Another participant in the rally against changes in the borders of Ingushetia was arrested

Civil activist Zaurbek Dzaurov was detained on March 7 in connection with his participation in a rally against changing the borders of Ingushetia. This is reported by the telegram channel FortangaORG.

According to the channel, Dzaurov was on the federal wanted list, he is accused of using dangerous violence against government officials (part 2 of article 318 of the Criminal Code).

19:55 Zaurbek Dzaurov was detained in Nazran and immediately placed in the Nalchik pre-trial detention center, said . his lawyer Hussein Guliyev

9th of March. Zaurbek Dzaurov, who was detained on Saturday in the Nalchik city court, was given a preventive measure in the form of arrest for two months, reports with reference to lawyer Hussein Guliyev. Fortanga

Dzaurov's lawyer plans to file an appeal.

The news has been supplemented, the title has been changed after the information from the lawyer of the detainee appeared

• The courts have already issued 22 sentences to protesters against the transfer of part of the Ingush lands to Chechnya. The most severe sentence for the person involved in the "Ingush case" as of March 5 is one year and 11 months in a colony-settlement.
• In addition to Zaurbek Dzaurov, one of the leaders of the protest and ex-Minister of Internal Affairs of Ingushetia Akhmed Pogorov is on the federal wanted list.
• 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 life-threatening and health-threatening violence against law enforcement officers (part 2 of article 318 of the Criminal Code) immediately after the March protests in Magas in 2019. In it, according to the Human Rights Center "Memorial", about 40 defendants, at least 29 defendants are in custody.