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Zaur Ismailov
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MMA fighter, resident of Moscow. In December 2025, he was detained in a case of desecration of a monument because of a video of a training session at the monument to MES veterans near the Slavyansky Boulevard metro station. On one of the figures of the monument he practised exercises with a sports harness and simulated blows to the body. Ismailov was detained after his video was circulated by whistleblower, right-wing blogger Vladislav Pozdnyakov, as well as pro-war and pro-government bloggers. On 8 December, the fighter was taken into custody.
On 17 March 2026, the court sentenced Ismailov to one and
MMA fighter, resident of Moscow. In December 2025, he was detained in a case of desecration of a monument because of a video of a training session at the monument to MES veterans near the Slavyansky Boulevard metro station. On one of the figures of the monument he practised exercises with a sports harness and simulated blows to the body. Ismailov was detained after his video was circulated by whistleblower, right-wing blogger Vladislav Pozdnyakov, as well as pro-war and pro-government bloggers. On 8 December, the fighter was taken into custody.
On 17 March 2026, the court sentenced Ismailov to one and a half years of forced labour.
Ismailov has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.