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Zelimkhan Tomov

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

Zelimkhan Tomov, Ingushetia. Charges: Article 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Use of non-dangerous violence against a government official); “Zelimkhan Tomov's case of protests in Ingushetia”. Sentence (December 15, 2019): 1 year 5 months' deprivation of liberty in a penal colony. Status: at large.

In brief

Ingushetia · Magas · Cases related to mass actions

Sentence

1 year 5 months

deprivation of liberty in a penal colony

Verdict December 15, 2019

No information about an appeal ruling.

Charges

Full wording of the charges

According to the prosecution's version, he threw stones at Rosgvardiya officers at a rally in Magas on 27 March 2019.

Latest event

December 15, 2019 — first-instance verdict

The court delivered a guilty verdict: 1 year 5 months.

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Timeline

  1. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict · 1 year 5 months

  2. · 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

  3. · Persecution begins

    Zelimkhan Tomov's case of protests in Ingushetia

  4. · Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility

    Temporary detention centre (IVS UMVD) for Nalchik

Criminal case

Zelimkhan Tomov's case of protests in Ingushetia

There are no other defendants in this case in the database.

Thematic group: The case of protests in Ingushetia

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

On 9 April 2019, detained on suspicion of involvement in the attack on police officers during a rally against the transfer of land to Chechnya on 27 March in Magas. Sent to a pre-trial detention centre in Nalchik. The charge was reclassified from the use of dangerous violence to the use of non-dangerous violence. Pleaded guilty.

On 16 December he was sentenced to a year and five months in a penal colony. He was released on 29 December.

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