The Ministry of Internal Affairs has asked the court to revoke compensation for Khalit Mustafayev's relatives.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Stavropol Territory has appealed a court decision awarding 3.8 million rubles to the family of Khalit Mustafayev, who was killed by a security officer during a chase in 2020.
As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," in March, the Predgorny Court awarded 3.8 million rubles in compensation to Khalit Mustafayev's parents and brother. The man's parents were awarded 1.5 million rubles each, and his brother received 800,000.
In July 2025, the Predgorny District Court of Stavropol dismissed the criminal prosecution of a police officer who had returned from the SVO zone for abuse of power. The father of Khalit Mustafayev, whom a security officer shot during a chase, called the decision unfair. The father stated that he intends to seek reopening of the case against the security officer, who escaped prosecution by going to the front, in higher courts. He is convinced that the dismissal of the case includes a corrupt element.
In his appeal to the court, the Ministry of Internal Affairs requests that the compensation decision be overturned and the claims dismissed. The department found that the court failed to evaluate the evidence in the case in its entirety and unreasonably rejected the evidence presented by the defendant, as reported today on its Telegram channel "Team Against Torture"*.
As a reminder, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs department in Lermontov apologized for the death of Khalit Mustafayev. A case of abuse of power was opened against the security officer, but the case was suspended because the accused was sent to the special military unit. The apology for the death of Stavropol resident Khalit Mustafayev during a chase is four years overdue, his father noted. He demands that the police officers be held accountable, one of whom went on a military operation, while the other is only a witness in the case.
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