The chairman of the organization “Azerbaijan-Ural” Shahin Shykhlinski was declared wanted. The complaint against the arrest of his son Mutvala Shykhlinski was rejected.
As “Caucasian Knot wrote, the head of the organization “Azerbaijan-Ural” Shahin Shykhlinski (also referred to in the media as Shikhlinsky and Shykhlinsky, – note of “Caucasian Knot”) was detained by security forces in Yekaterinburg on the evening of July 1. According to his son, he was taken away for questioning to the Investigative Committee as a witness. At night, the security forces released the detainee, having questioned him in the Safarov case. On July 16, the court arrested Shahin Shykhlinski’s son on charges of violence against a security officer: on the day of Shykhlinski Sr.’s arrest, his son Mutvali Shykhlinski was driving a Gelenvagen and hit one of the special forces soldiers. Mutvali himself denies the charges.
Today, the Sverdlovsk Regional Court rejected the appeal against the detention of the lawyer and son of the head of the Azerbaijani diaspora in Yekaterinburg, Mutvala Shykhlinski. The ruling of the Leninsky District Court, according to which Shykhlinsky will remain in custody until September 14, remains in force, the united press service of the regional courts reported.
“Shykhlinsky and his lawyer appealed the ruling of the court of first instance. Having reviewed the case materials and heard the opinions of the parties, the Sverdlovsk Regional Court left the ruling of the Leninsky District Court of Yekaterinburg unchanged. M. Shykhlinsky will remain in custody until September 14, 2025,” the report quoted by TASS says.
The hearing was held behind closed doors under the chairmanship of Judge Olga Koshubina. Mutvala Shykhlinsky participated in the hearing remotely – via video link from the pretrial detention center, lawyer Pavel Korobov told RBK.
.
Mutvala Shykhlinsky is accused of using violence against a government official. The criminal case was initiated following an incident near the Baku Plaza shopping center in Yekaterinburg, when security forces detained the head of the local Azerbaijani diaspora, Shahin Shykhlinski, but later released him as a witness in the 2001-2011 murder case. The investigation believes that Mutvali Shykhlinski, who was driving a Mercedes during the operational activities, tried to escape from FSB officers and hit one of them with the door of his car.
Russia: Arrest of son of head of Azerbaijani diaspora in Yekaterinburg upheld
