Children's hell

A plane with 30 Russian children contained in Iraqi prisons flew out of Baghdad to Moscow. This was announced in his telegram channel the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov.

We are talking about the children of Russians convicted of Iraq on charges of involvement in the Islamic State.

Kadyrov said that 24 children from Dagestan are returning, three from Chechnya, the rest from Moscow and Penza.

“Work on solving the problem of the return of Russian children to their homeland is carried out on behalf of Russian President Vladimir Putin and was not suspended for a minute,” the head of Chechnya concluded. “This will continue until we fulfill the order in full.”

Kadyrov announced the upcoming return of children on Friday. For assistance, he expressed gratitude to the heads of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defense Sergey Lavrov and Sergey Shoigu, as well as the children's Ombudsman Anna Kuznetsova.

Member of the Kadyrovsky Council of Human Rights Hed Saratov, which is part of the working group to return minor Russians, in the commentary of RIA Novosti clarified that so far they send children and adolescents at the age of 4-15 years old, born in Russia and then taken away by parents to the Middle East. In the future, Saratova said, it is supposed to organize a flight to Russia and those children who were born already in Iraq or Syria; Some of them are brothers and sisters returning on December 30. The necessary documents for sending children born abroad to Russia are already preparing, the agency’s interlocutor assured.

Saratova also said that upon arrival in Moscow, children will undergo rehabilitation in the center. Serbian. Then they will be transferred to relatives or legal guardians.

At the beginning of this year, Saratova reported that in total, 57 Russians and approximately 115 of their children were imprisoned in Baghdad's women's prison. On December 28, she said that among the prisoners there are Russian citizens delivered there from different areas of Iraq. Earlier, Saratov explained, relatives did not have information about the fate of these women. Relatives turned to the working group, and that through the Foreign Ministry and consulate of Iraq in Moscow found out the whereabouts of the Russians.

From the publication, however, it is not clear whether these women are among the 57 prisoners, which Saratova reported earlier.

At the beginning of 2018, it was reported that all Russians from 14 years old, who visited the territories that were controlled by IS, Iraqi law enforcement officers are charging under two articles of the Criminal Code of the country - on terrorism and illegal crossing of the border. On April 17, two visitors from Dagestan were sentenced to life sentences ; On April 29, 19 more citizens of Russia were issued the same sentence. Meanwhile, four visitors from other countries, who passed along with the Russians in the first of these cases, were sentenced to death.

In an interview with RIA Novosti, Saratova also mentioned other sentences to Russian citizens - not to life -long, but for a long certain time.