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Khetag Samov

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

Khetag Samov, born 1997, North Ossetia–Alania. Charges: Article 212 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in mass riots); “The case of Arsen Brikhov, Artur Javadyan, Khetag Samov, Atsamaz Tebloev and Georgi Khugaev on mass riots in Vladikavkaz”. Sentence (June 6, 2022): A sentence of 5 years in a general-regime penal colony. Status: at large.

In brief

North Ossetia–Alania · Vladikavkaz · Cases related to mass actions

Sentence

5 years

A sentence of 5 years in a general-regime penal colony.

Sentence changed June 6, 2022

First instance, July 27, 2021: 5 years 3 months

Charges

Full wording of the charges

According to the investigation, he participated in mass riots in Vladikavkaz on 20 April 2020

Latest event

June 12, 2024 — imprisonment ends

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Timeline

  1. · Imprisonment ends

  2. · Persecution ends

  3. · Cassation ruling

    sentence changed · 5 years

  4. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict · 5 years 3 months

  5. · Preventive measure: pre-trial detention

  6. · Persecution begins

    The case of Arsen Brikhov, Artur Javadyan, Khetag Samov, Atsamaz Tebloev and Georgi Khugaev on mass riots in Vladikavkaz

Criminal case

The case of Arsen Brikhov, Artur Javadyan, Khetag Samov, Atsamaz Tebloev and Georgi Khugaev on mass riots in Vladikavkaz

Case number
1-485/2015

Other defendants in the case

Thematic group: Vladikavkaz case

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

He was sentenced to five years and three months in prison for his involvement in mass riots during a public gathering in Vladikavkaz on 20 April 2020. A court of cassation later reduced the sentence to five years. He was presumably released in June 2024.

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Citizenship
Russia

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