Paul
Goble
Staunton, November 6 – Invoking the
decision of the Russian Supreme Court that prosecutors are free to shift the
trials of Ingush protesters to other republics, the procuracy in Ingushetia has
already shifted the trials of 12 to outside the republic and may shift those of
the other 19 in the coming weeks.
The reason for the shift, which is a
violation of Russian law and Russian judicial procedure, is, according to
defense lawyers, because prosecutors fear that if the trials are in Ingushetia,
that alone will spark new protests from the supporters of the 31 (capost.media/news/zakon/dela-ingushskikh-aktivistov-rassmotryat-v-zheleznovodske-/
and kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/342070/).
Meanwhile, a group of Ingush
parliamentary deputies have asked the courts to release Zarifa Sautiyeva, the
only women among those arrested, on her own recognizance and have pledged to
assume responsibility for her return to court as scheduled (capost.media/news/society/arestovannaya-zarifa-sautieva-zaruchilas-podderzhkoy-deputatov-parlamenta-ingushetii/).
There were two other
Ingushetia-related legal developments. First, a Russian telegram channel leaked
the name of the suspected murderer of Ibragam Eldzharkiyev. He is Akhmed
Bdkhoroyev, a former republic deputy (crimerussia.com/gromkie-dela/prinimal-pozdravleniya-po-sms-stalo-izvestno-imya-podozrevaemogo-zakazchika-ubiystva-nachalnika-tspe/).
And second, a Moscow court has fined
Memorial 100,000 rubles (1600 US dollars) for failing to have its Ingushetia
office declare on all its documentation that Memorial is a foreign agent.
Lawyers for the organization say the charge, clearly intended to act as a form
of intimidation, has no foundation in fact or law (kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/342055/).
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