The number of people convicted for participating in the riots in Makhachkala has risen to 122

A court in Stavropol has sentenced five residents of Dagestan to prison terms, recognizing them as participants in the riots at the Makhachkala airport. The number of those convicted in the "airport case" has reached 122.

As "Kavkazsky Uzel" reported, in October 2024, the Georgievsky City Court began considering the case of five residents of Dagestan (Rizvan Akhmedov, Ata Musayev, Magomed Mukhmayev, Khabib Sheikhov and Shanavaz Elmurzayev), accused of participating in the riots at the Makhachkala airport. Elmurzaev's lawyer, who became an adult during the trial, said in March that two prosecution witnesses at the trial did not provide any specific information about the actions of the five defendants and could not identify any of them.

The Georgievsk City Court sentenced Rizvan Akhmedov, Ata Musayev, Magomed Mukhmayev, Khabib Sheikhov and Shanavaz Elmurzaev, the Stavropol prosecutor's office reported on its website today.

They were found guilty of participating in mass riots accompanied by violence and pogroms, as well as failure to comply with transport safety at transport infrastructure facilities.

The defendants were sentenced to imprisonment for a term of 7 to 10 years

"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 7 to 10 years in a general regime penal colony," the department reported.

The prosecutor's office's publication claims that the defendants "on the basis of national and religious hatred and hostility towards Israeli citizens, refusing to comply with the legal demands of law enforcement officers, took part in mass riots." At the same time, the department did not specify what actions each of the defendants was charged with, and did not specify which of them was sentenced to what term.

Taking into account this sentence, 122 people have already been convicted in the riot case, Interfax reports today.

03:55 23.07.2024

Those accused in the pogrom named their motives for coming to Uytash airport

The accused in the pogrom case, Magomed Omaraskhabov, was at the Makhachkala airport for family reasons, while another defendant, Anvarbek Aliyev, came out of curiosity, the lawyers said.

Recall that many of the accused stated that they were at the airport, but did not take part in the riots. At the same time, some guilty verdicts were handed down despite the testimony of witnesses. Thus, in January, police officers were unable to identify two accused in court - Magomedgadzhi Chirgilaev and Yasin Gadzhiev. The accused themselves claimed that they went to the airport out of curiosity, to see what was going on there. They told the lawyer that they were beaten to force them to incriminate themselves. Despite this, on February 27, the court sentenced them to long prison terms.

Mass riots at the Makhachkala airport occurred on October 29, 2023, due to the announcement of the arrival of a plane with passengers from Israel. More than 20 people were injured in the riots, including nine police officers. 1,200 people were brought to administrative responsibility. 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".

From October 26 to 29, 2023, mass anti-Semitic actions took place in three republics of the North Caucasus - Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia. "Caucasian Knot" has prepared the reports "Anti-Semitic actions in the North Caucasus: how it happened" and "A wave of anti-Semitic actions in the North Caucasus".