“If I disappear, then they killed me.” There is no news about the Russian activist
December 10Russian activist and punk musician in Aykhal Ammosov The Yakut shaman who shared his photo on “Instagram” and was admitted to a psychiatric clinic free called to be done. Shaman the president Vladimir Putinwas widely covered in the press protest was punished for holding the protest.
Ammosov, whose real name is Igor Ivanov, three days after the posting in Yakutsk court he had to face. Against him Russia He was accused of “disregarding” his army. Up to five years imprisonment could be punished.
However, 30-year-old Ammosov did not appear in court. Friends and colleagues say he was scheduled to appear in court on December 13, but then disappeared.
“Yes, he would come to court. I asked him back in the fall if he wanted to leave the country. He refused. Many people advised him to run away. He refused every time. He said that I am not a coward and I will go to the end. He wrote that he was not afraid of arrest.” – Ammosov’s friend, social activist Kyundel Ottuyev Azadlig Radio “Siberia. Realii” service.
Ammosov’s friends say they are worried about his safety. According to them, shortly before Ammosov’s disappearance, in December 10A day after the last “Instagram” post he shared on social he said that he could disappear in the media.
“As for old Aykhala’s latest threats, I don’t know at all… Maybe they killed her already, or kept her in a cellar torture they give – says Ottuyev.
Since Putin invaded Ukraine in February, hundreds of thousands of Russians have both political he left the country due to the increasingly repressive atmosphere, as well as to avoid being drafted into the army.
However, Ottuyev says that it is unlikely that Ammosov will leave the country.
“His self social wrote in the media that if I disappear, then they have killed me.” – says Ottuyev.
To be held on December 13 with the participation of Ammosov court The hearing was opened against him in August crime it was related to his work. Ammosov is accused of trying to raise a banner in Yakutsk with the inscription “Yakut punk against the war”.
President According to the decree signed by Putin shortly after the attack on Ukraine, Ammosov “Russia up to three years for public actions aimed at discrediting the army imprisonment can be punished.
Ammosov, the leader of the punk band Crispy Newspaper, was previously charged with hooliganism twice for anti-war graffiti. In an interview with “Sibir.Realii” in May, he said that he was kept in solitary confinement for five days after his arrest, and was threatened with electric shocks and firearms.
“They tried to break me psychologically”, – he said.
Ammosov told “Sibir.Realii” that since the beginning of Russia’s attack on Ukraine, he has resolutely continued anti-war protests.
“I even quit my job to fight against the war… They searched for me for almost two months. Every night I stayed in different places and hid,” – he said.
Ammosov in his guerrilla actions against the war Ukraine As a sign of solidarity with Kyiv, he lit a candle in front of the monument, which commemorates Kyiv as the “Heroic City”, and held a picket by raising a coffin and a placard with the inscription “The Bridegroom has arrived”.
“The scary thing is that these cases against me are being used to silence everyone who is in favor of peace. They catch people like me, and everyone in Yakutsk starts to get scared. We are far from Moscow and St. Petersburg. There is no protection here… In general, there are no human rights defenders,” – Ammosov said.