A lawyer is unable to locate Seda Suleimanova, a Chechen woman abducted by security forces in St. Petersburg. She faces an "honor killing."
About two years ago, 26-year-old Chechen woman Seda Suleimanova fled the republic for St. Petersburg. In October 2022, Seda sought protection from a crisis group. SK SOS, because she feared an "honor killing" from her relatives due to her lack of religious commitment. At the beginning of the year Seda Suleimanov Her brothers tried to return her to the republic, but she managed to escape.
After returning to St. Petersburg, Seda changed her address and place of work. However, law enforcement officers still managed to find her. The day before, Seda and her boyfriend— Stanislav Kudryavtsev, was taken to the 54th police station. Kudryavtsev later told his lawyer that two Chechens in civilian clothes had visited their apartment along with the police. Stanislav Kudryavtsev was released from the station, and the woman was detained on suspicion of stealing jewelry worth 150 rubles. She denies all charges.
How to clarifies Seda is not on the federal wanted list, according to the crisis group. However, her boyfriend was told by the police that she was being taken to Pulkovo Airport, and from there to Grozny. The lawyer To Mark Alekseev It was not possible to find Seda at the St. Petersburg airport.
There is currently no precise information about Seda Suleimanova's whereabouts.
As the crisis group notes, kidnapping under the guise of a fabricated criminal case is a common practice in Chechnya, used to forcibly return escapees to the republic. have entered with a 19-year-old Selima Ismailova. A young woman tried to flee Chechnya for Germany due to domestic violence, but she was detained at the airport for allegedly stealing 85 rubles from a relative. For a long time, her lawyers received no response. it was not known about the fate of Selima.
In early July, the Chechen ombudsman рассказал about the fate of the kidnapped girl. Mansur Soltayev reported that “psychologists worked on the girl’s thinking and now everything is fine with her.”