In Ingushetia, FSB officers detained a participant in protests against the revision of borders with Chechnya

In the village of Kantyshevo (Ingushetia), FSB officers detained and took away in an unknown direction Ibragim Dugiev, who took part in a rally against the revision of borders with Chechnya. “Caucasus” writes about this. Realities" with reference to one of the leaders of the Ingush protest, Akhmet Pogorov.

About ten FSB officers came to the young man’s house at 6 a.m. to search. The security forces broke the windows and doors of the house, although, according to the detainee’s mother, they were asked not to do this and warned that they would open the door themselves. During the search, all phones and computers in the house were confiscated. The street where the Dugievs live was blocked on both sides by armored vehicles.

As Pogorov told the publication, the day before his arrest, Dugiev was at the Investigative Committee: “Ibragim’s brother works in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He saw it in photographs from the rally and yesterday he took it himself and took it to the Investigative Committee to make sure that there were no complaints against him. And there were no complaints."

The detainee’s mother, Ferdos Dugiyeva, clarified that she was shown documents that said “seizure of a television company” and “overthrow of the government.” “I caught a glimpse, I can’t say for sure, but there was something there. And the investigator told me: “We are not accusing him of this, but we came here on these issues. And that all this is connected with Ibrahim’s participation in the rally,” she said.

“According to yet unconfirmed information, Ibrahim was taken to Nalchik. We are now looking into this issue and have involved lawyers. But in general, all his rights were violated. He has the right to a call, to a defender,” Pogorov noted.

In the press service of the ICR department for Ingushetia “Caucasus. Realii reported that they have no information about Ibragim Dugiev or his detention.

UPD 19:30 Memorial Human Rights Center reports that Dugiev is suspected of committing crimes under

Articles 212 of the Criminal Code (mass riots) and 318 of the Criminal Code (use of violence against a representative of the authorities). The man was placed in a temporary detention center in Nalchik.

• On April 6, a court in Nalchik placed in pre-trial detention eight activists suspected of violence against law enforcement officers and calls for mass unrest. On April 8, another participant in the rally was detained .
• On March 26, in Magas, local residents held a coordinated rally against the redistribution of borders with Chechnya; its participants demanded the resignation of the head of the republic, Yunus-Bek Yevkurov. After the official end of the action, as the Caucasian Knot reported , about two thousand protesters remained in the square all night. On the morning of March 27, security forces began to disperse the protesters, and clashes broke out .