Security forces demanded supervision of Askhabali Alibekov.

The Adygea District Court has received a lawsuit from security officials demanding administrative supervision of Dagestani native Askhabali Alibekov following his release from prison. The blogger risks restrictions on travel and attendance at public events.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," on October 9, 2024, a Kazan court sentenced Novorossiysk blogger and Dagestani native Askhabali Alibekov to two years and four months in prison. The Supreme Court of Tatarstan reduced the sentence by four months, and the convicted person decided not to file an appeal.

The prosecutor's office has filed a request to place Askhabali Alibekov under supervision, the public organization "United Trade Union of the OPZ" reported on its Telegram channel on January 30. The information about this request was confirmed to a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent on January 31 by the convicted man's wife, Patimat Alibekova.

She explained that the Teuchezh District Court of Adygea received a claim for administrative supervision of Askhabali Alibekov after his release from prison. "The trial will take place on February 3." "I don't know the prosecutor's justification for their demands, but my husband had already been placed under administrative supervision after his previous imprisonment," Alibekov's wife noted.

She noted that she last spoke to her husband on the phone in January and saw him in October 2025. According to her, Alibekov has no conflicts with the prison administration or other inmates. She also said that her husband is in good health, except for "stomach problems."

His letters either don't arrive at all or arrive late.

"The only problem is the letters. While mine somehow get through, his letters either don't arrive at all or arrive late, sometimes as long as two months," she said.

The judge determines the terms of supervision

The court decides on an "individual basis" what administrative supervision measures to apply to a person released from the penal colony, lawyer Felix Vertegel told a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. "Here, it's up to the court to determine what measures it will prescribe and what it won't. All of this is regulated by Federal Law No. 64-FZ of April 6, 2011, 'On Administrative Supervision of Persons Released from Places of Deprivation of Liberty,'" he explained.

The objectives of supervision, according to this law, are to prevent those released from committing crimes or offenses and to "provide individual preventive measures" to protect "state and public interests," the lawyer noted.

"Moreover, supervision is established if a person with an unexpunged or unexpunged criminal record was recognized as a malicious violator of the established procedure for serving a sentence during the period of serving a sentence or committed two or more administrative offenses within a year against the order of management or infringing on public order and public safety, public health, and public morality," Vertegel explained.

The lawyer listed possible restrictions for Supervised persons

According to him, restrictions may be imposed on supervised persons, such as prohibitions on staying in certain places, attending mass events (including sports and cultural events), being outside their place of residence at certain times of day, and traveling outside the territory established by the court. All supervised persons are required to report to the internal affairs agency for registration one to four times a month.

Supervision is established for a period of one to three years, but may be extended by the court for up to six months if the supervised person commits two or more administrative offenses within a year that infringe on public order, public health, or public morality. Supervision may also be terminated early, but only after at least half of the assigned supervision period has expired, Felix Vertegel explained.

At the same time, he explained, the person under supervision has the right to petition the court for early termination of supervision or partial lifting of restrictions, appeal relevant court decisions, and petition the internal affairs agency for permission to stay outside their place of residence or to travel briefly beyond the court-established limits due to exceptional personal circumstances. Such circumstances may include the death or life-threatening illness of a close relative, medical treatment, natural disasters, training, job interviews, or reporting to the employment service, the lawyer listed.

As a reminder, in May 2022, Askhabali Alibekov was found guilty of an administrative offense for discrediting the military. Another protocol against Alibekov under this article was filed with the court on June 8, 2022. The court again found him guilty of discrediting the army and fined him 50,000 rubles.

In February 2024, security forces detained Alibekov at the Kazan train station, removing him from a train. According to the police, they asked Alibekov to go to the police station to file a report on discrediting the army, but he refused. According to the blogger, they immediately began beating him. That same day, the court remanded Askhabali Alibekov in custody for 15 days, finding him guilty of disobeying security forces. The blogger was taken from the courthouse to the hospital, and during the hearing, an ambulance was called for a suspected concussion.

The incident at the train station led to criminal prosecution of Alibekov on charges of assaulting a police officer.