The Military Court of Cassation has denied the defense of abducted Nalchik resident Kazbek Yemkuzhev's appeal. It concerned the decision of the Nalchik Garrison Military Court, which dismissed his complaint regarding the inaction of the investigation. The lawyers were challenging the refusal to initiate criminal proceedings against security forces for Yemkuzhev's kidnapping.

Earlier, the accused's father, Aslan Yemkuzhev, recorded a video message addressed to the head of the Investigative Committee and the Prosecutor General, in which he described the circumstances of his son's abduction. According to him, 19-year-old Kazbek was forcibly seized near his home, subjected to electric shock, and then brought before an investigator. He was accused of participating in a terrorist organization. The trial, which began in January 2025, was repeatedly postponed. According to the father, prosecution witnesses gave contradictory testimony and alleged pressure.

In addition to Emkuzhev, the case, opened in April 2024, also includes Mansur Kamolov, Aslan Makoyev, Ibragim Albogachiyev, Mukhamed Shomakhov, Tamirlan Chipchikov, Ratmir Murachayev, and Temirkan Balkarov. According to investigators, all three are linked by living in the same neighborhood and frequenting the same computer club. It is alleged that Chipchikov and Kamolov, who adhere to the ideology of the Islamic State (an organization banned in Russia), organized a terrorist group to carry out attacks on security forces and government facilities. Chipchikov and Murachayev were killed during a "counterterrorism operation," the circumstances of which were never investigated.