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Zarifa Sautieva

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

Zarifa Sautieva, born 1978, 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): 7 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony, 7 months' restriction of liberty, prohibition to hold office… 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 24, 2019.

In brief

Ingushetia · Magas · Office workers · Extremism cases, Cases related to mass actions

Sentence

7 years 6 months

imprisonment in a general regime colony, 7 months' restriction of liberty, prohibition to hold office in public organisations for 3 years

Verdict December 15, 2021

Upheld June 21, 2024

Charges

Full wording of the charges

According to the investigation, she took a knowingly unlawful decision to continue the mass event, in this connection, using her authority among the population of the republic, including its radicalised part, making appeals to national unity, manipulating historical facts about the deportation of the Ingush people and the existing unresolved problems of the administrative-territorial structure of the Republic of Ingushetia, took measures to unite the people present in the square, morally supporting them by the imminent arrival of new participants in the non-sanctioned event. Sautieva also encouraged the public to be persistent in the case of an attempt by law enforcement officers to forcefully stop a mass event. In addition, she participated in the activities of an extremist community.

Latest event

December 29, 2024 — imprisonment ends

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Recognition by rights defenders

Timeline

  1. · Imprisonment ends

  2. · Cassation ruling

    upheld

  3. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict · 7 years 6 months

  4. · 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

  5. · Preventive measure: house arrest

  6. · Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”

Criminal case

The case of the rally organisers in Ingushetiia

Other defendants in the case

Thematic group: The case of protests in Ingushetia

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

A resident of Ingushetia. Detained on July 12, 2019 and then taken into custody on the case of protests in the republic. Sautieva was later charged with organising the use of violence against representatives of the authorities. Sautieva has a second disability group, which she has not had time to renew.

In November, Sautieva was transferred to the Essentuki temporary detention centre. She complained about the difficult conditions and went on hunger strike. In December, she was transferred back to SIZO No. 1 (the pre-trial detention centre) in Kabardino-Balkaria.

At the end of December 2019, a case on participation in the activities of an extremist community was opened.

On March 10, 2021, she was transferred under house arrest, but already on March 16, she was returned to the pre-trial detention centre - the court granted the prosecutor's office's motion to cancel the decision to mitigate the measure of restraint.

On December 15, 2021, she was sentenced to seven and a half years in a general regime colony.

All fields of the record
Citizenship
Russia
Sources (2)

Other people prosecuted under Article 282.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code

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