Chechnya
The Yangulbaev saga and the price of opposition in Chechnya
The Yangulbaevs — a family of outspoken critics of Kadyrov’s government— have been the target of a wave of persecution that began after they reported that up to 40 of their relatives were kidnapped in Chechnya. On 20 January 2022, Chechen security arrived in Nizhny Novgorod, a city some 400 kilometres east of Moscow, to arrest Saidi Yangulbaev, a former Federal Judge of the Chechen Republic. However, they were unable to detain him due to his judicial immunity, and instead settled for arre
