A Russian court sentenced 5 more individuals to prison on Wednesday over their involvement in mass demonstrations in the republic of Bashkortostan last year.Nearly 80 individuals have been convicted or arecurrentlyfacingtrialfor protestsin the town of Baymak in January 2024 against the jailing ofFail Alsynov, a popular regional activist.
Those chargedincludeindividuals with serious health conditions, single parents and entire families.The Leninsky District Court in the Orenburg area city of Orsk, which borders Bashkortostan, discovered 5 ethnic Bashkirs guilty of mass unrest and violence against law enforcement officers.Each offender was sentenced to 5 years in a medium-security chastening nest.
The verdict goes through appeal.The exiled news outlet Mediazona determined the offenders as Aitugan Abdullin, Denis Ikbayev, Murat Bikbulatov, Ilmir Ryskulov and Aibulat Nigamatov.At leasttwopeoplewho dealt with prosecution in connection to the Baymak demonstrations died under uncertain circumstances last February.Bashkir activists and family members of those jailed have actually introduced crowdfunding campaigns to cover legal charges and support families left without primary earners.
Numerous households, however, have prevented talking to the press, fearing that promotion could bring more consequences.