A Buinaksk resident received a suspended sentence for displaying extremist symbols.

A court in Buinaksk sentenced a local resident to a suspended sentence for displaying symbols of the banned extremist movement AUE* on social media.

The man was charged with publicly displaying symbols of an extremist organization (Part 1 of Article 282.4 of the Russian Criminal Code, which carries a sentence of up to four years' imprisonment or forced labor). In September 2025, he was brought to administrative responsibility for the same offense (Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation).

According to the prosecution, from 2013 to 2017, the man published images and "text symbols" of the Prisoner's Criminal Unity* (AUE*) movement on his Odnoklassniki and VKontakte social media pages. The movement has been deemed extremist and banned in the Russian Federation by the Supreme Court.

"From October to November 2025, having been subjected to administrative punishment, the man again publicly displayed AUE* symbols on his page on another social network, knowing that access to the posted information was not restricted," the United Press Service of the Courts of Dagestan stated in a statement.

In court, the accused admitted his guilt. He also stated that he was born in Buinaksk and has a general secondary education, according to a record published by the press service. Taking into account his partial admission of guilt and remorse, the court sentenced the man to one year and nine months probation with a probationary period of two years.

As of 1:16 a.m. Moscow time on March 12, the public criminal case file of the Buinaksk City Court does not contain a suitable criminal case file for which a verdict was rendered in 2026. However, the administrative case file contains a single ruling under the relevant article, issued in September.

According to this document, Magomedtagir Kambulatov was then fined one thousand rubles for publishing AUE* symbols on Odnoklassniki, where he used the nickname "*v drebezgi." During the administrative hearing, Kambulatov also admitted guilt and expressed regret and remorse, promising that "this will not happen again," according to the ruling on the court's website.

Magomedtagir Kambulatov was born in 1992 in Buynaksk. His details were added to the Rosfinmonitoring register of terrorists and extremists on February 11. As of February 12, Kambulatov's criminal case file was available on the court's website, stating that the materials were received by the court on February 5.

"Caucasian Knot" also reported that the Abinsky District Court of Krasnodar Krai imposed a fine of 1,000 rubles on local resident Ivan Kazhan for displaying extremist symbols. This case marked the first known punishment in Russia for content on the state-run messenger Max. According to the court, Kazhan posted symbols of AUE* (the court ruling used the abbreviation "Arestantskoye Urkaganskoye Edinstvo"*).

* The organization has been designated as extremist and its activities have been banned in Russia by the court.

** Meta (which owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp) is banned in Russia.