Rifat Dautov

According to OVD-Info

Resident of Bashkortostan. On January 18, 2024, he was put on the wanted list as part of the case of mass disorder in connection with the mass gathering on 17 January in Baymak in support of activist Fail Alsynov, who was sentenced to four years. On January 25, one of the police officers, who are victims in this case, identified Dautov from a photograph as the one who attacked him during the rally. Meanwhile, Dautov's sister claims that he was not in Baymak on January 17. On January 25, Dautov was detained. The next day it became known that Dautov had died. Telegram channels close to the authorities of Bashkortostan began to spread information that the cause of death was poisoning with surrogate alcohol. Relatives claim that Dautov had not been drinking in the days preceding his arrest. However, the official expert examination first stated that alcohol was not found in Dautov's blood, then that it was. Myocardial infarction was named as the official cause of Dautov's death. At the request of the family, an independent expert examination was conducted, the author of which concluded that death was caused by profuse internal blood loss due to the beatings that took place between Dautov's detention in the village of Novye Chebenki and him being delivered to the police station in Baymak.

On June 24, 2024, the Investigative Committee refused to open a case in connection with Dautov's death.