A rights group outlawed in Russia said that journalist Yelena Milashina and lawyer Alexander Nemov had been “brutally kicked, including in the face, threatened with death, had a gun held to their heads, and had their equipment taken away and smashed.”
Armed masked men attacked and seriously injured a prominent female Russian journalist and a lawyer in the
Memorial, a rights group outlawed in Russia, said that Milashina and Nemov had been “brutally kicked, including in the face, threatened with death, had a gun held to their heads, and had their equipment taken away and smashed.” Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, a close ally of Putin, wrote on Telegram: “We’ll sort it out. I have instructed the competent services to make every effort to identify the attackers.”
Mokhmad Akhmadov, a senator from Chechnya, was cited by RIA as saying he believed Kadyrov would get to the bottom of things and that he did not think the attack had been sanctioned at an official level. Kadyrov denies rights abuses, saying such allegations are fabricated by ill-wishers trying to discredit Chechnya and its authorities.
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