Tatarstan upheld the arrest of a paratrooper blogger from Dagestan previously convicted of discrediting the army

The Supreme Court of Tatarstan approved the decision to arrest until May 1 a native of Dagestan, the author of the YouTube channel “Wild Paratrooper” Askhabali Alibekov in the case of using violence against a police officer.

On February 20, about 15 security forces detained a former paratrooper and blogger in Kazan. He said that he came there to become an observer in the presidential elections. The police attacked him, pushed him to the ground and beat him in the body and face.

In November 2023, former serviceman 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.

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