
Chechnya
NIYSO reports new wave of Chechen detentions and raids
The NIYSO movement added that relatives of those detained have been receiving threats.

The NIYSO movement added that relatives of those detained have been receiving threats.

The abductors, reportedly from Chechnya, called themselves police officers.

The Chechen opposition movement NIYSO has stated that some of those abducted are elderly people.

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’.