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Seda Suleymanova. Image via NC SOS Crisis Group.

Chechnya

Russia investigates disappearance of Chechen woman six months after reported abduction

by Luiza Mchedlishvili

•2 min read

Russia’s Investigative Committee has launched an investigation into the disappearance and possible murder of Seda Suleymanova, over six months after her reported abduction to Chechnya from Saint Petersburg. The North Caucasus SOS Crisis Group (NC SOS) reported that the Investigative Committee began its investigation into Suleymanova’s possible murder on Wednesday. The organisation, which legally represents Suleymanova, works with queer people and people fleeing from domestic abuse in the Nor

Chechnya

‘Thousands’ demand investigation into possible murder of Seda Suleymanova

by Luiza Mchedlishvili

•2 min read

A North Caucasus rights group reports that more than two thousand people have demanded that Russia’s Prosecutor General’s Office investigate the possible murder of Seda Suleymanova. The North Caucasus SOS (NC SOS) Crisis Group, which works with queer people and people fleeing domestic abuse in the North Caucasus, shared a form for submitting requests to Russia’s Prosecutor’s Office, Investigative Committee, and Commissioner for Human Rights on 13 February in its Telegram channel. They urge

Ramzan Kadyrov and Ayshat Kadyrova. Photo via GroznyTV

Aishat Kadyrova

Kadyrov’s daughter sole woman appointed to Chechen women’s rights council

by Luiza Mchedlishvili

•3 min read

Just one woman has been appointed to a newly established council for women’s rights in Chechnya: Aishat Kadyrova, the daughter of Chechen head Ramzan Kadyrov. Kadyrova, 24, also serves as the republic’s minister of culture. On 2 October, Kadyrov announced that his daughter had been nominated for appointment to the role of deputy prime minister ‘for social issues’. Kadyrova is the Head of Chechnya’s eldest daughter. In 2020, she became Chechnya’s deputy minister of culture, becoming minister

Chechnya

Chechen domestic abuse victim ‘abducted and sent to Grozny’

by Luiza Mchedlishvili

•2 min read

A Chechen woman who fled Chechnya for fear of her life was reportedly abducted from her Saint Petersburg home and detained in Grozny on theft charges. Civil rights activists warn that she might be murdered in her home republic. NC SOS Crisis Group, a North Caucasian queer rights organisation, reported that Seda Suleymanova and her partner, Stanislav Kudryavtsev, were taken from their apartment in Saint Petersburg by a group of men on 23 August. They claim that two of the men introduced thems

The young women after they’ve crossed over to Georgia. Image via @ncsosorg/Twitter.

Daghestan

Four Daghestani women flee to Georgia citing domestic abuse

by Shota Kincha

•2 min read

Four Daghestani women claiming to be victims of domestic abuse and death threats have successfully fled to Georgia after being held up by Russian border guards for almost a day. NC SOS Crisis Group, a queer rights organisation operating in the North Caucasus, confirmed to OC Media that the four women were allowed to cross the Russian-Georgian border on Sunday evening. Khadijat and Patimat Khizriyeva, sisters aged 20 and 18, and 24-year-old Aminat Gazimagomedova and her close relative, 19-yea

Chechnya

Chechen convicted of ‘honour killing’

by OC Media

•2 min read

A six-year-old murder case has been solved in Chechnya, after a man turned himself in to police, confessing to murdering a female cousin. The court took into account his frank confession and imposed a sentence less than half of the maximum. Sayfulla Damayev, from the village of Savelyevskaya in northern Chechnya’s Naursky District, had quarrelled with his female cousin in July 2010, because, according to him, the woman’s behaviour was ‘not worthy of a Chechen woman’. During the quarrel, Dam

Chechnya

Women of the North Caucasus: Myths and superstitions

by Volodymyr Soboliev

•10 min read

According to Daptar, women in today’s North Caucasus are surrounded by myths and superstitions that put them in a state of total fear and control. Opportunities for self-realisation are limited and change under the societal notions of honour, dignity, and quality of life. Researchers suggest that the situation will only become worse, as the growing number of divorces in the region suggests insurmountable difficulties in marriage. Daptar discussed this and other issues with Irina Kosterin