The court dismissed Gubarev's case against the Akhmat special forces.

Moscow's Tagansky Court found no evidence of discrediting the Russian National Guard or the Akhmat special forces in the publications of Pavel Gubarev, the former "people's governor" of the Donetsk region.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," in February it became known that an administrative protocol had been drawn up against Pavel Gubarev, the former "people's governor" of the Donetsk region, for discrediting the Russian army. On March 12, in an interview, Gubarev stated that the denunciation against him had been filed by Apti Alaudinov, the head of the Akhmat special forces. 1

Moscow's Tagansky Court today dismissed proceedings in Pavel Gubarev's administrative case for discrediting the army, finding no evidence of an offense, the "Word to Defense" project reported on its Telegram channel.

Lawyer Daniil Berman, representing Gubarev, noted that the case materials do not clarify the status of either Alaudinov or the Akhmat unit, nor their connection to the Armed Forces. The court ordered a psychological and linguistic examination in the case.

At the hearing today, Daniil Berman stated that his client is completely innocent and that his actions do not constitute a violation, as confirmed by the results of the forensic examination. The court accepted the defense's arguments and dismissed the case, the publication states.

An additional linguistic examination revealed that Gubarev's posts contained no signs of discrediting the Russian National Guard troops, including the Akhmat unit, even though the administrative protocol specifically charged Gubarev with posts about the Akhmat unit, the Telegram channel "Ostorozhno Novosti" reported today, citing its correspondent in the Tagansky Court.

At the hearing, it was revealed that certain "ill-wishers" had filed a denunciation against Gubarev. Gubarev himself was not present at the hearing, the publication notes.

As a reminder, in November 2025, Alaudinov declared that some Z-bloggers were conspiratorial enemies of Russia or unknowingly served its interests by criticizing Akhmat. He promised to destroy such Z-bloggers "legally through criminal prosecution" if they did not apologize.

On the same day, a court in Gelendzhik fined Oksana Kobeleva, the author of the Telegram channel "Security in a Vatnik," 30,000 rubles for publishing questions to Apti Alaudinov, although she later deleted the post and repented for the material.