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[KavkazUzel] At least one of those arrested in connection with the unrest at the Makhachkala airport has been charged with attempting to kill a security officer, according to information from the Supreme Court of Dagestan. This article carries a penalty of up to life imprisonment.
The "Caucasian Knot" wrote that by December 13, it became known that about 150 people had been arrested in a criminal case regarding mass unrest at the airport, one of them was also accused of attacking a security officer. For most of those accused in criminal cases of participation in mass riots at the Makhachkala airport, the arrest period has been extended until the end of March , while almost no investigative actions are being carried out, and a number of those arrested are prohibited from visiting. One of those arrested, Gerey Dzhamalutdinov, claims that he was not at the airport, and security forces forced him to incriminate himself, but the investigation has not verified his alibi, said lawyers and a member of the public monitoring commission of Dagestan.
On October 29, mass riots occurred at Makhachkala airport due to reports of the arrival of a plane with passengers from Israel. More than 20 people were injured, including nine police officers. By November 25, the district courts of Dagestan had received administrative cases of 515 people, on which protocols were drawn up on offenses during the anti-Semitic action and riots in Makhachkala; by December 1, 242 decisions on these cases were known. What happened at Uytash airport and how the investigation is proceeding is described in the Caucasian Knot report “ The Case of the Pogrom at Makhachkala Airport.”
One of those arrested in the case of riots at the Makhachkala airport is also charged with an attempt on the life of a security officer, Mediazona reported today* with reference to appeals to extend the arrest of the accused under the article of mass riots, which were received by the Supreme Court of Dagestan.
As follows from the information on the website of the Supreme Court of Dagestan, a complaint from five people to extend the arrest was received by the court on December 18. All those who appeal the arrest are charged under the article on participation in mass riots (part 2 of Article 212 of the Criminal Code of Russia, provides for from three to eight years in prison), only one out of five is also charged under Article 317 of the Criminal Code of Russia on encroachment on the life of a law enforcement officer (Article 317 of the Criminal Code of Russia provides for 12 to 20 years of imprisonment or life imprisonment). The case file indicates that the complaint was withdrawn from consideration. The names of those who filed complaints are hidden on the court’s website, and the texts of court decisions are also not provided.
From October 26 to October 29, mass anti-Semitic actions took place in the cities of three republics of the North Caucasus Federal District. In Cherkessk, protesters demanded that visitors from Israel not be allowed in, and in Nalchik a cultural center was set on fire. In Khasavyurt, hundreds of people gathered at the hotel after messages on social networks that there were refugees from Israel in this hotel, according to the Caucasian Knot report “ Anti-Semitic actions in the North Caucasus: how it happened .” The Caucasian Knot has also prepared a report entitled “ A Wave of Anti-Semitic Actions in the North Caucasus.”
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Yusupov noted a decrease in the interest of Makhachkala residents in pickets for Palestine
| “Waitaminit — we’re gonna be punished for rioting like pissed-off Moslems?! I’m outta here, dood!” |
Passers-by and drivers today reacted less actively than before to the single picket of journalist Idris Yusupov* in support of Palestine. The picketer explained this by the emotional fatigue of the townspeople from the news about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
| “We riot and riot, but those damned Yids won’t stop. It’s winter, man — it’s cold outside!” |
As the "Caucasian Knot" wrote, today the deputy editor-in-chief of "Chernovik" Magomed Magomedov held a picket in the center of Makhachkala in support of his convicted colleague Abdulmumin Gadzhiev, and journalist Idris Yusupov* went to the picket under the slogan: "Freedom for Palestine."
Muslims in the North Caucasus reacted sharply to the escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. You can read about who and how in the North Caucasus Federal District expressed support for Palestine in the “Caucasian Knot” document “ Actions in support of Palestine in the North Caucasus .”
Journalist Idris Yusupov said that his solo action “Freedom for Palestine” began at 13.40 Moscow time and lasted for twenty minutes. The reaction from passers-by and drivers was at a fairly high level and more active than to a single rally in defense of Gadzhiev.
However, according to the journalist, the response to a single picket was lower compared to the first actions that he carried out in defense of Palestine. “It seems to me that the reaction was not as high as at the beginning (of individual actions in defense of Palestine), although in principle nothing has changed,” Yusupov* noted. He suggested that the reason for this was “people’s fatigue with the Palestinian agenda” and “the horrors of military operations.”
Also, in his opinion, the less active reaction to the picket in support of Palestine is due to the fact that the republic accepted Palestinian refugees. “Perhaps that’s why people calmed down, seeing that some steps were being taken. In fact, this tragedy continues and does not stop,” Yusupov* said. He added that the police officers behaved quite correctly and with restraint.
On November 21, the Dagestan authorities announced that they were ready to accept up to 200 refugees from Palestine, and 8.2 million rubles
| ...that’s only about US$90,000, not nearly as extravagant as is sounds in Russian rubles... |
had been allocated for their accommodation. From November 25 to December 7, five groups of migrants from Palestine arrived in Makhachkala; they were accommodated at a recreation center near Makhachkala. Those who arrived will receive refugee status, the government of the republic announced. On December 11, the republican authorities reported that the issuance of Russian passports and other documents for 154 arriving migrants from Palestine had begun, and the issues of employment of adult Palestinians and education of children were being resolved. On December 23, 45 Russian citizens from among the refugees, whose documents were lost, received passports.
Despite the intensity of military operations, Dagestanis have become accustomed to the Palestinian agenda, says Makhachkala resident Abdulla . In his opinion, this kind of “emotional attenuation” occurs not only in relation to the Palestinian conflict, but also to any other events that initially caused a large amount of emotion. “Initially you worry, and then you get used to both judging and getting used to the event itself. This is because the brain wants to save us from constant stressful moods,” Abdullah suggested.
The ongoing war in Palestine does not in any way affect the interest of Dagestanis in the events unfolding in the conflict. However, the events are no longer perceived as emotionally as they were during the first time the conflict escalated, agreed a resident of Makhachkala named Zhamal . According to him, he expected other countries to “stop Israel,” but this did not happen. He and his entourage continue to monitor developments around the conflict. “The interest, of course, has not decreased. There are fewer emotions and expectations from other countries,” noted Zhamal.
The police officers who arrived at the site of the single pickets behaved correctly, Magomed Magomedov told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. After clarifying the passport details, they demanded an explanation from Magomedov regarding the fact of the single picket.
The reaction from passers-by and drivers was at a high level and even higher than to similar actions weeks earlier, Magomedov said.
He added that so far there are no prospects for resuming the publication of the printed version of “Chernovik”. “We continue to work with the electronic version,” Magomedov noted. If the editorial office has the opportunity to restore work at the previous level, the team will analyze which sites to give priority in further work, in particular, the printed version, he added.
According to colleagues, Gadzhiev is suffering because the newspaper voiced “inconvenient questions” to the authorities and security forces, according to the Caucasian Knot report “ Draft”: threats, criminal cases, murder of the editor-in-chief .”
Let us recall that the editor of the Chernovik newspaper, Abdulmumin Gadzhiev, as well as the head of the Ansar charitable foundation, Abubakar Rizvanov, and businessman Kemal Tambiev were arrested in June 2019 on charges of financing terrorism. On September 12, the court sentenced Gadzhiev to 17 years in prison, Rizvanov to 18 years, and Kemal Tambiev to 17.5 years. The prosecution did not present convincing evidence in court, the defendants said in their final plea. Details of the case are collected in the Caucasian Knot material “Golunov number two”: the main thing about the case of Abdulmumin Gadzhiev.”
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