The defense will seek a suspended sentence for the Chechen athlete arrested for the video with Basayev's speech

With competent defense tactics, possibly with an admission of guilt and other actions, it is possible to achieve a suspended sentence for Ilyas Yakubov. This was announced by his lawyer Maxim Kalinov.

The day before, the Chertanovsky Court of Moscow arrested until December 11 mixed martial arts fighter, a native of the Chechen Shali, Ilyas Yakubov, accused of justifying terrorism. The athlete said that he does not consider himself guilty. According to the lawyer representing his interests, in this case it would be possible to apply another preventive measure that does not involve imprisonment.

The reason for the arrest of Ilyas Yakubov was his publication on social networks. In the video, the athlete is training, and in the background is a recording of the monologue of the Chechen field commander Shamil Basayev: “We have no other way, because our people can be defeated, but cannot be conquered.”