Zelimkhan Tomov
- Criminal Code
- Article 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Cases related to mass actions
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (open prison colony)
- Sentence
- 1 year 5 months
- Date of verdict
- 2019-12-15
- Region
- Ingushetia
- City
- Magas
Case summary
On 9 April 2019, detained on suspicion of involvement in the attack on police officers during a rally against the transfer of land to Chechnya on 27 March in Magas. Sent to a pre-trial detention centre in Nalchik. The charge was reclassified from the use of dangerous violence to the use of non-dangerous violence. Pleaded guilty.
On 16 December he was sentenced to a year and five months in a penal colony. He was released on 29 December.
Others charged under Article 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
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