Fraud allegations have become the basis for the prosecution of Dzhamilya Garunova.

Her ex-husband insists he gave Jamila Garunova 3.5 million rubles for business development; she claims he opened cards in her name but withdrew the money himself. Garunova's prosecution for fraud has been initiated in Khasavyurt due to her ex-husband's close ties to security forces in the city. Her defense will seek to have her released under house arrest.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot," pregnant Jamila Garunova has been held in a Khasavyurt pretrial detention center for four months. The prosecution was initiated after Jamila left her husband, who regularly beat her, noted the head of the Public Monitoring Commission of Dagestan. The prosecutor's office and the human rights ombudsman must ensure that Jamila Garunova's rights are respected, social media users indicated.

The persecution of Garunova was retaliation for her departure

The head of the Public Monitoring Commission of Dagestan, Shamil Khadulaev, along with Jamila Garunova's current husband and her lawyer, visited her in the Khasavyurt pretrial detention center on June 17. According to Khadulaev, the woman needs medical attention and moral support.

"She is currently in a difficult situation, of course. Firstly, she is already six months pregnant. But she apparently received medical care, and the Federal Penitentiary Service is grateful for that. Secondly, her detention itself was under a trumped-up pretext. The criminal case was opened last year. She was under house arrest. In April, she needed to see a doctor at the clinic, and she notified the Federal Penitentiary Service. But the investigator said she violated the rules of house arrest and placed her in a pretrial detention center," Khadulaev told a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

According to him, a case was opened against Garunova in Khasavyurt, although no crime took place in that city. The case was opened "at the initiative of her ex-husband in retaliation for her leaving and her unwillingness to tolerate his abuse any longer." He said the photos of the beatings were two years old. "But she didn't dare file a police report against him back then," Khadulaev explained.

In 2025, she married another man. But her ex-husband didn't leave her alone and began harassing her, including by initiating a criminal case, Khadulaev said.

Today, Shamil Khadulaev published details of Garunova's persecution on his Telegram channel. According to Jamila, her ex-husband has strong ties to law enforcement agencies in Khasavyurt, and she has information about who he paid and how much for this case. According to Jamila, during their marriage, her husband broke and smashed everything at home, and then gave her money to restore it. He opened bank cards in her name and withdrew funds from them himself, and after the divorce, he presented her with this same money—which led to the initiation of a criminal case for fraud.

The defense hopes for a mitigation of the preventive measure

Garunova's lawyer Ruslan Suleimanov reported that a criminal case was opened against her in August 2025 under Part 4 of Article 159.

"She does not admit guilt and is generally perplexed. Her ex-husband, having found witnesses, claims that he allegedly gave her more than three million to develop her business. But she has not seen this money. The trial will take place on June 29th." "The court is considering extending her pretrial detention. We hope that we can transfer her back to house arrest," he told a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

Her ex-husband even took her into the woods and threatened her with a gun. And going to the police didn't work.

Muhammad, Jamila Garunova's current husband, claims that Jamila's criminal prosecution is a continuation of her ex-husband's harassment after she refused to live with him in 2024.

"She said that she married him a second time and literally immediately started beating her. She said that as a result, all her teeth were dentures. Of course, I had questions about what her relatives were thinking. Jamila said they were intimidated. Her ex-husband even took her into the woods and threatened her with a gun. "And going to the police didn't work out. Her ex-husband has everything under control in Khasavyurt," he told a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

According to Muhammad, Jamila never lived in Khasavyurt, and the case was opened at her ex-husband's place of residence.

"He says he gave her 3.5 million rubles. He has all his own witnesses: his sister, his niece, and the employees who work for him. In fact, at first, when she left and he wanted to accuse her of taking money from him, they refused because he called her his wife. But when he started saying she wasn't his wife at all and that he was giving her money to develop her business, they came to his aid. We've been married since August 2025, and a criminal case was immediately opened. At first, she was under house arrest, and she was summoned from Makhachkala to Khasavyurt for questioning. But as soon as she went to the clinic, as she was pregnant (she's now six months pregnant), the investigator immediately requested pretrial detention. "We're completely shocked, because this is killing our child," Mukhammad said.

Charges of theft or fraud are typical in situations where a woman tries to leave her husband's or parents' family.

Activist Svetlana Anokhina noted that charges of fraud or theft often arise in situations where a woman tries to leave her husband's or parents' family.

It's unclear why a pregnant woman is being held in a pretrial detention center. What danger could she pose, and why is this all happening in Khasavyurt?

"A woman who resists, who leaves, often gets a criminal case opened, or at least a complaint about it, to bring her back. But this person apparently has more serious intentions. He wants her imprisoned. It's unclear why a pregnant woman is being held in a pretrial detention center. What danger could she pose, and why is this all happening in Khasavyurt? The defense must work hard to get her released under house arrest," Anokhina told a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

Shamil Khadulaev previously compared Garunova's persecution to the case of Anastasia Goysan, who was held in a Makhachkala pretrial detention center for over six months on charges of embezzlement. The Moscow resident succeeded in having her case transferred to the capital for trial. In April 2025, Anastasia Goysan, then being held in a pretrial detention center in Makhachkala, went on a hunger strike. She justified her protest by citing the fact that, for nine months, investigators had failed to provide her with the date they claimed she was in Makhachkala in 2021 and took money from the victim, Aliyev. She was released from custody on April 10. The investigator again filed a motion for Goysan's arrest in Dagestan, but the Makhachkala court dismissed the case on May 27.