Ruslan Magomedragimov

Ruslan Magomedragimov (Russian: Руслан Магомедкасумович Магомедрагимов) was a Russian activist from Dagestan. He was involved with the movement "Sadval" (Unity), advocating for the autonomy or independence of the Lezgin people.^[1]

He was found dead on 24 March 2015 in Kaspiysk^[2] under suspicious circumstances, although the official investigation concluded he died from natural causes.

Sadval movement issued a statement in which its leader, Nazim Hajiyev, publicly stated that he was convinced that Magomedragimov had been killed due to his activism. (Hajiyev himself would be murdered a year later.)^[3][4]

In 2021, an investigation by Spiegel, Bellingcat and The Insider, suggested that Magomedragimov might have been the victim of the same FSB team that was involved in the poisoning of Alexei Navalny.^[5][4][6][7]