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| Document on the punishment of detention center employees after the beating of Zhuravel is made public |
| 2024-03-19 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [KavkazUzel] Employees of the Grozny pre-trial detention center, where Adam Kadyrov beat Nikita Zhuravel, were punished after an inspection, according to a document published by the Baza telegram channel. As the "Caucasian Knot" wrote, on September 25, 2023, Ramzan Kadyrov published a video recording of his son Adam beating Nikita Zhuravel in a pre-trial detention center. The head of Chechnya praised his son for this act. After this, Adam Kadyrov received the title of Hero of Chechnya and the highest state awards of Karachay-Cherkessia and Kabardino-Balkaria, and in total at least nine state and public awards. You can read more about the Zhuravel case in the Caucasian Knot information “ The beating of Nikita Zhuravel: why did Kadyrov’s men need to publish the video.” According to an official letter from the Investigative Committee, employees of the Grozny pre-trial detention center where Nikita Zhuravel was beaten were punished, the anonymous telegram channel Baza reports today. “According to the document, the bodies of inquiry conducted an inspection against Adam Kadyrov. Based on the results of the inspection, employees of pre-trial detention center No. 1 of the city of Grozny were punished for what happened - they were allegedly “brought to disciplinary responsibility.” Exactly how they were punished is not indicated in the document,” - the message says. The publication is illustrated with a photocopy of a response dated March 14 and containing a signature on behalf of the seconded senior investigator Duruev. The recipient of the response is not indicated on the published photocopy. The text of the document states that the “online appeal addressed to the deputy director of the FSB” does not contain “issues falling within the competence of the investigative department of the Russian Investigative Committee for the Chechen Republic,” since “the body of inquiry has already carried out an inspection” in accordance with “the established jurisdiction,” and officials of the pre-trial detention center were “brought to disciplinary liability.” The "Caucasian Knot" cannot verify the authenticity of the published document. As of 16.55 Moscow time, on the websites of the ICR department for Chechnya and the republican Federal Penitentiary Service, there is no information about the disciplinary punishment of the pre-trial detention center employees and which department carried out the inspection. Let us recall that on February 27, a court in Grozny sentenced Nikita Zhuravel to 3.5 years in prison, finding him guilty of violating the right to religion and hooliganism. The defense said it would appeal the verdict. On May 20, 2023, security forces detained Nikita Zhuravel in Volgograd. According to investigators, the detainee said that he recorded a video of the burning of the Koran at the direction of the Ukrainian special services and received 10 thousand rubles for it. He handed over the recording to an employee of the Ukrainian special services, for whom he also filmed military facilities, Sledkom reported. After Zhuravel’s arrest, the head of the Investigative Committee ordered that his case be transferred to Chechnya, explaining this by appeals from residents of the republic who asked to be recognized as the injured party. On May 27, 2023, Zhuravel was taken to the Grozny pre-trial. |
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