The arrested Moscow lawyer Timur Idalov, a native of Chechnya, may have connections with terrorist groups and ethnic organized crime groups. Such conclusions are contained in the materials of the criminal case from the FSB and the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Earlier, Idalov was charged under Part 1 of Art. 318 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (threat of violence against a representative of authority).

Contesting the measure of restraint in the form of arrest, the defense referred to the unsubstantiated suspicions. Lawyers called the initiation of a criminal case revenge on the accused, who is acting as a defense counsel in a number of high-profile criminal cases.

Earlier, Idalov said that the charges against him were fabricated by the FSB with the help of the investigating authorities. According to the Main Investigative Committee of the ICR, threats against the state prosecutor with the phrase “What are you, Commissioner Cattani? So he was shot,” Idalov said at a meeting of the Nikulinsky District Court in October 2022. The criminal case against the lawyer was initiated after the appeal of the judge presiding at that meeting.

Timur Idalov collaborated with the For Human Rights project and specialized in cases involving those accused of terrorism.