Native of North Ossetia arrested after detention at action in Moscow

The court has sentenced Koba Margiev to ten days of arrest after he was detained in central Moscow, when a protest action against the special military operation in Ukraine was held there. Margiev himself has claimed that he did not take part in the action.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that at least 22 people were detained on March 13 at protest actions against the military operation in Ukraine held in Volgograd, Krasnodar, Sochi and Rostov-on-Don. Similar actions were held in other cities of Russia, including Moscow.

Koba Margiev, a native of North Ossetia, was detained on March 13 in central Moscow, where a protest against the special military operation in Ukraine was held. On March 14, the court sentenced him to ten days of arrest.

Margiev's comrade witnessed the detention and told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that they had not planned to take part in the action.

"We were just getting out of the metro, when Koba was asked to show his documents. He wanted to get a mobile phone and show documents on the phone, but they immediately start twisting and beating him up. I've never seen anything like this! You can even check on the cameras that we didn't go to the action – we just came out of the metro," the man said.

Koba Margiev himself has also emphasizes that he had not taken part in the action.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on March 15, 2022 at 02:08 am MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.