Ismail Nalgiev
Ismail Nalgiev, born 1991, Ingushetia. Charges: Article 282.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in an extremist community); Article 318 part 2 applied with Article 33 part 3, Russian Criminal Code (Use of dangerous violence against a government official (by organized group)); “The case of the rally organisers in Ingushetiia”. Sentence (December 15, 2021): 8 years of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, 6 months of restriction of liberty, and a ban on holding… Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner, February 20, 2020; Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, July 4, 2019.
In brief
Ingushetia · Magas · Human rights defenders, Lawyers · Extremism cases, Cases related to mass actions
Sentence
8 years
of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, 6 months of restriction of liberty, and a ban on holding positions in public organizations for 3 years
Upheld June 21, 2024
Charges
- Article 282.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in an extremist community
- Article 318 part 2 applied with Article 33 part 3, Russian Criminal Code — Use of dangerous violence against a government official (by organized group)
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he helped organize acts of violence that endangered the lives and health of law enforcement officers during a rally on March 27, 2019, in Magas, and was also involved in the activities of an extremist group.
Latest event
April 1, 2025 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, February 20, 2020
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, July 4, 2019
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Imprisonment begins
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 8 years
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Stavropol Krai
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Essentuki IAB TDF, Stavropol Territory
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Kabardino-Balkar Republic
· Persecution begins
The case of the rally organisers in Ingushetiia
Criminal case
The case of the rally organisers in Ingushetiia
Other defendants in the case
- Akhmed Barakhoev — At large with restrictions, 9 years
- Musa Malsagov — Imprisoned, 9 years
- Zarifa Sautieva — At large, 7 years 6 months
- Malsag Uzhakhov — Imprisoned, 9 years
- Bagaudin Khautiev — Imprisoned, 8 years
- Barakh Chemurziev — At large, 8 years
Thematic group: The case of protests in Ingushetia
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Ingushetia, activist, human rights defender, and journalist. He was detained at Minsk airport on 8 May 2019 and transferred to Nalchik on 12 May, where he was taken into custody on charges of organizing violence against police officers during a protest on 27 March 2019.
In late December 2019, an additional case was opened against him for participating in the activities of an extremist group.
On 16 March 2021, he began a hunger strike and refused to take part in the trial in protest against the return of Zarifa Sautieva from house arrest to pre-trial detention. He ended the hunger strike on 23 March following public appeals.
On 15 December, he was sentenced to eight years in a general regime penal colony. He was released on 1 April 2025.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.