[Regnum] The district court in Mineralnye Vody, Stavropol Krai, sentenced four participants in the riots at the Makhachkala airport to 10 years in prison. This was reported on May 14 by the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation on its website.
“The court, taking into account the position of the state prosecutor, taking into account the nature and degree of public danger of the crimes committed and the role of each, sentenced the defendants to imprisonment for a term of 10 years each,” the statement said.
It is specified that the convicted persons Arsen Arbuliev, Malik Aliyev, Saidapandi Abdulazizov, Nazhmudin Abakarov will serve their sentences in a general regime penal colony.
All defendants were found guilty of participating in mass riots and refusing to comply with the lawful demands of law enforcement officers.
On October 29, 2023, over 1,200 people rioted at Uytash Airport, first breaking into the building and then onto the airfield. There, they surrounded a bus carrying passengers from a plane arriving from Tel Aviv. The riots occurred amid the escalation of the Middle East conflict and the situation in the Gaza Strip. Security forces suppressed the riots, and no passengers were harmed.
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