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Ingush protest leaders charged with ‘Extremism’

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A protest in Nazran, Ingushetia, against the land deal with Chechnya. Photo: Malik Butayev/OC Media.

Four leading activists in the protest movement in Ingushetia against the Ingush-Chechen land deal have been hit with extremism charges. [Read more…]

Pickets held in Moscow and Saint Petersburg in support of imprisoned Ingush activists

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‘Criminal cases were launched against 33 par­tic­i­pants of rallies in the Republic of Ingushetia #free­dom­for­po­lit­i­cal­pris­on­ers’. A woman holds a poster at the picket in Moscow. Photo: Yeliza­ve­ta Alek­san­dro­va-Zorina.

Single-person pickets were held in Moscow and Saint Peters­burg on Friday in support of Ingush activists arrested after protests against the Chechen-Ingush land deal. [Read more…]

Eight protest leaders in Ingushetia accused of creating extremist group

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Protests in Magas on 4 October 2018. Photo: Aznaur Tashayev /OC Media.

A new criminal case has been opened against eight protest leaders in the Russian republic of Ingushetia, who are already under police inves­ti­ga­tion for protest related violence. They are accused of organ­is­ing and par­tic­i­pat­ing in the activ­i­ties of an extremist group. [Read more…]

Two former Ingush officials sentenced to five years for misspending budget funds

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Ruslan Tsechoev. Official picture.

A former Finance Minister of Ingushetia and another high-ranking ministry official have been sentenced to five years in prison for mis­spending ₽2 billion ($31 million) in budgetary funds that were allocated for state employees and housing. [Read more…]

North Caucasus rights groups under threat due to Russian Justice Ministry lawsuit

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The Russian Supreme Court. Official picture.

Four rights groups operating in different republics of the North Caucasus may face closure due to a lawsuit filed by Russia’s Ministry of Justice in the Russian Supreme Court. The ministry is seeking to close down Russian rights movement Za Prava Cheloveka (‘for human rights’), of which the groups are members. [Read more…]

Two former senior Ingush officials under investigation

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former Minister of Con­struc­tion Mustafa Buruzhev. Photo: Crimerus­sia

The former head of the admin­is­tra­tion of the president of the Russian republic of Ingushetia and an ex-minister of con­struc­tion of the republic are being pros­e­cut­ed on charges of cor­rup­tion. [Read more…]

Detained Ingush land-deal activists denied access to lawyers

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Photo: Caucasian Knot

Officials at a detention centre in the Russian republic of Kabardino-Balkaria have denied access to lawyers to three activists detained after March protests in Magas. The activists from the neigh­bour­ing republic of Ingushetia were fighting against a land deal between Ingushetia and Chechnya. [Read more…]

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