Five residents of Ingushetia sent to court for non-reporting

The case of five residents of Ingushetia, who had failed to inform law enforcers about their acquaintances who had sworn allegiance to a terrorist organization, has been sent to court.

Investigators in Ingushetia have transferred to court the case against five residents of the republic accused of non-reporting about a crime.

The prosecution of the young men, two of whom were minors at the time of committing the alleged crime, was based on materials from the republic's branch of the FSB (Russian Federal Security Service). According to the prosecution, in August 2024, all the five met in person with two of their acquaintances, also residents of Ingushetia. The defendants “received reliable information” that two of their acquaintances “took an oath of allegiance” to the leader of an international organization that the Supreme Court of Russia recognized as terrorist, but failed to report this to law enforcement bodies; this is reported in the post placed in the website of the republic’s branch of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) on May 14.

The post fails to specify which terrorist organization is meant. The branch has also failed to explain on what grounds the two cases against the five defendants were combined into one.

The article on non-reporting (Article 205.6 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) provides for up to a year of freedom deprivation. So far, the "Caucasian Knot" has no comments from the defendants or their representatives regarding the investigators’ version.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on May 15, 2025 at 02:21 am MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.