Under the mask of humanity

Russian human rights activists refused to participate in the human rights conference scheduled for March 1 in Grozny, Kommersant writes. The statement, which was signed by people such as Lyudmila Alekseeva, Svetlana Gannushkina, Lev Ponomarev, called the attempt to hold a conference a “cynical device” aimed at “strengthening the legitimacy of the illegitimate regime existing in Chechnya.” And human rights activists do not want to participate in “Ramzan Kadyrov’s personal PR.”