The decree signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin that same day regarding the change of leadership in Dagestan was published on the Kremlin website. Head of the republic, Sergei Melikov, has resigned, and Fyodor Shchukin has been appointed acting head.
A Moscow court has arrested 23-year-old Timur Bazhaev until September 26. A criminal case has been opened against the son of Chechen billionaire Musa Bazhaev under the article on the use of violence against a government official.
According to the official version, Timur Bazhaev started a fight with the police in response to a search. The incident took place on the evening of July 27 in Moscow, near the Luzhniki stadium. The young man, violating public order, got into a conflict with a police officer and hit him when he wanted to go to the Lastochka restaurant, the investigation said.
Timur Bazhaev himself said in court that a Moscow Interior Ministry colonel attacked him first. He asked the police officers how to get to a closed restaurant, and in response he heard swearing and insults. According to Bazhaev, the security officer attacked first, and he had to fight back.
58-year-old Musa Bazhaev said earlier that he does not intend to “fight particularly hard” and if his son is guilty and “he is involved somewhere, he will answer.”