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2024-08-24 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
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First verdict handed down to participants in riots at Makhachkala airport
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] The Armavir City Court issued the first sentence to participants in the mass riots at the Makhachkala airport in October 2023; five defendants in the criminal case were sentenced to prison terms ranging from six years and four months to nine years. This was reported on August 23 by the united press service of the courts of the Krasnodar Territory.
“The court sentenced the following people to imprisonment: [ Anvarbek ] Atayev — six years and four months; [ Islam ] Ibragimov — six years and four months; [ Magomed ] Omaraskhabov — six years and four months; [ Salik ] Ramazanov — six years and four months; [ Rabadan ] Radzhabov — for the totality of the crimes committed, by partial addition of the sentences — nine years,” the press service’s Telegram channel said.
All defendants were found guilty under Part 2 of Article 212 of the Russian Criminal Code (“Participation in mass riots”), and Radzhabov was also found guilty under Part 1 of Article 318 of the Russian Criminal Code (“Use of violence against a government official”).
It is noted that the said individuals participated in crowd riots at the call of the organizers out of national and religious hatred and enmity after the arrival of a plane from Tel Aviv at the Makhachkala airport.
"The defendants, in search of passengers on a flight from Tel Aviv, together with a crowd, broke through the cordon, broke down the doors of the terminal and broke into the aircraft parking lot. The actions of the defendants and other individuals (more than 1,500, 136 of whom have been identified) led to a complete blockade of the airport's operations," the statement added.
The defendants did not admit their guilt. They will serve their sentences in a general regime penal colony.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on the evening of October 29, 2023, over 1,200 people rioted at the Uytash airport in Makhachkala, breaking into the airport building and then onto the airfield. There they surrounded a bus with passengers from a plane arriving at the airport from Tel Aviv.
The riots occurred against the backdrop of the escalation of the Middle East conflict and the situation in the Gaza Strip. Security forces stopped the actions of the hooligans, and the passengers of the flight were not harmed.
The Investigative Committee of Russia opened a criminal case on this fact under Part 2 of Article 212 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Mass riots"). Law enforcement officers detained 60 participants in the riots on the spot, and then another 20 people involved in them.
On October 30, 2023, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the riots at Makhachkala airport were organized by Western intelligence agents. The head of state added that they were organized through social networks, including from Ukraine.
On July 9, Dagestan Interior Minister Abdurashid Magomedov said that 140 participants in the riots at Makhachkala airport were in custody. According to him, another 1,200 people from among the rioters were brought to administrative responsibility.
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Relatives of those convicted in the Uytash airport pogrom case consider the sentence harsh
The court issued a harsh sentence in the case of the pogrom at the Makhachkala airport, without evidence of the defendants' guilt, the sentence will be appealed, the lawyers and relatives of the convicted stated. In such cases, it is difficult to achieve acquittal in an appeal, the head of the Dagestan POC believes.
As reported by "Kavkazsky Uzel", the Armavir City Court twice postponed the start of the hearing of the case of riots at the Makhachkala airport against five defendants - Anvarbek Atayev, Islam Ibragimov, Magomed Omaraskhabov, Rabadan Radzhabov and Salik Ramazanov. The arrest of the accused was extended until December 30. At the hearing of the Armavir City Court on the case of riots at the Makhachkala airport, the state prosecutor asked to sentence the five defendants to terms of seven to 10 years. Today, the court sentenced the defendants to terms of six years, four months to nine years.
On October 29, 2023, mass riots occurred at the Makhachkala airport due to the announcement of the arrival of a plane with passengers from Israel. More than 20 people were injured in the riots, 140 people are in custody, 1,200 people were brought to administrative responsibility. The accused claim that they were at the airport, but did not take part in the riots, noted the chairman of the Public Monitoring Commission of Dagestan Shamil Khadulaev on June 13. What happened at the Uytash airport and how the investigation is going is described in the "Caucasian Knot" report " The case of the pogrom at the Makhachkala airport ".
Magomed Omaraskhabov's lawyer Laila Ubaidulaeva believes the sentence is extremely harsh. "This sentence can be called absolutely illegal. Guilt must be confirmed by evidence, and here there is no evidence, but there is a very harsh sentence. This is unfair. The court ignored the lack of evidence and issued a knowingly illegal sentence," she told the "Caucasian Knot".
The verdict will be appealed soon. "We will definitely appeal the verdict as soon as we receive all the necessary materials. If the decision is upheld, we will go to the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. We will go to the very end. Other lawyers are also planning to appeal the verdict," she noted.
Omaraskhabov's mother does not believe that the court handed down such a harsh sentence. "I knew that there would be a guilty verdict, I was prepared for it, but I was not prepared for my son to be given more than six years. This is a monstrous decision, such sentences cannot be handed down," she told a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, barely holding back tears.
According to her, the convicts were steadfast, but were unhappy with the verdict. "They tried to calm me down. But it was clear that they did not expect such a verdict, they were in shock, but they kept their cool," she noted.
Gulya, the mother of Salik Ramazanov, who was sentenced to six years and four months, also did not expect "that they could give such a long term for being at the airport." "He did nothing there, he did not beat anyone, did not break or destroy anything. He was just standing there, he ended up at the airport by accident. During all these court hearings, no one brought up even one fact of his guilt," she told the "Caucasian Knot."
According to her, the lawyers of all the convicted are going to appeal the sentence. "Of course, we will appeal. Everyone will. What did they give him six years for? For working as a taxi driver, taking clients to the airport, getting interested himself and just standing there, watching what was happening, for that? This is complete lawlessness. Real provocateurs and violators are not tried, but our guys were sentenced so harshly. He is 27 years old, not married yet, he will spend six years of his life in prison for nothing. He is very kind, has never broken the law, has no problems with law enforcement agencies, such people should not be imprisoned," she noted.
Gulya also said that the convicts themselves reacted calmly to the verdict. "They are real men. They did not show any emotions. They were calm and even calmed us down in the courtroom," she said.
The Chairman of the Public Chamber of Dagestan, Shamil Khadulaev, also considers the sentence to be harsh. "This is a fairly harsh sentence, considering that, as the lawyers said, there is no evidence of the guilt of these guys in the case. If they were simply present there, did not beat anyone or break anything, then the sentence can be called harsh," he told a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
According to him, the sentence should be appealed, but there is little chance of changing the decision. "Practice shows that in such cases, the terms are not reduced. They leave the court's decision in force. They can reduce it by six months at most, but no more," he noted.
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