Zarifa Sautieva is banned from leaving Russia.
Zarifa Sautieva, released in December 2024 after serving her sentence in the "Ingush Case," has been placed under administrative supervision. She must report to the police station once a month, and is prohibited from traveling outside Russia or attending public events.
As reported by "Caucasian Knot," the Ministry of Internal Affairs demanded that supervisory restrictions be imposed on Zarifa Sautieva: a ban on leaving the republic without police permission, requirements to stay home at night, and to report to the police station twice a month. In late December 2024, Zarifa Sautieva, former deputy head of the Ingushetia memorial complex and convicted of participating in protests in Magas against the border agreement with Chechnya and amendments to the regional referendum law in 2018-2019, was released from the Zelenokumsk women's prison. Seven Ingush activists were charged with creating and participating in an extremist group following a protest rally in Magas against the border agreement with Chechnya. In December 2021, the court sentenced Akhmed Barakhoev, Musa Malsagov, and Malsag Uzhakhov to nine years in prison, Ismail Nalgiev, Bagaudin Khautiev, and Barakh Chemurziev to eight years, and Zarifa Sautieva to seven and a half years. The Caucasian Knot prepared a report titled "The Main Points of the Ingush Protest Leaders' Case." On September 18, 2024, it was announced that the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) found that Russian authorities violated the article prohibiting torture and inhuman treatment in relation to Ingush activist Zarifa Sautieva and awarded her €1,000 in compensation.
In Ingushetia, a court imposed administrative supervision for eight years on Zarifa Sautieva, a defendant in the "Ingush case" who was released from prison in December 2024. Sautieva is required to report to the Ministry of Internal Affairs once a month, is prohibited from leaving Russia, and is banned from attending any public events for one year, Fortanga reports today.
The Ingush Ministry of Internal Affairs filed a lawsuit seeking restrictions against Sautieva with the court. The document was signed by Tamara Tomova, a police officer for the Nazran district, and Akhmed Nalgiev, the head of the district's Ministry of Internal Affairs.
In August 2025, a similar lawsuit was filed against Sautieva's husband, Ismail Nalgiev, and he was placed on supervised release for eight years. In July, the court imposed administrative supervision for a period of eight years against another participant in the "Ingush case," Barakh Chemurziev.
All seven people convicted in the "Ingush case," whose cases were combined into one, were released. Sautieva and Nalgiev celebrated their wedding after their release.
The "Caucasian Knot" has prepared a report "The Main Thing About the Case of the Ingush Protest Leaders". Materials about this trial have been collected by the "Caucasian Knot" on the thematic page "Ingushetia: The Case of the Protest Leaders".
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