The court in Stavropol extended the arrest of the defendant in the “Ingush case” for another three months

The Stavropol Territory until September 25 extended the arrest of the person involved in the "Ingush case" Akhmed Pogorov. This is reported by the republican media "Fortanga".

The prosecution did not motivate the need to extend the arrest, only stated that Pogorov could hide or influence other defendants in the case, lawyer Magomed Gagiev noted. The court ignored the arguments of the defense that the accused had coronary heart disease.

Pogorov was arrested in February 2021 and charged with organizing the use of violence against government officials, dangerous to life and health (part 2 of article 318 of the Criminal Code with the application of part 3 of article 33 of the Criminal Code), as well as participation in the activities of an extremist community (part 2 article 282.1 of the Criminal Code). The criminal case was initiated after protests against the transfer of land from Ingushetia to Chechnya, which took place on March 26-27, 2019.

• According to the Memorial Human Rights Center, 52 people were prosecuted in connection with the 2019 rally in Magas, and three of them were not prosecuted. On December 15, 2021, seven people whom the investigation considers the leaders of the protest were sentenced to terms ranging from seven and a half to nine years in prison.
• 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 .