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Founder of Ingush news site Fortanga placed on Russian wanted list

by Luiza Mchedlishvili

•2 min read

The founder of the Ingush news site Fortanga, Izabella Evloeva, has been placed on Russia’s federal wanted list for ‘spreading misinformation’ about the Russian army, Evloeva has said. The Russian Investigative Committee initiated the criminal case against Evloeava on Wednesday, the third charge under the same article leveled against her since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Evloeva, who is currently based in Prague, told OC Media that her lawyer had confirmed that she was now wanted by the

Izabella Evloeva is being investigated for criticising a video of children being made to support the invasion of Ukraine.

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Russia investigates Ingush journalist over invasion coverage

by Luiza Mchedlishvili

•3 min read

Russian authorities have opened a criminal investigation against the founder of the Ingush news site Fortanga for publishing ‘misinformation’ on Facebook about the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Fortanga has also been blocked by the Russian communications watchdog, Roskomnadzor. On 25 March, Izabella Evloeva revealed that Russia’s Investigative Committee was investigating her under the newly introduced article 207.3 of the Russian Criminal Code, which punishes the publication of ‘misinformation’

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Facebook takes down social media pages of Ingush news site Fortanga

by Luiza Mchedlishvili

•3 min read

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has blocked the accounts of Fortanga, the largest Ingush news site, allegedly for trademark infringement. Izabella Evloeva, editor-in-chief of Fortanga, told OC Media that they had managed to recover their Instagram account and Facebook group on Thursday morning, however, their Facebook page remains unavailable. Immediately after losing the accounts, the outlet’s editor-in-chief also began receiving threats and attempts to extort money fro

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Ingush journalist Rashid Maysigov sentenced to 3 years in prison

by Tata Shoshiashvili

•2 min read

Ingush activist and journalist Rashid Maysigov has been sentenced to three years in a penal colony for ‘drug possession’. On Wednesday, the Magas District Court in Ingushetia sentenced him for the ‘possession of a large quantity of drugs’. The prosecutor’s office had demanded five years in prison for Maysigov. A former journalist for local opposition news outlet Fortanga, Maysigov covered the Chechen–Ingush land swap dispute. The authorities in Russia, and especially in the North Caucasus

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Ingush journalist accused of drug possession released under house arrest

by OC Media

•4 min read

A journalist from Ingush news site Fortanga who was arrested in July on drug possession charges has been released under house arrest. Rashid Maysigov was detained by the FSB at his home on 12 July and a bag of white powder was allegedly found on him. He has been in detention since. [Read on OC Media: Activist and journalist arrested and ‘tortured’ in Ingushetia] Magomed Aushev, Maysigov’s lawyer, told OC Media that the investigators failed to prove in court that there was a risk Maysigo

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Russia blocks Ingush news site Fortanga

by OC Media

•5 min read

The Russian communications regulator, Roskomnadzor, has blocked Ingush news site Fortanga. The move came as one of the site’s journalists and an activist against Ingushetia’s land swap with Chechnya were remanded into two months of pre-trial detention. Fortanga, set up in the wake of mass unrest in the republic over a land deal with Chechnya, has been highly critical of the Ingush authorities. On Sunday, Fortanga announced that users attempting to access the site from Russia were being