Akhmed Pogorov
Akhmed Pogorov, born 1963, 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)); “Akhmed Pogorov's case on the protests in Ingushetia”. Sentence (November 20, 2025): 9 years' imprisonment. Status: imprisoned. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner, April 19, 2021.
In brief
Ingushetia · Magas · Former officials · Extremism cases, Cases related to mass actions
Sentence
9 years
imprisonment
No information about an appeal ruling.
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
He participated in organizing the use of violence against government officials, dangerous to life and health, during the rally on 27 March 2019 in Magas; he joined an extremist community with the aim of removing Yunus-Bek Yevkurov from the position of Head of Ingushetia.
Latest event
November 20, 2025 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict: 9 years.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, April 19, 2021
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 9 years
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Essentuki IAB TDF, Stavropol Territory
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· 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
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Akhmed Pogorov's case on the protests in Ingushetia
Criminal case
Akhmed Pogorov's case on the protests in Ingushetia
- Case number
- 1-35/2025 (1-63/2024; 1-621/2023;)
Thematic group: The case of protests in Ingushetia
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Full summary
A former interior minister of Ingushetia and an active participant in the protests. In May 2019, he was placed on a wanted list in connection with a criminal case over the use of violence against law enforcement officers during the dispersal of a protest rally in Magas against the transfer of land to Chechnya. He was suspected of organizing the use of violence dangerous to life and health. In late December, it became known that Pogorov was also suspected of participating in an extremist community.
On 26 February 2021, Pogorov was detained in Nazran and taken to a pretrial detention center in Nalchik. On 25 May, he was transferred to house arrest, but the following day he was taken from a hospital to court and again placed in custody.
On 20 November 2025, the court sentenced him to nine years in a general-regime penal colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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