A criminal case was opened against Salavat Elkibaev, a participant in the national gathering in support of Fail Alsynov in Baimak, for mass riots (Article 212 of the Criminal Code). His wife reported this to OVD-Info.
On January 18, the Baimaksky District Court of Bashkortostan arrested Elkibaev for ten days under the article of disobedience to a lawful order of a police officer (Part 1 of Article 19.3 of the Administrative Code). Today at 5 am he was taken from the special detention center in Beloretsk and taken to the Investigative Committee in Ufa for questioning as a witness in the case; later his wife was informed that he was in the status of a suspect.
10:33 Relatives of the previously arrested Fidan Ismagilov and Fagim Ueldanov also report that they were taken to the Investigative Committee in Ufa for interrogation. RusNews writes about this.
The news title has been changed due to the emergence of information about new defendants.
- On January 17, the Baymaksky District Court sentenced Bashkir activist and ex-leader of the Bashkort movement Fail Alsynov to four years in a general regime colony under the article of inciting hatred or enmity. A criminal case against Alsynov was opened in October 2023 due to an April speech at a gathering of residents of the Baymak region against gold miners, which he conducted entirely in the Bashkir language. In it, the activist criticized the mobilization in the republic and the lack of access of local residents to the natural resources of the region. Alsynov himself later explained that the security forces “didn’t like” his statement about “migrants who come to the republic and are engaged here, including in illegal mining.”
- On the day of Fail Alsynov’s sentencing, residents of Bashkortostan who sympathized with the activist gathered at the court. After the verdict was announced, security forces began to detain protesters, and clashes began. Some participants in the gathering were subsequently arrested . In addition, the security forces opened criminal cases against the protesters under articles on organizing mass riots (Part 1 of Article 212 of the Criminal Code) and participation in them (Part 2 of Article 212 of the Criminal Code), as well as under the article on the use of violence against security forces (Article 212 of the Criminal Code). 318 CC). By the evening of January 26, at least 22 persons involved in criminal cases were known . All of them are in pre-trial detention centers or temporary detention centers. Protests in the region, as well as detentions, arrests and pressure on the participants of the gathering continued further.