The lawyer of the Agora International Human Rights Group Ramil Akhmetgaliev, who presents the interests of the World Congress of the Ingush people, received a message with threats before the meeting of the Constitutional Court in St. Petersburg on the new border between Ingushetia and Chechnya. The screenshot of the message was published in the telegram channel of the head of the Agora Pavel Chikov.
In the Telegram message from the user with a random set of letters, the name of Akhmetgaliev, information about his family, as well as a future trip to St. Petersburg, during which you still get sick and the temperature will rise. "
Akhmetgaliev’s lawyer reported the Federal Chamber of Lawyers and the Secretariat of the Constitutional Court. The meeting should take place tomorrow at 10 a.m.
Later, the representative of the Agora Dmitry Kolbasin told Mediazone that activists in Ingushetia also complain about pressure: people with the status of an individual entrepreneur are checking the prosecutor's office, the Ministry of Justice and the tax service.
In October, the Constitutional Court of Ingushetia canceled the law and the agreement on establishing the border between Ingushetia and Chechnya and demanded that the referendum on the issue of changing the border. The head of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov refused to recognize this decision and asked to verify the law and agreement in the Constitutional Court of Russia. In addition to the heads of the republics and their representatives, the World Congress of the Ingush people was invited to him, whose interests are represented by lawyer Akhmetgaliev.
The head of the Constitutional Court of Ingushetia Ayup Gagiev refused to participate in a meeting of the Constitutional Court of Russia, since the decisions of the constitutional courts of the constituent entities of the Federation are required for all state authorities, are subject to strict execution and cannot be revised.
Later, the Federal Chamber of Lawyers promised to take all the necessary measures to ensure the security of Akhmetgaliev, writes the "Lawyer Gazeta".
Updated at 11:23 added information about pressure on Ingush activists.
Updated at 14:20. Added information from the Federal Chamber of Lawyers.
