Attempts by human rights activists to contact the family of the missing Ingush teenager have been unsuccessful

Representatives of two human rights organizations failed to contact the family of an Ingush teenager who complained of death threats from relatives and then stopped communicating. At least two statements were sent to investigators demanding an investigation into the boy's disappearance.

As "Kavkazsky Uzel" reported, on July 4, human rights activists from the Crisis Group SK SOS (the organization is included in the register of foreign agents) filed a statement with the Investigative Committee about the disappearance of a teenager who complained of death threats. The authors of the appeal feared that the boy could have been killed or forcibly isolated, and asked for an investigation to be conducted and, if necessary, a criminal case to be opened.

His relatives were not happy with the way he behaved, what he did

The attitude of the relatives towards the boy was caused by his behavior, since he is a "problem child for the family," Alexandra Miroshnikova, press secretary of the SK SOS Crisis Group, told a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. "His relatives were not happy with the way he behaved, what he did, and they were not happy with his lifestyle and constant disobedience, which, among other things, led to certain problems for the boy himself and his family," she noted.

According to her, after the teenager's disappearance, the organization tried to establish contact with him and his family. "We tried to contact him for a week before publicly voicing our concerns. It was more difficult to contact the family, since all the contacts available to us that we were able to find were the contacts through which, in fact, [the teenager] contacted us from time to time. Apparently, he did not have his own phone number, he registered some social networks on his relatives' phones, then deleted them, but in general he regularly contacted from these phone numbers. "And it was not possible to contact his relatives on these phones," Miroshnikova said.

The organization "Caucasus without a Mother" also tried to contact the family, a representative of this organization told a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. "We tried to close this topic. They just asked to show the boy so that everyone would know that he was alive,” she said.

The family he lived with has very high-ranking relatives

She confirmed that “Caucasus Without a Mother” had secured a visit from a government representative to the family. “We know that the guardianship authorities visited the boy. At first, there was enthusiasm on his part. There was even talk that he could be placed in an orphanage, as he wanted. The day before he disappeared, he began writing that the Juvenile Affairs Department had stopped responding to him. But that was what he expected. The family he lived with has very high-ranking relatives,” the organization’s representative said.

Both human rights organizations reported that they had filed statements with law enforcement agencies regarding the teenager’s disappearance. Alexandra Miroshnikova explained that a statement had been filed with the Investigative Committee regarding the child’s disappearance. "Within 30 days, they must respond to this statement and either conduct an investigation or explain why they believe that an investigation is not necessary," she noted. A representative of the organization "Caucasus without a Mother" reported that although the statement had been filed, there has been no movement on it yet.

Cases of violence against teenage boys, such as the one described, are literally isolated in Ingush society, and this is "completely atypical," said Makka Albogachieva, head of the Caucasus Ethnography Department at the Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

She suggested that such actions by relatives may have been caused by the fact that "young people behave as they please, having watched who knows what on social networks." Makka Albogachieva also did not rule out that the boy simply ran away from home to escape violence.