Ramazan Rabadanov

Affiliated media: Sports commentator, Blogger

Incident date: November 8, 2024

Attack type:

• Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Mediazona

Location: Russia, Republic of Dagestan, Makhachkala

Additional information:

The Leninsky District Court of Makhachkala sent sports commentator and blogger Ramazan Rabadanov under arrest in a case of illegal possession of ammunition (Article 222 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). According to the investigation, he was detained on November 7 with a hand grenade in his pocket. Rabadanov claimed through human rights activists that the grenade was planted on him. On November 21, 2024, Ramazan Rabadanov’s lawyer Omar Khulatayev said that his client was beaten during the detention. He said this at a session of the Supreme Court of Dagestan, which left Rabadanov in pre-trial detention until the seventh of January 2025, the Dagestani media outlet Chernovik reported. «Rabadanov told me that he was pressurised and had physical force and threats used against him. They put a gun to him to make him the password to his phone. By force, they put his finger on the phone to unlock it. His kidneys were beaten off, he has a black eye, his teeth are loose, and he has