The Essentuki city court extended until December 25 the arrest of the chairman of the Ingush Committee of National Unity Musa Malsagov and the chairman of the public movement "Support of Ingushetia" Barakh Chemurziev. They are accused of organizing violence against police officers (part 3 of article 33, part 2 of article 318 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) during a rally on March 27 in Magas. This is reported on the website of the human rights center "Memorial".

The prosecution believes that the accused can interfere with the investigation, as well as hide. However, the investigator did not provide real evidence of his fears.

Memorial recognized Musa Malsagov and Barakh Chemurziev, as well as four other leaders of the Ingush opposition, as political prisoners.
In April 2019, three leaders of the protest against the transfer of part of the land of Ingushetia to Chechnya, Musa Malsagov, Barakh Chemurziev and Akhmet Barakhoev, were charged with criminal proceedings and placed under arrest.
At the end of March 2019, 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. between the protesters and the security forces On March 27, clashes broke out , following which a criminal case was opened on violence against government officials and calls for mass riots.

The court extended the arrest of protest leaders in Ingushetia Malsagov and Chemurziev until December 25