The cases of Ponomarev* and Sasitlinsky have been submitted to the Supreme Court of Dagestan
The Supreme Court of Dagestan will hear in absentia the criminal cases against former State Duma deputy Ilya Ponomarev* and Islamic preacher Abu Umar Sasitlinsky, who are accused of organizing riots at the Makhachkala airport.
As "Kavkazsky Uzel" wrote, seven people were wanted in the case of riots at the Makhachkala Uytash airport, including three alleged organizers of the pogrom - Ilya Ponomarev*, Abakar Abakarov and Israil Akhmednabiyev. According to the Investigative Committee, they published posts on Telegram that prompted residents of Dagestan to participate in mass riots based on hatred towards Israel.
Mass riots at Makhachkala airport occurred on October 29, 2023, due to a report 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 "Case of the pogrom at Makhachkala airport". "Caucasian Knot" also prepared the reports "Anti-Semitic actions in the North Caucasus: how it happened" and "A wave of anti-Semitic actions in the North Caucasus".
Criminal cases against three alleged organizers of mass riots at the Makhachkala airport were received on July 16 by the Supreme Court of Dagestan, Mediazona* noted.
The cases against politician Ilya Ponomarev*, preacher Israil Akhmednabiyev (Abu Umar Sasitlinsky) and the alleged administrator of the Telegram channel "Morning Dagestan" Abakar Abakarov will be considered separately, according to the card index on the court's website. All three are charged with the same articles - organizing mass riots, inciting hatred by a group of persons and financing extremist activity.
According to the investigation, Ponomarev*, Akhmednabiyev and Abakarov published "false information" on the "Utro Dagestan" channel about the arrival of a flight from Tel Aviv with Israeli citizens in Makhachkala against the backdrop of the escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, thereby organizing riots at the airport.
The case file of Ponomarev* indicates that several representatives of the victims are participating in the process. One of the victims is recognized as the airline NordStar, whose flights were delayed due to the pogroms, the deputy head of the company's legal department is listed among the participants in the process. The case files of Akhmednabiyev and Abakarov do not contain information about the representatives of the victims.
"Kavkazsky Uzel" wrote that the cases of the participants in the riots at the Uytash airport are being heard outside of Dagestan, in the courts of Stavropol and Kuban. Another sentence for seven residents of the republic was handed down on July 16, the Stavropol Regional Court sentenced the defendants from 14 to 15 years in a strict regime prison. In total, 129 people have already been convicted in connection with the pogrom at the airport.
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Translated automatically via Google translate from https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/413100