The arrest of 29 defendants in the case against the brother of the head of Ingushetia has been extended.

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A court in Cherkessk has remanded three defendants under house arrest and 26 others in pretrial detention in the case of embezzlement of funds from the Russian Pension Fund, one of whom is Magomed-Bashir Kalimatov, brother of the head of Ingushetia.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," on February 13, the Cherkessk City Court completed the reading of the indictment against 29 individuals accused of embezzlement from the Pension Fund in Ingushetia. Twenty-seven of the 29 defendants pleaded not guilty. Among the accused are 16 women, 13 of whom are in pretrial detention. Their lawyers stated that their clients complain of "inhumane conditions" in the Armavir pretrial detention center. In early April, the court ordered the transfer of 14 defendants from the Armavir pretrial detention center to the Cherkessk pretrial detention center.

The Cherkessk City Court extended the pretrial detention of all 29 defendants in the case of embezzlement from the Pension Fund of Ingushetia, Interfax reported on April 17.

According to the court's press service, the pretrial detention period for all defendants has been extended by three months, until July 30. Three defendants are under house arrest, while the remaining 26 are in pretrial detention.

As a reminder, in December 2025, the Cherkessk City Court received a criminal case regarding embezzlement of the Pension Fund. One of the defendants in the case is Magomed-Bashir Kalimatov, the brother of the head of Ingushetia, Makhmud-Ali Kalimatov.

The Ingush FSB department reported numerous cases of illegally issuing pensions totaling over 2 billion rubles in February 2023. Charges were brought against 34 people in the embezzlement case. According to investigators, the criminal organization, which operated from 2019 to 2021, was created by Islam Seinaroyev, head of the Pension Fund in Ingushetia, and Kambulat Sukiyev, head of the Ingush branch of Russian Post.