Ruslan Magomedragimov (Russian: Руслан Магомедкасумович Магомедрагимов) was a Russian activist from Dagestan. He was involved with the movement "Sadval" (Unity), advocating for the autonomy or independence of the Lezgin people.[1]

He was found dead on 24 March 2015 in Kaspiysk[2] under suspicious circumstances, although the official investigation concluded he died from natural causes.

Sadval movement issued a statement in which its leader, Nazim Hajiyev, publicly stated that he was convinced that Magomedragimov had been killed due to his activism. (Hajiyev himself would be murdered a year later.)[3][4]

In 2021, an investigation by Spiegel, Bellingcat and The Insider, suggested that Magomedragimov might have been the victim of the same FSB team that was involved in the poisoning of Alexei Navalny.[5][4][6][7]

References

  1. ↑ "Руслан Магомедрагимов боролся за права жителей Самура и Дербента" [Ruslan Magomedragimov fought for the rights of residents of Samur and Derbent]. kavkaz-uzel.eu. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  2. ↑ "'Sadval' activist Ruslan Magomedragimov found dead in Dagestan". kavkaz-uzel.eu. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  3. ↑ "Leader Of Ethnic Lezgins Killed In Daghestan". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 21 March 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  4. 1 2 "Bellingcat связал сотрудников ФСБ, следивших за Навальным, со смертями еще трех политических активистов" [Bellingcat linked FSB officers monitoring Navalny with deaths of three more political activists]. BBC News Русская служба (in Russian). Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  5. ↑ "Navalny Poison Squad Implicated in Murders of Three Russian Activists". bellingcat. 27 January 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  6. ↑ "Navalny's Alleged FSB Poisoners Linked to Deaths of Journalists, Activists – Investigation". The Moscow Times. 27 January 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  7. ↑ "Poisonings of Activists in the North Caucasus: A Low Threshold for Chemical Weapons Use Inside Russia?". Jamestown. Retrieved 9 February 2021.


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