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The Industrial District Court of Izhevsk has sentenced Munir Isyangildin to four years and two months in a general-regime penal colony over the case concerning a public gathering in Baymak, a city in Bashkortostan. This was reported by his OVD-Info lawyer, Maksim Kuznetsov.

Three other defendants in the same case received identical sentences today, while a fifth person was sentenced to four and a half years of general regime. All of them were found guilty of participating in mass unrest (Part 2, Article 212 of the Criminal Code) and using non-life-threatening violence against a law enforcement officer (Part 1, Article 318 of the Criminal Code).

Isyangildin was sent to a pre-trial detention centre by the Kirovsky District Court of Ufa, the capital of Bashkortostan; at that time, he was charged only with the article on mass unrest. During the investigation, an additional charge under the second article was added: according to investigators, Isyangildin threw snow at a police officer, hitting their right arm.

  • In January 2024, Bashkir activist and former leader of the Bashkort movement Fail Alsynov was sentenced to four years in a penal colony for a speech at a public gathering. Prior to and on the day of sentencing, three large rallies were held in support of Alsynov: on 15 and 17 January in Baymak and on 19 January in Ufa.
  • After these rallies, mass detentions began. Initially, these were administrative cases, but later law enforcement launched a criminal case on mass unrest. More than 80 people have become defendants in the case. Some reported being subjected to violence. One defendant, Rifat Dautov, died after being detained-his family was not given a cause of death. Another participant, Minniyar Bayguzkarov, took their own life. OVD-Info is providing legal defence for 20 of the defendants in this case and is raising donations for them.