18:15, 16 March 2026

The defense is seeking legal action from the Prosecutor General's Office to obtain information about Khalilov's detention in the UAE.

Lawyers for Andzor Khalilov, a developer from Kabardino-Balkaria, filed a motion in court to obtain information from the Prosecutor General's Office stating that Khalilov was detained there for two months following his extradition from the UAE. Confirming this will help prove Khalilov's unlawful prosecution for terrorist financing.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot," the charges against Andzor Khalilov, a developer from Kabardino-Balkaria, who was arrested after being deported to Russia from the UAE, are based on the testimony of a witness named Kardanov, whom the defendant himself claims is fictitious. Another defendant in the case of collecting money for militants also denies the charges. At a hearing in the Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria to consider the defense's appeal against the decision to arrest Andzor Khalilov, the developer, who is currently in pretrial detention, stated that he "did not hide or run away." The defense believes that the case under the article on financing terrorism should be dismissed.

At the end of December 2025, security forces reported the deportation to Russia of a man accused in Kabardino-Balkaria of fraud amounting to 21 million rubles and aiding terrorist activity. According to security officials, in 2018, he transferred money to a member of an international terrorist organization, and in 2023-2024, he embezzled money from Nalchik residents through fictitious property trust agreements. The accused then fled Russia; in January 2025, he was placed on the international wanted list, and in March, he was detained in the UAE.

On March 10, the Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria held another hearing in the case of developer Anzor Khalilov.

Lawyer Vyacheslav Blazhko said that at the last hearing, the defense filed a motion to obtain information from the Prosecutor General's Office stating that Khalilov was detained there for two months in connection with his extradition from the UAE. The defense argues that these two months should be included in the period of detention. The investigation does not have such information. The investigation has requested this information from the Prosecutor General's Office, but has not yet received a response.

"However, the defense has received two documents from our Arab colleagues. This is the decision of the UAE Minister of Justice to extradite Khalilov, as well as a certificate of the period of his detention in the UAE for more than two months," he told a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

The lawyer expressed hope that, with the help of the court, the defense will obtain objective information from the Prosecutor General's Office about the reasons and duration of Khalilov's detention.

"We will insist that this period be included in the period of detention," said Vyacheslav Blazhko.

He emphasized that this is a good start for the future, as the defense intends to prove that the limits of Khalilov's criminal liability are established by Clause 15 of the agreement between Russia and the UAE.

Andzor Khalilov, still from a video message to Kazbek Kokov. andzor_khalilov / Instagram

A developer from Nalchik denies accusations of aiding militants from the Caucasus Emirate*

"This means that the citizen was requested for extradition to the Russian Federation for committing a specific crime – the illegal raising of funds from equity holders – and he cannot be charged or convicted of any other crimes. Regarding the charge of financing terrorism, which is being handled by the UFSB for the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, in accordance with the guarantees provided by the agreement between the Russian Federation, represented by the Prosecutor General's Office, and the UAE, not to prosecute him in any other cases, the case in this part should be dismissed,” the lawyer stated.

Article 15 of the Treaty between the Russian Federation and the United Arab Emirates on Extradition (signed in Abu Dhabi on November 25, 2014) is called the "Rule of Specificity."

According to this clause, a person extradited in accordance with the Treaty may not be detained, subjected to criminal proceedings or punishment in the territory of the Requesting Party, or extradited to a third state for a crime, committed prior to his extradition, which does not constitute the crime for which this person was extradited.

The defense, according to him, is waiting for the Prosecutor General's Office to respond.

Andzor Khalilov is known as one of the largest developers in Kabardino-Balkaria. In the summer of 2024, his wife was among the parents of graduates from a Nalchik school who didn't get up from their seats during the playing of the Russian anthem at their graduation. Then, security forces drew up administrative protocols against nine people, at least eight of whom were fined three thousand rubles each.

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A secret witness under the fictitious name "Kardanov" is testifying against Khalilov.

Khalilov is currently being held in the Nalchik pretrial detention center.

Translated automatically via Google translate from https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/421654