A Maykop court has arrested another teenager allegedly involved in the arson of cell phone equipment. Investigators allege that a group of young people, acting on instructions from an unidentified person, set fire to the cell phone station. Although it was not completely destroyed, it was at risk of being disabled.
The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced 37-year-old Crimean Tatar Ernes Seitosmanov to 18 years in prison. He was found guilty of organizing a branch of the Islamic party Hizb ut-Tahrir, recognized as terrorist in Russia, and preparing to seize power. Earlier, the case of participation in Hizb ut-Tahrir was initiated against his brother Enver. In 2019, he was sentenced to 17 years in prison. In 2016, their second cousin was sentenced to 5 years in prison.
Ernest Seitosmanov attended trials of Crimean Tatars in Crimea and Rostov-on-Don, helped the families of political prisoners, and took part in public initiatives. Lawyer Aleksey Ladin said that during the search Seitosmanov was planted with books of Hizb ut-Tahrir and that a secret witness in court read testimony from a sheet. Another witness for the prosecution spoke about threats of criminal prosecution from the security forces.