Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.[KavkazUzel] Detained in Ukraine, a native of Dagestan, Imangazali Magomedov, asked to be deported to a third country, considering it unsafe to return to Russia.
The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on March 29 it became known that a court in the Sumy region of Ukraine extended 43-year-old Imangazali Magomedov's stay in the deportation center for six months. Magomedov decided to appeal this decision.
Imangazali Magomedov crossed the border with Ukraine in the summer of 2022 to escape from administrative supervision in Russia and was detained by Ukrainian border guards. According to him, he twice applied for asylum in Ukraine, but the migration service refused to consider his applications. Magomedov explained the decision to leave Russia by the pressure of the security official, who demanded to cooperate and "inform on Muslims", threatening to "imprison" otherwise.
Imangazali Magomedov is seeking deportation not to Russia, but to another country that is safe for him, said Valery Yakovenko, program coordinator for the Just Cause human rights association from Odessa.
The human rights activist explained that the migration service of Ukraine refused to accept Magomedov's documents, referring to his Russian citizenship, and the court approved this decision.
"The court refers to far-fetched arguments, in particular, that Magomedov did not personally file a complaint. But he could not do this, since he is under arrest in a deportation center," Kavkaz.Realii quoted Yakovenko today as saying.
In connection with the threat of returning to Russia, Magomedov wrote an application for deportation to a third country, where he can apply for refugee status, the human rights activist noted.
“Considering that in the country of my nationality there is a threat for me to become a victim of persecution on the grounds of race, religion and political opinion, the existence of an established fact by the decision of the European Court of Human Rights of the use of torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading acts against me by the authorities of the Russian Federation types of treatment, I cannot return to the Russian Federation or enjoy the protection of the country of my nationality," Magomedov said in a statement.
Recall that on June 2, 2014, the security forces detained Magomedov in the Kizlyar district after searches in his house and the house of his mother. During the searches, according to the investigation, a pistol and cartridges were found in Magomedov's car. The defendant's lawyer stated that her client was beaten .
In March 2015, the Kizlyar District Court sentenced Imangazali Magomedov to seven years in prison, finding him guilty of aiding militants and illegal possession of drugs and weapons. The convict himself pleaded guilty only to illegal possession of weapons. His defense appealed the verdict, but the Supreme Court of Dagestan upheld the verdict.
In October 2022, the ECtHR recognized that Imangazali Magomedov suffered from torture by the security forces, and decided to pay him compensation of 33.8 thousand euros.
On September 16, 2022, Russia ceased to be a party to  the European Convention on Human Rights. However, the ECtHR stated that it retains competence to consider applications directed against the Russian Federation, provided that they took place before that day. Earlier, on March 16, 2022, it became known that due to Russia's withdrawal from the Council of Europe, the ECtHR suspended consideration of complaints from Russia. At the same time, cases that were received from Russians at the ECHR before March 16, 2022, should be considered, and decisions made before that date should be executed, analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" pointed out.