The court arrested the chairman of the Council of Teips of Ingushetia in the case of violence against security forces

The Nalchik city court of Kabardino-Balkaria arrested the chairman of the council of teips of Ingushetia, Malsag Uzhakhov, for two months in a case of violence against security officials. about this with reference to the lawyer Dzhabrail Kuriev. writes Mediazona

Uzhakhov is suspected of organizing the use of violence against government officials (part 3 of article 33 of the Criminal Code, part 2 of article 318 of the Criminal Code) during an uncoordinated rally on March 27 in Magas.

According to Kuriev, the case file contained copies of certificates from the Center "E" for the North Caucasian Federal District, which lacked dates, signatures, and seals. The documents concerned that Uzhakhov might try to evade the investigation. “Not a single specific action [of the suspect] has been shown in court, everything is conjectural in nature, based on speculation and conjecture,” the lawyer quoted the publication as saying.

Kuriev added that Uzhakhov suffers from diabetes, his thyroid gland has been removed, and he also has a disability due to cardiovascular diseases. The court refused to take into account Uzhakhov's state of health.

On 09/24/2019, Malsag Uzhakhov’s arrest was extended until December 25. This was reported by the Human Rights Center "Memorial".

According to Uzhakhov’s lawyer Dzhabrail Kuriev, “the investigation submitted to the court the same documents that were presented at the time the preventive measure was chosen and when the preventive measure was extended on June 6,” which contradicts the recommendations of the Supreme Court: to provide new data on the need to extend the preventive measure.

“While he was being transported from the pre-trial detention center in Vladikavkaz to Yessentuki, he was twice depressurized, stopped on the way, he felt sick. Malsag's condition is poor. The pressure was high for the meeting even though he took a pill. When the court retired to the deliberation room, his pressure was 180. They were already thinking of giving an injection to bring down the pressure. Blood sugar is 2-3 times higher than normal, ”the lawyer also noted.

• On April 19, armed men detained the chairman of the council of teips of Ingushetia, Malsag Uzhakhov, and took him away in an unknown direction. He was taken to the temporary detention facility in Nalchik.
• At the end of March, protests were held in Ingushetia against the redistribution of borders with Chechnya, the protesters demanded the resignation of the head of the republic, Yunus-Bek Yevkurov. On March 27, clashes broke out between protesters and security forces. After that, a criminal case was initiated on violence against representatives of the authorities and on calls for mass riots. 13 people were sent to the pre-trial detention center in this case, including the leaders of the protest.
• Malsag Uzhakhov is a witness in a criminal case on the use of violence against government officials (part 2 of article 318 of the Criminal Code). He has already been summoned several times for interrogation to the Investigative Committee as a witness.
• On April 18, the Magas District Court fined Uzhakhov 20,000 rubles for a protest action against the redistribution of borders with Chechnya, which took place in June 2018. He was found guilty of organizing an event without filing a notification (part 2 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). According to his son, the court had previously fined Uzhakhov for this action, but the Supreme Court of Ingushetia reversed this decision.
• On April 3, the court fined Uzhakhov 150,000 rubles on charges of repeatedly violating the procedure for holding a public event due to the protests that took place in March 2019.