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Alibekov Askhabali Amirovich

Date of birth: June 8, 1971 (55 years old)
citizenship: Россия
City of residence: Novorossiysk
Occupation: блогинг
Article of the Criminal Code:  286 ч. 3 para. «в» ; 280.3 ч. 1 ; 318 ч. 1
Form of repression:  no prosecution
Pursuit stage:  end of prosecution
Date of arrest:  January 1, 1
Sentence:  2 года лишения свободы в колонии строгого режима
Date of sentencing:  May 19, 2017 ; March 23, 2023 ; October 9, 2024
Current location:  not in custody
Date of release:  March 5, 2022 November 10, 2023 March 3, 2026
Lists of persecuted:  Archive

Alibekov Askhabali Amirovich, born June 8, 1971, resident of Novorossiysk, native of Dagestan, participant in the Second Chechen War, after which he served in various branches of the armed forces. He is also a video blogger.

On charges of committing a crime under Part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Public actions aimed at discrediting the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in order to protect the interests of the Russian Federation and its citizens, maintain international peace and security, including public calls to prevent the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation for these purposes, as well as aimed at discrediting the exercise by state bodies of the Russian Federation of their powers outside the territory of the Russian Federation for these purposes, committed by a person after he was brought to administrative responsibility for a similar act within one year", liable to up to 3 years of imprisonment), sentenced to 1 year and 2 months in a strict regime penal colony. The appellate court upheld the sentence. He was deprived of his liberty from September 7, 2022, and was released on November 10, 2023, after serving his sentence. On April 2, 2024, the Fourth Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction overturned the sentence and sent the case for a new trial.

On February 19, 2024, he was detained and arrested for 15 days in connection with an administrative offense case. He has been held in custody since March 4, 2024, on charges of committing a crime under Part 1 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Use of violence that is not dangerous to life or health, or the threat of violence against a government official or his relatives in connection with the performance of his official duties," liable to up to 5 years' imprisonment).