper Morgenstern posted a photo in the national headdress. The telegram channel “Caution, News” drew attention to this. The musician, born in Ufa, published a photo of the monument to the participant of Pugachev’s uprising Salavat Yulaev in Ufa and a photo in the national headdress.

At about 5 p.m. local time (15 hours Moscow time), Fail Alsynov was taken away from the court. According to UFA1.ru, "the crowd led him with screams with words of support."

To the four years of the colony, Alsynova was sentenced by 37-year-old judge Elina Tagirova, a native of Bashkortostan. As the Agency found out , the mother of Tagirova Elmira also works in the judicial system of the republic. Judge’s father Ravil Tagirov at least from 2012 to 2022 worked in the scientific and production association "Microgen". This is one of the three largest pharmaceutical companies in Russia. The “agency” calls its final owner “Rostec”.