In Ingushetia, security forces search the houses of relatives of a wanted protest leader for the third time

In Ingushetia, security forces are conducting searches in the homes of relatives of Akhmed Pogorov, one of the leaders of the protests against the redistribution of borders with Chechnya. about this . The activist's nephew Rustam Pogorov told MBKh Media

According to him, in the morning masked people entered through the window into an empty house belonging to the sister of Akhmed Pogorov's wife. According to Fortang. ORG”, the security forces are also searching the place of her actual residence. The publication adds that the woman has a disability of the first group.

MBKh Media writes that another search is taking place in Nazran in a house where no one lives now. Fortanga ORG reports that security forces have cordoned off two streets in the city.

The authorities are searching the homes of Pogorov's relatives for at least the third time: at the end of April they came to his father, brother and nephew, and in June they again searched the homes of his father and two brothers.

A month ago, security officials explained the search as an attempt to locate the activist. Back in April, he was put on the federal wanted list. Pogorov's house Authorities have already searched at least five times.

• In September 2018, the authorities of Ingushetia and Chechnya signed an agreement to change the border between the republics, after which protests began in Ingushetia.
• On March 26, about 10,000 people came out to a rally in Magas. About two thousand protesters remained on the square all night. In the morning they began to be dispersed, as a result of which clashes broke out between the security forces and the protesters .
• The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case on incitement to mass riots (part 3 of article 212 of the Criminal Code) and the use of violence dangerous to life and health against law enforcement officers (part 2 of article 318 of the Criminal Code). It already has at least 31 defendants, at least 27 suspects and defendants are in custody.