Magomed Mutsolgov (left) and Ruslan Yandiev. Collage by the Caucasian Knot. Photo: Ruslan Yandiev’s Facebook page, Magomed Mutsolgov’s Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/magomed.mutsolgov.9/photos?lst=100003790534850%3A1819929863%3A1542888720&source_ref=pb_friends_tl

22 November 2018, 17:54

Activists released in Ingushetia

Today, blogger Ruslan Yandiev and Magomed Mutsolgov (a man with the same name as the head of the organization "Mashr"), detained in Nazran and arrested for 5 days, have left the IVS (temporary detention facility).

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on November 17, Ruslan Yandiev and Magomed Mutsolgov were detained at a gathering place for participants of a subbotnik (a voluntary cleanup day) in the territory transferred to Chechnya. On the same day, Ruslan Mutsolgov, the leader of the Ingush branch of the "Yabloko" Party, stated that the activists had been sentenced to 5 days of administrative arrests.

"I left the IVS this morning. Thank you all for your support. I'm very grateful to everyone. I'll bring myself in order and a bit later I'll write down here or record a video," Ruslan Yandiev wrote on his Facebook page.

Till present, no comments from Magomed Mutsolgov and no confirmation of his release after serving his sentence have been reported.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on November 22, 2018 at 02:30 pm MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.

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