Atsamaz Tsagaraev
Atsamaz Tsagaraev, 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' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony. Status: at large.
In brief
North Ossetia–Alania · Vladikavkaz · Students · Cases related to mass actions
Sentence
4 years
deprivation of liberty 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 took part in mass riots in Vladikavkaz on 20 April 2020
Latest event
December 1, 2025 — 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: pre-trial detention
· 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
- Viacheslav Makhmadiev — At large, 4 years
- Zaur Savlokhov — At large, 4 years
Thematic group: Vladikavkaz case
Details and sources
Full summary
A first-year college student. At the end of April 2020, he was taken into custody as part of a case of mass riots in connection with a popular gathering in Vladikavkaz on 20 April, but on 22 May he had his preventive measure mitigated by imposing a ban on certain actions.
On 21 February 2022, he was found guilty of participation in mass riots and sentenced to four years in a general regime colony. Presumably, he was released in December 2025.
Other people prosecuted under Article 212 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.