Ingushetia

April 04, 2026 11:10

• The court agreed to transfer the defendants in the Kalimatov case from the Armavir pretrial detention center.

  Fourteen defendants in the case of large-scale theft from the Pension Fund, including the brother of the head of Ingushetia, have been transferred to the Cherkessk pretrial detention center following complaints from those arrested about conditions in the Armavir detention center.

April 02, 2026 22:43

• A prosecution witness in the case of Imam Tamaskhanov gave contradictory testimony.

  A secret witness in the case of Ingush imam Muhammad Tamaskhanov claimed to have attended prayers at the mosque, but could neither provide its address nor describe the building. Supporters of the imam, who was accused of failing to report a crime, came to court to support him.

April 02, 2026 01:58

• Two soldiers from Ingushetia were killed in Ukraine.

  Akhmet Torshkhoyev and Alik Mestoyev were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have publicly named at least 188 Ingush soldiers killed there.

March 31, 2026 11:15

• A school and kindergarten in a Chechen village are closed due to bad weather.

  Rain damaged a school and kindergarten in the village of Gurzhi-Mokhk, and children were transferred to another educational institution. Residents of two villages in the Shatoi District were left without transportation after a section of road collapsed.

March 30, 2026 17:45

• Human rights activists have launched a fundraising campaign to help Anna Mankieva.

  After her arrest, Aina Mankieva, who fled Ingushetia due to domestic violence, was forced to move and lost her job. Human rights activists have launched a fundraiser to help cover two months' rent and other expenses—a total of 80,000 rubles are needed.

March 28, 2026 11:06

• The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has exceeded 8,950.

  At least 4,415 soldiers from the North Caucasus Federal District and 4,536 from the Southern Federal District have been officially recognized as killed in the military operation in Ukraine.

March 28, 2026 02:11

• An ethnic Ingush man has been charged in Belgium with financing terrorism.

  In Belgium, a prosecutor has requested a 15-year prison sentence for Ruslan Meyriev, a native of Vladikavkaz and an ethnic Ingush who was extradited from Sweden on charges of involvement in terrorism.

March 26, 2026 22:00

• The Prosecutor General's Office demanded the seizure of more than 80 substations from Magomed Kaitov.

  In an anti-corruption lawsuit against Magomed Kaitov, the former head of the Interregional Grid Company of the North Caucasus, the Prosecutor General's Office demanded the confiscation of 81 transformer substations in Khasavyurt.

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