Baybulatov Ural Shamilovich

On June 3, 2025, a criminal case was opened in Ufa against a 35-year-old blogger and environmental activist who advocated for the protection of the Kryktytau ridge from the construction of a mining and processing plant there, Ural Baybulatov." FSB officers came to him with a search on June 5 and seized equipment. Also on this day, searches were conducted at the home of another Kryktytau defender Ildar Khabirov in Magnitogorsk and in several settlements of the Abzelilovsky district. All defendants were released the same day, handing them "warnings about the inadmissibility of extremist activity. Baybulatova was accused of publicly disseminating knowingly false information about circumstances posing a threat to the life and safety of citizens, as part of a group of individuals acting by prior agreement. According to the security forces' version, on April 22, 2025, Baybulatov published a post in his Telegram channel in which he spoke out against geological exploration work on the Kryktytau ridge." "He claimed that "nuclear waste was buried" in the forests near the ridge, and near the village of Iskak "there is a concreted cattle cemetery with anthrax. The investigation considered this information to be knowingly false. Law enforcement officers claim that with this video, Baybulatov "misled the population, which led to a significant increase in social tension and the activation of protest activity." "On June 6, 2025, the Sovetsky District Court of Ufa chose a measure of restraint for Ural Baybulatov in the form of a ban on certain actions - he was prohibited from leaving his apartment at night and communicating with other defendants in the case.