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Two women who returned from Syria under Kadyrov’s guarantees were detained in Grozny
The Dagestan police detained in Grozny two natives of Dagestan who returned from Syria to Russia under the guarantees of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov. The women were promised that they would not be prosecuted under the article on participation in illegal armed groups.
The names of the detainees are Zagidat Abakarova and Muslimat Kurbanova. According to the BBC Russian Service, they arrived in Grozny on October 21 as part of a campaign to return women and children from Syria. Ramzan Kadyrov oversees this campaign.
There were seven women and children on board the plane. All adults wrote confessions, having received a promise that this would save them from criminal prosecution. The BBC Russian Service reports that then the Chechen women from the group of arriving women went home, and Abakarov and Kurbanova were detained by the Dagestan police. Their children were handed over to relatives who met them.
The Soviet District Court of Makhachkala authorized the arrest of Abakarova and Kurbanova.
In turn, a RIA Novosti source in the law enforcement agencies of Dagestan said that the women were "detained, not arrested" and are in the police to issue a confession, "to legalize their stay on the territory of the Russian Federation."
The mother of Zagidat Abakarova told the Caucasian Knot that her daughter decided to voluntarily return to Russia. “We had guarantees, in Chechnya they said that all the charges against them would be dropped here, and they would go to Dagestan “clean,” the mother of the detainee said.
Muslimat Kurbanova's mother confirmed these words: "We had agreements, there were guarantees from Ramzan Kadyrov."
According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the detained residents of Dagestan were on the federal wanted list under an article on participation in illegal armed groups. At the same time, according to their mothers, both girls were taken to the territory of Syria by their husbands, and they were engaged in raising children and did not take part in hostilities. Kheda Saratova, a member of the HRC under the head of Chechnya, told the BBC she was "in total shock" at the arrests.
- Ramzan Kadyrov wrote about the return to Russia of Zamidat Abakarova, Muslimat Kurbarova and several other women on his Instagram . The head of Chechnya called this news "urgent and pleasant." The plot about the return of women was shown on Channel One.
- About 3,000 Russian citizens are fighting on the side of the Islamic State terrorists in Syria. Special commissions are working in the republics of the North Caucasus, which are engaged in the return of militants and their families to peaceful life. However, in many cases, people who have voluntarily returned from Syria face harassment from the authorities in Russia.