Two participants in a rally against the transfer of Ingush lands to Chechnya were sentenced to real terms

The Zheleznovodsk City Court of the Stavropol Territory sentenced two participants in a rally against new borders with Chechnya to real terms. this reports FortangaORG with reference to lawyers Kazim Atabiev and Magomed Aushev.

Aslan Aushev was sentenced to a year and eight months in a penal colony, Bagautdin Myakiev - to a year and 10 months. Both were found guilty of using violence against a government official (Part 1 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code).

in the “Ingush case” 14 people have already been convicted . The criminal prosecution began after the March protests in Magas over a new agreement with Chechnya, according to which part of the Ingush lands were transferred to the neighboring republic.

Security forces from other regions tried to disperse the protesters, but local residents threw stones and chairs at them. Dozens of people were arrested on charges of using violence against government officials.

In addition, the protest leaders were accused of organizing an extremist community.