The criminal prosecution of Erziman Bayramov has been terminated.

The criminal case against Dagestani MMA fighter Erziman Bayramov, who was attacked by a supporter of the "Russian Community" in Murino for praying namaz on the street, has been dropped.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot," Dagestani MMA fighter Erziman Bayramov was charged with hooliganism after a conflict with a passerby in the city of Murino in the Leningrad Region. The incident began with a reprimand directed at Bayramov for praying namaz on the street. On October 3, police detained Bayramov, despite the fact that the passerby who reprimanded him and called the "Russian Community" refused to file a complaint. Lawyers have secured Bayramov's release. A supporter of the "Russian Community," who started the conflict and was the victim in the hooliganism case, has since dropped his claims against the Dagestani native and apologized to him, a source reported.

Dagestan's Minister of Nationalities, Temirlan Abutalimov, announced today that law enforcement had dropped the case against Bayramov. "The decision to initiate criminal proceedings has been overturned," the official wrote on his official Telegram channel, thanking Erziman Bayramov's lawyers for their work on his legal defense.

Abutalimov also thanked his colleagues from the Dagestan representative office in St. Petersburg for their involvement in Bayramov's case, and the law enforcement agencies for "their objective decision."

"I want to emphasize that everyone is equal before the law. The Ministry of National Policy and Religious Affairs of Dagestan, represented by me, is always ready to support our fellow countrymen and provide them with all necessary assistance," the minister concluded.

The "Russian Community," which published several posts on its Telegram channel in early October accusing and insulting Bayramov, did not comment on the dismissal of the criminal case against the fighter.

The "Caucasian Knot" also reported that in March, Dagestan resident Malik Ashrafov complained to Putin about the "Russian Community" following the conflict in St. Petersburg. At the time, representatives of the "Russian Community" explained the conflict as "harassment of a girl," although Ashrafov, who worked as a security guard at the store, offered a different version: according to him, an intoxicated customer began insulting him based on his ethnicity after he remarked that bags should be left in the storage locker upon entering the sales area.