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Wild Arman has been sentenced for the events that took place in January.

The court has issued a verdict for Arman Dzhumageldiev, also known as Wild Arman, in connection with the events of January 2022, reports Tengrinews.kz.
Дикий Арман получил приговор за события, произошедшие в январе.

The court has issued a verdict for Arman Dzhumageldiev, known as Wild Arman, regarding the events of January 2022, as reported by Tengrinews.kz.

All court hearings and the verdict were conducted in a closed session without press access.

The verdict was scheduled for 10 AM on January 27. Media representatives were allowed to observe the courtroom proceedings online.


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By the court's decision, Dzhumageldiev was found guilty of creating and leading an organized criminal group, banditry, organizing mass riots, kidnapping, and unlawful deprivation of liberty. The court sentenced Wild Arman to 20 years of imprisonment.

Previously, videos of the closed trial of Arman Dzhumageldiev, known as Wild Arman, surfaced on YouTube, prompting a response from the General Prosecutor's Office.

It is worth noting that in February 2024, it was reported that members of Wild Arman's organized crime group were detained in Almaty and Shymkent.

In September 2023, we reported that investigators had submitted the case of criminal authority Arman Dzhumageldiev, known as Wild Arman, and Almaty city maslikhat deputy Kairat Kudaybergen to the court. They were suspected of organizing and participating in mass riots during the January 2022 events in Almaty. Additionally, 40 other individuals also faced trial.

The former deputy of the VII convocation of the Almaty city maslikhat, Kairat Kudaybergen, was detained on April 22, 2022. Since that day, he has been in custody. Wild Arman was arrested three months earlier, on January 7.

The preliminary investigation established that Kudaybergen, along with Dzhumageldiev, organized a gathering of people at the Almaty hotel "Kazakhstan."

The Supreme Court responded to why Wild Arman is being tried longer than the organizers of the January events.

According to the investigation, Kudaybergen called for unity around Dzhumageldiev, urging support for him and the presentation of unified demands to the authorities, and also divided people into cells of 10 individuals, instructing them to wear white armbands as a distinguishing mark of their group.