On December 4, 2005, at Moscow's Domodedovo airport, an incident occurred with a delegation from the Chechen Republic, which was heading to Strasbourg at the invitation of the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Alvaro Gil-Robles. Members of the delegation, including women, were shown "underlined disrespect" , in addition, their internal passports were confiscated.

The head of the delegation, head of the department of the President of Chechnya for ensuring the constitutional rights of citizens, Nurdi Nukhazhiev, said that in connection with the incident he had decided to cancel the trip. "However, having learned about the incident, the leadership of the Chechen Republic asked me to continue my journey, given the importance of the meetings planned in Strasbourg ," Nukhazhiev stressed. According to the head of the delegation, he "draws the attention of the CPT staff to the fact that their actions contradict the content of the Address of the President of Russia to the Federal Assembly, as well as the course of the country's leadership to achieve interethnic harmony and ensure equal rights to all citizens of Russia, regardless of nationality" . He also said that he intended to inform the representatives of the Council of Europe about the incident upon arrival in Strasbourg.

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An incident with Chechen human rights activists occurred at the capital's airport // IA REGNUM. 2005. December 4th.
Passports seized from Chechen human rights activists at Domodedovo airport // Polit.Ru. 2005. December 4th.

Passports were confiscated from human rights activists from Chechnya in Domodedovo