Viacheslav Makhmadiev
Viacheslav Makhmadiev, North Ossetia–Alania. Charges: Article 212 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in mass riots); “The case of Viacheslav Makhmadiev, Zaur Savlokhov, and Atsamaz Tsagaraev of the participation in mass riots in Vladikavkaz”. Sentence (February 20, 2022): 4 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony. Status: at large.
In brief
North Ossetia–Alania · Vladikavkaz · Students · Cases related to mass actions
Sentence
4 years
imprisonment in a general regime penal colony.
Upheld November 28, 2022
Charges
- Article 212 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in mass riots
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he participated in mass riots in Vladikavkaz on 20 April 2020.
Latest event
January 1, 2026 — imprisonment ends
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Persecution ends
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 4 years
· Preventive measure: ban on certain activities
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
· Persecution begins
The case of Viacheslav Makhmadiev, Zaur Savlokhov, and Atsamaz Tsagaraev of the participation in mass riots in Vladikavkaz
Criminal case
The case of Viacheslav Makhmadiev, Zaur Savlokhov, and Atsamaz Tsagaraev of the participation in mass riots in Vladikavkaz
Other defendants in the case
- Zaur Savlokhov — At large, 4 years
- Atsamaz Tsagaraev — At large, 4 years
Thematic group: Vladikavkaz case
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Vladikavkaz. An orphan. First-year student at the Gorsky Agrarian University. Studied in the speciality "Technology of agricultural production and processing".
On 29 April 2020, a measure of restraint was imposed on him in the form of a prohibition of certain actions in the scope of the case of mass riots due to the public assembly in Vladikavkaz on 20 April.
On 21 February 2022, Makhmadiev was found guilty of participating in mass riots and sentenced to four years in a general regime colony.
Presumably, he was released in January 2026.
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.