The court extended the arrest of seven defendants in the “Ingush case”

The Kislovodsk city court extended the arrest of seven defendants in the "Ingush case" for 6 months. This was announced by the lawyer of the defendants Bilan Dzugaev.

The arrest was extended for the leaders of the Ingush protest movement, whose case will be considered by the court on November 24: Akhmet Barakhoev, Musa Malsagov, Ismail Nalgiev, Zarifa Sautieva, Malsag Uzhakhov, Bagaudin Khautiev and Barakh Chemurziev. They are charged under articles on organizing dangerous violence against government officials (part 2 of article 318 with the application of part 3 of article 33 of the Criminal Code), on organizing an extremist community (part 1 of article 282.1 of the Criminal Code) and participating in such a community (part 2 article 282.1 of the Criminal Code). Uzhakhov is also accused under the article on the creation of an NPO, whose activities induce citizens to illegal actions (part 2 of article 239 of the Criminal Code), and Barakhoev is accused of participating in such an NPO (part 3 of article 239 of the Criminal Code).

The term of arrest is counted from November 9, when the case went to court.

• 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, 2019, about 10 thousand people came to the 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 .
• According to the Memorial human rights center, as of October 2020, 45 people were brought to justice in the wake of the rally in Magas, and criminal prosecution against 3 of them was discontinued. 29 defendants in the "Ingush case" were sentenced to terms ranging from eight months to a year and eleven months in prison.