Former head of the Azerbaijani diaspora in the Urals, Shahin Shikhlinski, has been sentenced to 9 years in prison for using violence against a public official, while his son Mutvali Shikhlinski has been sentenced to 8 years, APA’s Russia bureau reports.
The decision was issued by the Kirovsky District Court of Yekaterinburg.
In June of last year, Russian law enforcement agencies carried out an operation against Azerbaijanis in Yekaterinburg. Force was used during the operation, and as a result, two Azerbaijani brothers, Ziyaddin and Huseyn Safarov, were killed. Other members of the Safarov family, along with several compatriots, were arrested by court order. They were charged with crimes allegedly committed in 2001, 2010, and 2011.
Later, the head of the Azerbaijani diaspora in Yekaterinburg, Shahin Shikhlinkski, and his son Mutvali Shikhlinkski were detained. On July 1, near “Baku Plaza,” Federal Security Service (FSB) operatives—wearing uniforms and driving vehicles without any identification marks—attacked the car of Shahin Shikhlinkski, which was being driven by his son. At that moment, Mutvali Shikhlinkski lost control and hit an FSB officer with the car. In court, he stated that he regretted what happened and that the incident was not intentional.
On the same day they were detained, Shahin and Mutvali Shikhlinkski were released. Some time later, a criminal case was opened against them under the charge of using violence against a government official. Initially, Mutvali was detained, and later, Shahin Shikhlinkski was arrested on charges of contract murder and attempted contract murder.
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