
Chechnya
Court awards Russian singer compensation over kidnapping by a Chechen native
Tarkhan Eldukaev is required to pay moral compensation for the 2004 kidnapping of singer Avraam Russo.

Tarkhan Eldukaev is required to pay moral compensation for the 2004 kidnapping of singer Avraam Russo.

It was later reported that they were returned home.

Areg Shchepikhin was convicted on charges of extremism and offending religious feelings.

The director of the state television and radio company, Chingiz Akhmadov, admitted to the practice of unlawful detentions and keeping people in ‘basements’.

According to eyewitnesses, her body was returned to relatives with signs of torture.

Snezhana Zagudaeva claimed to have been granted custody of the child, who is reportedly in the care of strangers in Chechnya.

Areg Shchepikhin was reportedly beaten for hours and forced to record a video apologising for ‘insulting the Chechen people’.