Rehabilitation center staff in Makhachkala were detained for forcibly detaining people.

Security forces detained employees of a Makhachkala rehabilitation center forcibly detaining people; one patient died.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," in late January, the Caspian City Court remanded into custody a rehabilitation center employee detained in connection with the death of a patient. The case was opened under charges of unlawful deprivation of liberty and causing grievous bodily harm resulting in the death of a patient through negligence, which carry penalties of up to eight years and up to 15 years in prison, respectively.

Video of the detention was published by the Telegram channel Mash Gor, which has 55,000 subscribers. By 7:00 PM, the video had garnered 3,734 views and nine comments.

"According to investigators, from January 2024 to April 2025, center employees, acting as a group in a prior conspiracy, organized a criminal scheme to illegally detain citizens. Under the guise of providing rehabilitation assistance, the suspects placed people in the center and held them against their will in order to extract money from their relatives," the Investigative Committee reported on its Telegram channel.

18:30 18.01.2025

Rehabilitation center employee in Kaspiysk suspected of beating patient to death

A patient at a rehabilitation center in Kaspiysk died as a result of a beating; an employee is suspected of the crime Center.

Criminal cases have been opened against employees suspected of committing crimes under Part 2 of Article 126 (kidnapping committed by a group of persons by prior conspiracy), Part 2 of Article 117 (torture committed by a group of persons by prior conspiracy against an abducted person), and Part 3 of Article 127 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (illegal deprivation of liberty committed by a group of persons by prior conspiracy, resulting in the death of a person through negligence), the department reports.

Patients who attempted to resist or demand their release were beaten by center staff. Physical and psychological pressure were used against those who attempted to resist or demanded their release, the press release states.