Criminal lawyer Maxim Kalinov said mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Ilyas Yakubov faces real punishment for legitimizing terrorism “Match TV”.
“It’s bad because he was arrested. In practice, if the preventive measure of detention is chosen, the sentence will most likely be of real duration. Maybe you can try to get the sentence postponed by admitting your crime and other actions,” Kalinov said.
The reason for the arrest was the video recordings that Yakubov published on his social networks in October. One of the videos superimposed quotes from the terrorist Shamil Basayev, who was behind major terrorist attacks on Russian territory. Yakubov later deleted the video.
Yakubov had eight fights in various promotions from 2016 to 2020. In February 2022, Yakubov defeated Roman Karasev in the MMA Series-49 tournament. WITH
Former American football player arrested and was sent to a mental hospital.