Ullubiy Khanmurzaev has been placed under house arrest.

The Kirovsky District Court of Makhachkala has changed the preventive measure for Ullubiy Khanmurzaev, the former head of Dagestan's Buinaksk District, accused of fraud, and placed him under house arrest.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," at the end of January, the Kirovsky District Court of Makhachkala remanded Ullubiy Khanmurzaev, the former head of Dagestan's Buinaksk District, into custody for two months on suspicion of fraud.

Today, a hearing was held in Makhachkala's Kirovsky District Court to extend the pretrial detention of Ullubiy Khanmurzaev, the former head of the Buinaksk District, Interfax reported, citing Shamil Khadulaev, Chairman of the Public Monitoring Commission of Dagestan.

"The judge, apparently taking into account his achievements (Khanmurzaev is a member of the Special Military Unit), as well as the fact that he has four children, two of whom are minors, dependent on him, changed the measure of restraint, placing Khanmurzaev under house arrest," Khadulaev wrote on his Telegram channel.

As a reminder, Ullubiy Khanmurzaev is a former investigator for the Investigative Committee of Russia. He was appointed acting head of the Buinaksk District Administration in January 2023. In the lead-up to the district head elections, district council members reported pressure. On July 5, 2023, Khanmurzaev was elected head of the municipality, with all 36 deputies participating in the session supporting his candidacy.

There are allegations that Ullubiy Khanmurzaev was a protégé of the influential former Secretary of State Magomed-Sultan Magomedov, and that after law enforcement officials raised questions about him, actions were taken against the district head, political scientist Albert Esedov previously told the "Caucasian Knot." As a reminder, on June 25, 2025, security forces detained Magomed-Sultan Magomedov, and on July 1, it was announced that he had been dismissed from his post as Secretary of State. The FSB has voiced its suspicions about Magomedov's involvement in the theft of the largest federal oil transshipment complex in the North Caucasus, Dagnefteprodukt, from the state. While serving as Secretary of State, Magomedov was not an active public figure, but he used his position to form a powerful group within the republic, according to local analysts.