Arashukov's relatives were denied their request to transfer him to another prison colony.

Relatives of Rauf Arashukov, who was sentenced to life imprisonment, were denied a request to transfer him from the Orenburg region to a penal colony in Mordovia. The former senator's defense disagreed with this decision.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," in October 2024, it became known that the former senator from Karachay-Cherkessia Rauf Arashukov was accused of transferring three million rubles to employees of the "Black Dolphin" penal colony in the Orenburg region in exchange for creating favorable conditions for serving his sentence. On January 13, the court found Arashukov guilty of attempting to bribe a penal colony employee and ordered him to pay a fine of 120 million rubles. The court also sentenced the former senator, who had been sentenced to life imprisonment, to an additional 10 years.

Rauf Arashukov's transfer to a prison colony in Mordovia was denied, Dmitry Trubnikov, the convict's lawyer, told the TASS news agency.

"We received a refusal. Next, we'll go to court. The deadline for appealing the decision is three months," the agency quoted him as saying today.

In March, Trubnikov reported that Arashukov's relatives had filed a petition for his transfer to a prison colony in Mordovia to allow for personal visits with his family.

"Relatives have now written. The closest to them is Mordovia, Correctional Colony No. 6, where his father [was serving his sentence]," the agency quoted the lawyer as saying on March 18. Trubnikov then clarified that a response should arrive within a month, according to the publication.

As a reminder, in October 2024, Rauf Arashukov also demanded to be transferred to a penal colony in Mordovia, claiming that the "Black Dolphin" was being subjected to torture and provocation there. Following his complaint, the prosecutor's office conducted an inspection of the penal colony and stated that it found no violations.

11:54 07.09.2025

Rauf Arashukov Faced refusals to send to the SVO

The former senator from Karachay-Cherkessia unsuccessfully attempted several times to secure a contract with the Ministry of Defense for deployment to the military operation zone. His lawyer attributed the refusals to Arashukov's life sentence.

Then, in October 2024, a request for help addressed to Ramzan Kadyrov was published on Rauf Arashukov's social media page. This appeal is prompted by a desire to gain support and achieve a mitigated sentence, analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" explained.

Previously, Caucasus scholars indicated that people occupying a position significantly higher than Ramzan Kadyrov, with whom Rauf Arashukov was friends, were behind the collapse of the Arashukov clan. The Arashukov clan arose as part of a special services project, and its downfall was solely due to criminal prosecution, they believe.

You can read about the murders Rauf Arashukov is accused of organizing in the "Caucasian Knot" report "High-profile Murders in Karachay-Cherkessia". What is known about the Arashukov clan is described in the "Caucasian Knot" report "The Main Thing About the Arashukov Case".