Artur Bugulov
Artur Bugulov, North Ossetia–Alania. Charges: Article 212 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in mass riots); “The case of Artur Bugulov, Aslan Gasiev, Magomed Kadyrov, David Okruashvili and Zaza Tsaritov on mass riots in Vladikavkaz”. Sentence (October 17, 2022): 5 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony. Status: at large.
In brief
North Ossetia–Alania · Vladikavkaz · Shop assistants · Cases related to mass actions
Sentence
5 years
imprisonment in a general regime penal colony
First instance, July 25, 2021: 5 years 3 months
Charges
- Article 212 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in mass riots
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he took part in mass riots in Vladikavkaz on 20 April 2020
Latest event
July 6, 2024 — imprisonment ends
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Persecution ends
· Cassation ruling
sentence changed · 5 years
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 5 years 3 months
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Persecution begins
The case of Artur Bugulov, Aslan Gasiev, Magomed Kadyrov, David Okruashvili and Zaza Tsaritov on mass riots in Vladikavkaz
Criminal case
The case of Artur Bugulov, Aslan Gasiev, Magomed Kadyrov, David Okruashvili and Zaza Tsaritov on mass riots in Vladikavkaz
Other defendants in the case
- Aslan Gasiev — At large, 4 years 7 months
- Magomed Kadyrov — At large, 5 years 3 months
- David Okruashvili — At large, 5 years
- Zaza Tsaritov — At large, 4 years 7 months
Thematic group: Vladikavkaz case
Details and sources
Full summary
Resident of Vladikavkaz, worked as a salesman at the Mario construction shop in Vladikavkaz and was unemployed in spring 2020. Detained on 28 April 20206 charged with hooliganism involving resistance to a representative of the authorities. He was sent to a pre-trial detention centre after 15 days of arrest in an administrative case, also because of the 20 April rally.
It was confirmed that Bugalov was infected with coronavirus. On 10 May 2020, he had high temperature at the hearing where the arrest petition was considered. According to Vladikavkaz activist Indira Gabolayeva, Bugulov lost 10 kilograms in the pre-trial detention centre.
At the trial, a video was shown of a man resembling Bugulov throwing stones at the police. According to Gabolayeva, Bugulov was accused of taking a swing at a policeman who hit him with a rubber stick. In the explanation Bugulov gave to the Centre E, he admitted that at first he tried to calm people who threw stones at the law enforcers who were pushing them, but then he was hit several times, and then, "giving in to a feeling of anger", he also threw a stone. Bugulov did not see where the stone hit.
Bugulov was later reclassified to participation in mass riots. On 26 July 2021, he was sentenced to five years and three months in a penal colony. On 18 October 2022, Court of Cassation reduced the sentence to five years.
Presumably, Bugulov was released in June 2024.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 212 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.