A paratrooper blogger from Dagestan convicted of “discrediting” the army was beaten in Kazan

At the station in Kazan, blogger Askhabali Alibekov, known as the “Wild Paratrooper,” was beaten. He said that he came to become an observer in the presidential elections. He was attacked by 15 people, knocked to the ground and beaten on his body and face.

According to the blogger, something similar to a syringe was injected into his back, after which he became dizzy and had a visible bruise.

Now a report on disobedience to the police has been drawn up against Alibekov, and the blogger faces administrative arrest. The court arrested him for 15 days. The man was taken from court to the hospital, after which, apparently, they are going to take him to a local special detention center.

In November 2023, a former serviceman and native of Dagestan, Askhabali Alibekov, was released from a colony in the Krasnodar Territory. Since September 2022, he has been imprisoned in a criminal case for “discrediting” the Russian army.

According to the lawyer, Alibekov wanted to save his son from death in the war with Ukraine. The man advocated peace after the start of the “SVO”. In 2018, he served in the Black Sea Fleet and called for a boycott of the Russian presidential elections.

Human rights project “Support for political prisoners. Memorial recognized Askhabali Alibekov as a political prisoner. In custody, he was beaten by the staff of the pre-trial detention center, as reported by his wife.

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