Another native of Badakhshan has gone missing in Russia

Ruslan Pulodbekov, a close friend of Amriddin Alovatshoev, who was detained in Moscow for violating immigration laws, recently disappeared from a pre-trial detention center.

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Relatives of Pulodbekov told Radio Ozodi that Ruslan was held in one of the pre-trial detention centers in Moscow and disappeared on July 29. They believe that Ruslan was secretly transported to Tajikistan.

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Oraz and Ramzi Vazirbekov, activists from Badakhshan, went missing on July 29, 2022, at Domodedovo Airport. Later, in a video message, they stated that they voluntarily returned to Tajikistan to answer questions from law enforcement agencies.

Ruslan Pulodbekov is a native of the Roshtkala district of GBAO. According to his relatives, the authorities pursued him solely because he was a close friend of Amriddin Alovatshoev and always accompanied him as a bodyguard.

According to Ruslan’s relatives, he was not an activist and did not write about the unrest in Badakhshan, and even deleted his Facebook page.

The authorities of Tajikistan have not yet commented on the disappearance of Ruslan Pulodbekov. His whereabouts are unknown.

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Amriddin Alovatshoev was one of the informal leaders of the Pamiri youth. He was detained in Russia on January 11 and deported to Tajikistan. Until February 2, Tajik authorities denied his detention and deportation to Tajikistan. In late April, Alovatshoev was sentenced to 18 years in prison on five counts of the Criminal Code of Tajikistan.