Those convicted in the Makhachkala airport riots received sentences under a new article.

A court in Georgievsk found Anvarbek Atayev and Rabadan Radzhabov guilty of violating transport safety regulations during the unrest at Uytash Airport and sentenced them to prison terms ranging from 8.5 to 10 years. They were previously convicted of mass riots and violence against a security officer.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," the decision of the Armavir City Court, announced in August 2024, was the first verdict for participants in the mass riots at Makhachkala Airport. Anvarbek Atayev, Islam Ibragimov, Magomed Omaraskhabov, and Salik Ramazanov each received six years and four months in prison, while Rabadan Radzhabov received nine years. In September 2025, the Fourth Cassation Court in Krasnodar reduced the sentences of three defendants in the criminal case related to the riots: Salikh Ramazanov, Magomed Omaraskhabov, and Rabadan Radzhabov. Their prison terms were reduced.

The Georgievsky City Court of the Stavropol Territory issued a verdict in a criminal case against two residents of Dagestan.

They were found guilty of failing to comply with transport safety requirements at transport infrastructure facilities and vehicles, if this act negligently resulted in major damage, committed by a group of persons by prior conspiracy (Part 3 of Article 263.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

During the consideration of the case, it was established that on October 29, 2023, Anvarbek Atayev and Rabadan Radzhabov, motivated by national and religious hatred and hostility toward Israeli citizens, and refusing to comply with the lawful demands of law enforcement officials, took part in mass riots at Uytash Airport, accompanied by violence and destruction of property.

The court, taking into account the position of the state prosecutor and the nature and degree of public danger of the crime committed, sentenced the defendants to 8 years, 6 months and 10 years of imprisonment, respectively, to be served in a general regime penal colony.

Previously, by a verdict of the Armavir City Court of Krasnodar Krai, the defendants were found guilty under Part 2 of Article 212 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (mass riots) and Part 1 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (use of violence against a government official). They were sentenced to imprisonment for terms ranging from 6 years, 4 months to 8 years, 6 months, to be served in a general regime penal colony, the department noted, without specifying whether the terms were combined. sentences.

Part 3 of Article 263.1 carries a penalty of up to seven years in prison.

According to the case file on the court's website, the sentence was handed down today by Judge Yulia Zhirenkina.

More than 130 people have already been convicted of participating in the mass riots at Makhachkala Airport, receiving prison terms ranging from 6.5 to 15 years. Among the most recently convicted is Dagestan resident Bakhtiyar Radzhabov, whose case was heard by the Georgievsk City Court; he was sentenced to seven years in prison. Radzhabov became at least the 136th person convicted for participating in the pogrom; investigators previously stated that the cases of 139 defendants (excluding three who are wanted) had been transferred to the courts.

Three suspected organizers of the pogrom—Ilya Ponomarev*, Abakar Abakarov, and Israil Akhmednabiyev (Abu Umar Sasitlinsky)—were wanted in connection with the riots at Makhachkala's Uytash Airport. According to the Investigative Committee, they published posts on Telegram that encouraged residents of Dagestan to participate in mass riots motivated by hatred toward Israel. In July 2025, the cases of all three were submitted to the Supreme Court of Dagestan for trial in absentia. Participants in the riots that took place in 2023 at Makhachkala's Uytash airport tried to disarm security forces and threw stones at them, according to witness testimony read out in court in November 2025. Abakarov was killed in Turkey in October 2025, after which the court sent a request to Turkey to confirm the fact of his death.

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