A participant in protests in Ingushetia was sentenced to one and a half years in prison. He's already served his time

At a debate in the Zheleznovodsk city court, the prosecutor asked to sentence Ingush activist Bagaudin Myakiev to a year and seven months in prison in the case of using violence against the National Guard at a rally against changing the border with Chechnya in March 2019. about this with reference to his lawyer Magomed Aushev . writes Fortanga

Myakiev was detained in April 2019. In February 2020, he was sentenced to a year and ten months in a colony-settlement. He was found guilty under the article on the use of violence against a representative of the authorities (part 1 of article 318 of the Criminal Code). In April, the court of appeal toughened the punishment by replacing the colony-settlement with a general regime colony. Shortly before that, he was released on bail, but after the trial he was detained, accused of escaping, and sent to an isolation ward.

Myakiev was released on 27 August. On January 19, 2022, the Court of Cassation overturned the verdict and sent the case back for a new trial. The term requested by the prosecutor is less than that which Myakiev has already spent in custody. The lawyer stressed that if the court passes a sentence with a shorter term, the oppositionist will receive compensation for the moral damage caused.

In July 2019, Myakiev's defense complained that he had been beaten in a pre-trial detention center. against him A criminal case was opened for damage to the property of the pre-trial detention center, but the investigation was suspended, as they allegedly could not establish the whereabouts of the suspect. In March 2021, it became known that the case was reopened.

20:42 The Zheleznovodsk city court sentenced Bagaudin Myakiev to a year and six months in prison. He was found guilty of using violence that is not dangerous to life and health against the employees of the National Guard. Information about this appeared in the telegram channel of the team of the liquidated Memorial Human Rights Center.

The verdict does not provide for the detention of Myakiev, since he was previously convicted in this case for a longer period. Now the activist can claim compensation for the moral damage caused.

On October 28, the Stavropol Regional Court on appeal approved a year and six months in prison for Bagaudin Myakiev, the Kavkazsky Knot writes , citing Magomed Aushev, the man's lawyer.

Title changed due to information about the verdict

• 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 11, 2021, 52 people were prosecuted in connection with the 2019 rally in Magas, and prosecution against three of them was stopped. On December 15, seven people whom the investigation considers to be leaders of the protest were sentenced to terms ranging from seven and a half to nine years in prison.