The brother of 65-year-old resident of the Bashkortostan city of Meleuz Miniyar Bayguskarov, Salavat Bayguskarov, in a conversation with Mediazona, confirmed that shortly before his death, security forces beat him, demanding to testify in the “Baymak case.”
Information about the death of Miniyar Bayguskarov appeared on February 15 in mutual aid chats created by relatives of the detainees. On the same day, two sources of the Aspects publication said that the man left a suicide note, the contents of which remained unknown. The next day, the same publication, citing an unnamed relative of Baiguskarov, reported that the pensioner was allegedly “brought up” during a conversation with the police. After this, at night he visited his father’s house in his native village, and upon returning to Meleuz at dawn he committed suicide.
In a conversation with Mediazona, Salavat Bayguskarov confirmed that his brother Miniyar committed suicide due to pressure from the security forces. “They beat him, beat him, beat him, took him to Ufa. They beat him and extracted his testimony. Was there? Was. Did you participate? Participated. 65 years old, and they beat him like that,” he said.
76 prisoners of Baymak. Who was arrested in the largest case of protests in Bashkortostan
On January 17, 2024, the Baimaksky district court sentenced oppositionist Fail to four years in prison Alsynov. Thousands of people from all over Bashkortostan gathered in front of the court to support Alsynov, but they were dispersed by security forces. In response, protesters threw snowballs and sticks. Within a few hours, the Investigative Committee reported on the initiation of a criminal case under the article on mass riots. The exact number of defendants in the “Baymak case” and their names are unknown. Detentions of suspects in Bashkortostan continued until the end of April.
“Mediazona” has established the names of 77 people, arrested in the “Baymak case”, studied their biographies and the circumstances of their detention. To do this, the editors used information from the websites of the courts of Bashkortostan and from chats of support groups in telegram.
Now in Orsk, Orenburg region, the trial of Ilshat Ulyabayev, the first of the accused whose case went to trial, is beginning. This is so far the only person involved in the case of protests in Baymak, who is charged with Part 2 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code (use of life-threatening violence against a government official). He admitted that he kicked the policeman in the head. The cases of several other defendants have also been transferred from Bashkortostan to the courts of other regions — they will be tried in Tolyatti and Izhevsk.