The court arrested four people for participation in riots in Baymak

The Sovetsky District Court of Ufa arrested four protesters in Baymak until March 17. All of them are accused of participating in mass riots. Three of them were also charged with using violence against a government official, the joint press service of the courts of Bashkiria reported.

“Azat Mirzin, Dayan Valeev, Rayat Davletbaev are accused of committing crimes under Part 2 of Art. 212 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (participation in mass riots), part 1 of Art. 318 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (use of violence against a government official), and Vilyur Karachurin was charged with participation in mass riots. The court chose a preventive measure against the men in the form of detention until March 17, 2024,” the statement says. message.

Also, the Sovetsky District Court of Ufa considered a case of an administrative offense against Yuldash Timerbaev. According to the court, the man published a message on the Telegram channel “Alga Bashkortostan” with a call to go to the square named after. Salavat Yulaev on January 19 in support of activist Fail Alsynov (listed as terrorists and extremists), sentenced on January 17 to four years in prison.

“Timerbaev, being the only administrator of the Alga Bashkortostan channel on the Telegram network, conducted preliminary campaigning, provided information about the place, time, and purposes of the public event, and also called on citizens to take part in it,”— reported in the press service of the courts. Yuldash Timerbaev was found guilty of organizing a public event without submitting notification of its holding in accordance with the established procedure (Part 2 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code). As punishment, the man was sentenced to nine days of arrest.

The sentence to Fail Alsynov was announced on January 17. After the court hearing near the Baymaksky District Court building started clashes between demonstrators and police. Security forces used batons and tear gas to disperse the protesters. Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov saidwhich does not consider the protests in Bashkiria to be massive.

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