October 20, 2026, 1:43 PMRSSRU

Salavat Elkibayev

ImprisonedChecked October 18, 2026

Salavat Elkibayev, born 1990, Orenburg Oblast. Charges: Article 212 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of mass riots); Article 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Use of non-dangerous violence against a government official); “The case of the Baymak mass riot organisers”. Status: imprisoned.

In brief

Orenburg Oblast, Bashkortostan · Orenburg, Ufa · Entrepreneurs · Cases related to mass actions

Sentence

No information about a verdict.

Preventive measure: pre-trial detention since July 10, 2025

Charges

Full wording of the charges

The investigation considers him to be one of the coordinators of the rioters.

Latest event

January 27, 2024 — persecution begins

The case of the Baymak mass riot organisers

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Timeline

  1. · Persecution begins

    The case of the Baymak mass riot organisers

  2. · Preventive measure: pre-trial detention

    Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan

Criminal case

The case of the Baymak mass riot organisers

Case number
2-21/2025

Other defendants in the case

Thematic group: Baymak case

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Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)

460000, Оренбургская область, г. Оренбург, ул. Набережная, 7, ФКУ СИЗО-1 УФСИН России по Оренбургской области, Елкибаев Салават Мухаметович, 1990 г.р.

Address checked October 18, 2026

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

Resident of Bashkortostan. On January 18, 2024, the day after a public gathering in Baymak in support of activist Fail Alsynov, who was sentenced to four years in prison, Elkibayev was arrested for ten days under the administrative article on disobedience to the lawful order of a police officer (part 1 of article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). In the early morning on January 27, he was taken from the special reception centre in Beloretsk and taken to Ufa for questioning as a witness in a criminal case on mass riots, initiated in connection with that public gathering. Later, his wife was informed that Elkibayev was viewed as a suspect. He was placed in custody. In September 2024, he was charged with organising mass riots and using violence against an official representative of the state.

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Citizenship
Russia

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