A person involved in the Koran burning case reported that Kadyrov’s son beat him in a pre-trial detention center

Nikita Zhuravel, a defendant in the case of burning the Koran, reported that he was beaten in a pre-trial detention center by Adam Kadyrov, the son of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov. The Caucasian Knot is about this.

reports The information was confirmed by the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Russian Federation Tatyana Moskalkova. She received a complaint and turned to the Commissioner for Human Rights in Chechnya, Mansur Soltaev, with a request to conduct an investigation, paying special attention to the medical examination of the beatings and the testimony of witnesses.

told The first reports of the beating appeared on Instagram on August 15. The Caucasian Knot called them “pro-government”.

both sources “The incident happened after Ramzan Kadyrov himself visited him. After his conversation with Zhuravel, Kadyrov Jr. deliberately stayed in the pre-trial detention center and, finding himself alone with the defendant, committed lynching, inflicting beatings on him, the severity of which remains unclear,” the posts said, clarifying that this could only happen with the sanction of Ramzan Kadyrov.

A court in Volgograd sent Zhuravel to a pre-trial detention center on May 22 on charges of insulting the feelings of believers (Part 2 of Article 148 of the Criminal Code). According to investigators, “no later than May 19,” the young man burned the Koran near the mosque on Povorinskaya Street in Volgograd. He filmed the burning and distributed the recording via telegram.

Subsequently, the Investigative Committee granted territorial jurisdiction to the case, citing “numerous appeals from residents of the Chechen Republic with a request to recognize them as victims.” Zhuravel in the Grozny pre-trial detention center. The convoy with the arrested person was met by protesters with posters “Hands off the Koran!”, “Hands off the shrine!”, “People’s court for a Satanist!”, “Russia is a country of religions!” and etc.

changed delivered Video of the burning of the Koran on May 19 in the telegram channel “Morning Dagestan”, which widely covered the protests against mobilization in the republic, “Mediazona”. The investigation, in turn, says that the video was distributed “on an Internet portal controlled by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.”

appeared notes TsIPsO After the arrest, RIA Novosti published where the young man was interrogated by police officers. First, he connects his detention with the fact that he was “filming fighter jets,” then the security officer demands to tell him “stage by stage” how he came to burn the sacred text. Zhuravel explains that he was contacted by people “from Ukraine” who run a telegram channel and “wanted to help their country.” “They offered me some money,” adds the detainee, lying on the floor in handcuffs.

video Further, in a new excerpt of the video, Zhuravel clearly says that “SBU officers” contacted him, and on their instructions, the young man purchased the Koran and “burned it on May 4.” After that, he “sent video materials to SBU officers,” who “had to pay [him] 10 thousand rubles.” At one point in the video, the narrator trips.

Chechen politicians admitted that Ramzan Kadyrov's son Adam beat 19-year-old Nikita Zhuravel, who is accused of burning the Koran, in a pre-trial detention center. The SK SOS Crisis Group should pay attention to this.

On August 18 ” , Chairman of the Chechen Parliament Magomed Daudov said that Kadyrov’s son acted as “a true Muslim, a patriot of his country and a true Chechen. “We not only understand him, but warmly support and approve of him! Adam is the flesh of the great Kadyrov family. He worthily continues the traditions of a defender of the Motherland and an uncompromising fighter against evil!” - Daudov noted.

State Duma deputy and Kadyrov’s “right hand” Adam Delimkhanov emphasized that Kadyrov’s son “acted very humanely by leaving him alive.”

Ramzan Kadyrov also confirmed the beating of Nikita Zhuravl. The head of Chechnya has a video of the beating and a commentary in his Telegram channel.

On September 25 he published “Without exaggeration, yes, I am proud of Adam’s action,” Kadyrov wrote.