More than 300 repeated appeals on Suleimanova's case have been sent to the Investigative Committee

330 people have sent repeated appeals to the Investigative Committee demanding that it take control of the investigation into the disappearance of Seda Suleimanova in Chechnya.

As "Kavkazsky Uzel" reported, by July 22, 280 people have sent repeated appeals to the Investigative Committee demanding that it respond to requests to take federal control of the case of Seda Suleimanova's disappearance.

Already 330 people have sent a second request on the Seda Suleimanova case, the "Crisis Group SK SOS" reported on its Telegram channel on July 29.

"In it, they asked for a response to a previously sent request demanding that the case of Seda Suleimanova, whose disappearance has been unsuccessfully investigated in Chechnya for a year now, be taken under federal control," the publication says.

The Investigative Committee is obliged to provide a response

To send a second request, you need to follow the link from a letter that came from the human rights project "OVD-Info" (included in the register of foreign agents) "to everyone who sent appeals more than a month ago," the human rights activists explained.

"In this case (in the case of receiving such a letter from a human rights project. - Ed. "Caucasian Knot"), the period for considering the appeal has already expired, and the Investigative Committee is obliged to provide a response," the statement said.

Recall that in April-May, Seda Suleimanova's support group collected signatures demanding that the presidential administration ensure an effective investigation. The campaign covered more than 20 cities. On May 13, activists handed over more than 5,000 signatures on signature sheets and 2,000 electronic signatures under the appeal to the presidential administration. The presidential administration forwarded the appeal to the Prosecutor General's Office and the Investigative Committee. By June 13, the Investigative Committee had not responded to this collective appeal.

12:54 02.12.2024

Delimkhanov refused to help in the search for Seda Suleimanova

State Duma deputy Adam Delimkhanov refused the activists' request to initiate an investigation into the disappearance of Chechen native Seda Suleimanova.

Chechnya native Seda Suleimanova was detained in St. Petersburg in August 2023 and taken against her will to relatives in Chechnya. After that, no messages were received from her. Her friends and human rights activists fear that she has become a victim of a so-called "honor killing", according to the "Caucasian Knot" report "Kidnapping of Seda Suleimanova".

In April 2024, it became known that the Investigative Committee was investigating the disappearance of Seda Suleimanova under the article on murder. At the same time, an investigator in Chechnya interrogated Suleimanova's friend Elena Patyaeva. In January 2025, Patyaeva complained to the Prosecutor General's Office about the inaction of the investigation, stating that in 10 months the investigation had not yielded any results. On March 20, Patyaeva held a picket in Grozny with a poster: "Where is Seda?" The police detained the girl, but did not draw up a report and released her, while called Suleimanova's fate a "family matter".

On June 16, 2025, it became known that the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs had declared Suleimanova wanted. This indicates rather an imitation of activity, since when a criminal case is initiated, all active actions to search for a missing person are carried out at the discretion of the investigator of the Investigative Committee, human rights activists pointed out.