Ingushetia: Demonstration to Protest Against Kidnappings of Compatriots

On March 6, several hundred protestors in Ingushetia’s Plievo settlement, which is situated in the vicinity of Nazran, the republic’s largest town, blocked local highways and demanded that authorities investigate the kidnapping of Mikail Pliev. Ingushetia’s leading opposition figure.

On March 6, several hundred protestors in Ingushetia’s Plievo settlement, which is situated in the vicinity of Nazran, the republic’s largest town, blocked local highways and demanded that authorities investigate the kidnapping of Mikail Pliev, Ingushetia’s leading opposition figure.

A 33 years-old father of five, businessman Mikail Pliev was kidnapped on March 5 while he was visiting the market in Pyatigorsk, in the neighboring Russian-speaking Stavropol region.

Witnesses allegedly saw Pliev being arrested by the police; however, police denied they had arrested him. Pliev’s relatives feared that he was snatched by the security forces.

(Source: Ingush Organize Demonstration to Protest Against Kidnappings of Compatriots Georgian Daily)