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| The court extended the arrest of five defendants in the case of unrest in Makhachkala |
| 2024-06-19 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. The arrest period for five people accused of participating in riots at Makhachkala airport has been extended until December 30. The court in Armavir, at the request of the prosecution, postponed the hearing of the case, since one of the accused was not brought to the Krasnodar Territory. As the "Caucasian Knot" wrote, the first hearing in the case of five participants in the riots at the Makhachkala airport in the Armavir City Court was supposed to take place at the end of May, but the accused did not have time to transfer them. The date of the first meeting was postponed to June 18. On February 17, relatives of rioters at the Makhachkala airport turned to Putin asking for leniency. They stated that their detained loved ones were victims of provocation and made a mistake. The authors of the appeal noted that some families do not have the opportunity to travel to court hearings in the Krasnodar Territory, where the case of five accused was transferred. Lawyers noted that the transfer of the case to Kuban could be appealed, but it is unlikely to be rushed. Today, the Armavir City Court was to begin the hearing of the case of unrest at the Makhachkala airport against five defendants - Anvarbek Ataev, Islam Ibragimov, Magomed Omaraskhabov, Rabadan Radzhabov and Salik Ramazanov. However, the consideration on the merits was not started; the hearing was postponed to July 3 due to the failure to present one of the defendants, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told in the Armavir City Court staff.  Four of the five defendants were brought to court, and the fifth, Salik Ramazanov, did not have time to be escorted from the Krasnodar pre-trial detention center. State prosecutor Irina Goryaeva petitioned to postpone the case, considering that the defendant’s participation in the hearing via video conference was unacceptable, Youth of Dagestan informed today. The Armavir City Court extended the arrest until December 30 of five defendants in the case of mass riots at the Makhachkala airport in October last year, RIA Novosti reported today with reference to the joint press service of the courts of the Krasnodar Territory. 134 people are under arrest in the case of unrest at the Makhachkala airport, two more are under house arrest, the accused claim that they were at the airport, but did not take part in the unrest, said Shamil Khadulaev, chairman of the POC of Dagestan, on June 13. According to him, the case of the five accused was the first to reach the court; the remaining cases are at the investigation stage or in the prosecutor's office. It is necessary to publicly punish in Dagestan those whose guilt in attacking police officers and damaging airport property has been proven, and staying at the airport does not lead to criminal liability, emphasized lawyer Arsen Magomedov. In their opinion, transferring the trial to the Krasnodar Territory is illogical, since all the accused are from ordinary families and cannot influence the court. Let us recall that on October 29, 2023, mass riots occurred at the Makhachkala airport due to reports of the arrival of a plane with passengers from Israel. More than 20 people were injured in the riots, including nine police officers. By January 12, the district courts of Dagestan had received administrative cases of more than 900 people accused in connection with the unrest. |
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