Nikita Zhuravel in the courtroom. Photo from the Telegram channel of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation

17 August 2023, 23:32

Chechen Ombudsperson reports on check of Zhuravel's complaint about beating up by Kadyrov's son

Mansur Soltaev, the Chechen Ombudsperson, has reported about the meeting with Nikita Zhuravel after the latter's complaint about the beating by Kadyrov's son and stated the need to involve investigating bodies to the check.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that Tatiana Moskalkova, the Russian Ombudsperson had informed that Nikita Zhuravel, who was arrested within the case of burning down the Koran, had informed that at the Grozny SIZO (pre-trial prison), Nikita was beaten up by a son of the Chechen leader; Ms Moskalkova asked her Chechen colleague to conduct a check.

On May 20, 2023, Nikita Zhuravel, a local resident was detained in Volgograd after he recorded a video with the burning down of the Koran. During the interrogation, he stated that he had done it at the direction of Ukrainian special services. The head of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) ordered that Zhuravel's case be transferred to Chechnya, explaining this by the appeals he received from residents of Chechnya, who asked to be recognized them as the injured party.

According to Soltaev, the Chechen Ombudsperson, during Zhuravel's meeting with Kadyrov, "he apologised for having committed a crime against Muslims" and "sincerely repented." Zhuravel, according to Soltaev, was beaten by Kadyrov's son with blows "on the body and legs" after Ramzan Kadyrov left, the RIA "Novosti" has reported.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on August 16, 2023 at 04:31 pm MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.

Source: Caucasian Knot

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