Voronezh police stopped Chechen girls. Kadyrov stood up for Chechen women who were humiliated by police in Voronezh

01.09.2023

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July 27 in Voronezh, a police patrol (of the three, only one was in uniform) stopped two Chechen women walking with an infant and asked them to present documents. And when the girls refused, the police demanded that they go with them to the police station. The girls declared their right to walk without documents, one turned on the recording on her mobile phone, the other called her relatives - her father Ruslan Abdullaev and her cousin, lawyer Shamil Yandarbaev. When they arrived, the police detained both of them (Yandarbaev, the lawyer, they threw him to the ground and handcuffed him) and took him to the police station in an official car, and then released him. As Shamil Yandarbaev told Novaya Gazeta, he stayed in the department for about three hours, there was “nothing concrete” there, they talked to the police “about everything.”

Witnesses to the conflict from among local residents commented on the conflict with the police with aggressive remarks. One of the women caught on camera used obscene language to insult the girls based on their nationality. The most harmless remark sounded like this: “You are my guest, and I am at home.”

Soon, a video of a police officer first promising to break the phone and then rudely detaining a relative who came to the girls’ aid appeared on Kadyrov’s Instagram with the caption: “Shame!”

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On the same day The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, turned to the head of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, Vladimir Kolokoltsev, with a request to check the actions of the police officers. He also expressed surprise that “the authorities of the Voronezh region did not assess what was happening.”

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On the evening of July 28 The press services of the prosecutor's office and the Investigative Committee for the Voronezh region published reports of inspections. The Investigative Committee noted that “the law enforcement officers refused to introduce themselves and explain the reason for their demands, and behaved incorrectly and rudely.” And they added that “the leadership of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Voronezh Region has appointed an internal audit into possible unlawful actions of police officers.”

There is no official comment on the situation on the city or regional administration’s website. Four sources of Novaya reported that the Ministry of Internal Affairs took a “tough position”, allegedly there was an order “from Moscow” not to comment on the situation. “On the same day, a gigantic check began,” one of our interlocutors confirmed.

The Chechen Center “E” of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, in turn, is checking the statements of a resident of Voronezh, whose comments addressed to Chechen women, in the opinion of the department, may contain signs of a crime under the “extremist” Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“inciting ethnic hatred”). Chechen Ombudsman Nurdi Nukhazhiev asked his Voronezh colleagues to take control of the situation. The office of the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Voronezh Region confirmed to Novaya that they are “looking into it.”

July 29 Kadyrov spoke about a conversation with the governor of the Voronezh region, Alexei Gordeev, who “spoke with deep regret about what happened,” and stated “that the leadership of the region is doing everything to preserve and strengthen interethnic peace and harmony.” The Grozny television and radio company described the conversation differently: the governor “apologized to the Chechen people.”

A source in the regional government told Novaya that the conversation took place on Kadyrov’s initiative and the apology is known only from his words. The governor himself, according to him, was away at the time of the conversation.

“The act of the police officers was sharply condemned by the chairman of the Voronezh Regional Duma, deputies from the region in the State Duma of the Russian Federation and the city public.<…>The Chairman of the Human Rights Council under the President of the Russian Federation, Mikhail Fedotov, promptly responded to the incident.<…>I don’t know what Ruslan Abdulaev, his daughter and others will do. But it will not be easy for all of us to forget all this,” Kadyrov said.

In the morning July 31 Chechens did this: to the Investigative Committee, the Prosecutor General’s Office and the Ministry of Internal Affairs with statements about bringing the police to justice.

What they're talking about in Voronezh: “trainees”, “gypsies” and threats to police officers

An employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the city, who worked together with the participants in the conflict, said that the police officers who stopped the Chechen women were trainees. The only policeman in uniform was a local police officer, and the plainclothes police were targeting gypsies with a child and were simply mistaken. "They took them for gypsies,<…>In general, the interns were studying there, they didn’t notice the differences, they decided to check the documents.”

A police source said that after the publication on Instagram by the head of Chechnya, “threats began against the operas and their relatives from the Chechen side.” The police officers, he said, are now under guard and have stopped showing up for work.

The Jihad telegram channel published a screenshot of a video showing plainclothes police stopping the girls. The video is superimposed with the following caption: “Brothers, these two goats wanted to humiliate our Chechen sisters from Voronizh. Find them and kill them” (spelling preserved).

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“It won’t be easy for us to forget all this”

Kadyrov commented on the conflict between police and young Chechen women in Voronezh

Screenshot of a video from Ramzan Kadyrov’s Instagram

The head of the Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, said that the conflict between the Voronezh police, who rudely demanded that two Chechen girls with infants show documents on the street, despite the apologies of law enforcement officials, “it will not be easy for all of us to forget all this.” He wrote a comment in his Instagram, publishing along with a video message from the father of one of the girls, Ruslan Abdulaev. Abdulaev and his son arrived at the scene of the conflict and were detained by police, but have already been released.

“Today they call me - they will ask for an apology, to pay material and moral damage. This is all (thanks to) our head of the republic Ramzan Akhmatovich Kadyrov and his circle,” Ruslan Abdulaev says in the video.

“I don’t know what Ruslan Abdulaev, his daughter and others will do. But it won’t be easy for all of us to forget all this.<…>And valiant human rights activists took water in their mouths when the girl and child needed support. This is their true face and their real concern for the rights of Chechens,” the head of the republic wrote.

Kadyrov also noted that the governor of the Voronezh region, Alexei Gordeev, during a telephone conversation “spoke with deep regret about what happened.” According to the head of Chechnya, the act of the police was “sharply condemned” by the chairman of the Voronezh Regional Duma and deputies from the region in the State Duma of the Russian Federation and the public of Voronezh.

“They did not respond to our request to introduce themselves; when asked to state the grounds for their demands, they said that we were wearing scarves and long skirts and that we could commit a terrorist attack,” the Notepad publication quotes one of the girls. After some time, the father and brother of one of the Chechen women arrived. “As a result, they tied up my brother, put his head on the asphalt, handcuffed him and threw him into a car, after which he and his father were taken to the police station,” says a participant in the conflict.

At the same time, passers-by intervened in the conflict. The video shows how an elderly resident of Voronezh invites the girl and her father to return to their homeland.

Previously, Ramzan Kadyrov accused human rights activists and representatives of judicial practice that conflicts involving Chechens are viewed one-sidedly. In his opinion, the murders of Chechens and Caucasians in other regions of Russia “are ignored by various kinds of human rights activists and publications advocating the protection of human rights.”

We are talking about a recent case when, as local media reported, in the regional center police officers demanded to check the documents of two natives of the Chechen Republic walking with their children. At the same time, the law enforcement officers refused to introduce themselves and explain the reason for their demands, and behaved incorrectly and rudely, reports. When the father and brother arrived to help the girls, police officers detained the men and put them in a police car.

In turn, Ramzan Kadyrov reported a telephone conversation with the governor of the Voronezh region Alexei Gordeev. “Speaking with deep regret about what happened. He noted that the regional leadership is doing everything to preserve and strengthen interethnic peace and harmony. Alexey Vasilyevich has provided us with assistance since his tenure as Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation,” noted the head of Chechnya.

“The act of the police officers was sharply condemned by the chairman of the Voronezh Regional Duma, deputies from the region in the State Duma of the Russian Federation and the city public. The head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for the Voronezh Region has appointed an internal audit of the actions of police officers, the Main Directorate of the Investigative Committee has launched an investigation, and the detainee Ruslan Abdulaev has been released. It is known that the participants in the incident appeal to the victims with a request to accept their apology. I don’t know what Ruslan Abdulaev, his daughter and others will do. But it will not be easy for all of us to forget all this,” explained Ramzan Kadyrov.

The head of Chechnya noted that “the Chairman of the President of the Russian Federation responded promptly to the incident, for which he is very grateful.” “I would like to express my gratitude to my dear brothers - deputy, chairman of the parliament of the Chechen Republic and representative in the Voronezh region Adlan Nosayev, who clearly carried out all my instructions,” Kadyrov noted.

“Thousands of residents of Russian regions condemned the inhumane treatment of the girl and child, as well as their relatives. This should be the reaction of society, regardless of who suffered - Russian, Chechen, Tatar, Circassian or Jew,” summed up the head of Chechnya.

On July 27, an incident occurred in Voronezh involving natives of the Chechen Republic and local law enforcement officers. Three police officers (two of them were in civilian clothes), without introducing themselves or explaining the reason, demanded that two Chechen girls, who were walking a 3-month-old child in a stroller, present documents. As it turned out later, one of the Chechen women was 17 years old. In the video posted on the Internet, the girls explain that they are citizens of the Russian Federation and are interested in the motives for the check; They left their passports at home. However, the law enforcement officers were not convinced by these arguments - the police demanded to proceed to the police station, and they also used force in an attempt to interrupt the filming.

After calling relatives, the cousin and father of one of the girls arrived at the scene of the conflict.

“As a result, the brother was tied up, his head was laid on the asphalt, he was handcuffed and thrown into a car, after which he and his father were taken to the police station,” testifies the Chechen woman (bloknot-voronezh.ru).

It is significant that in this situation, random passers-by took the side of law enforcement officers: townspeople of retirement age showered the girls with insults based on their nationality.

The scandalous detention outraged the public far beyond Voronezh. The head of the Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, was one of the first to condemn the behavior of the police.

"A shame! This is how, in one word, we can characterize the outrageous incident that occurred in Voronezh. Young people in jeans and T-shirts stopped two Chechen girls on the street and demanded to see their passports. The “demanders” themselves did not show any documents giving the right to detain girls with babies and demand passports. They didn't even introduce themselves verbally. The only reason for “passport control” carried out by young people with a characteristic athletic appearance is the nationality of Russian citizens who have been living in Voronezh for a long time. Another reason is that they are wearing scarves. The minor girl’s insistent requests to explain to her who these people are, where and who they work for, remain unanswered. They also cannot answer by what law girls must take their passports with them when going shopping. At the same time, the nearby police officers do not interfere with what is happening and do not utter a single word. The brother who arrived at the scene of the incident, who is also trying to find out what happened, as a particularly dangerous criminal, is thrown onto the asphalt, handcuffed and taken to the department. At the same time, young people demanding documents from girls provoke the elderly women nearby to an interethnic conflict. I have no information about which department was represented by the young people who deliberately created a conflict situation in the city center that could escalate into street riots. But judging by the fact that the police officers did not call them to order in front of them, the guys feel confident and know what a masquerade with a check is for. Interethnic peace and harmony in society are the main asset of Russia. Our enemies first of all want to undermine them. I am surprised that the authorities of the Voronezh region did not assess what happened. I am sure that Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev will demand a review of the legality of the actions and inactions of the participants in the incident,” the head of Chechnya wrote on his Instagram page.

The Commissioner for Human Rights in the Chechen Republic, Nurdi Nukhazhiev, appealed to the prosecutor of the Voronezh region, Nikolai Shishkin, with a request to conduct an investigation “into the arbitrariness of law enforcement officials against two women and a young child.”

“Women who went for a walk with a three-month-old child without taking their passports with them were asked to explain the reason for checking their documents. In response, the law enforcement officers demanded that they go with them to the police department. Further, seeing that one of the women was filming what was happening on her phone, one of the police officers tried to pull it out and, catching the girl’s hair, tore out a clump of hair. After which the girls called their father, Ruslan Usmanovich Abdullaev, and their cousin, Shamil Yandarbaev, who came and brought the girls’ documents. The father and cousin who arrived at the scene of the conflict and asked to explain the reason for the detention of the girls were tied up and taken in handcuffs to the police department. A lot of people gathered around what was happening, and chauvinistic cries were heard at the girls, inciting ethnic hatred,” the Ombudsman informs the prosecutor.

“When those who are obligated to comply with the law violate the law, the violation of human and civil rights and freedoms begins. Today, when the leadership of the Russian Federation, overcoming enormous difficulties, is trying to strengthen international peace, law enforcement officers are obliged to preserve and protect it,” emphasizes Nukhazhiev (grozny-inform.ru).

The circumstances of the incident are being clarified by the Voronezh police and the Investigative Committee of the region.

“The leadership of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Voronezh Region has appointed an internal audit into possible unlawful actions of police officers,” the department’s press service informs.

“...The investigative bodies of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Voronezh Region immediately organized a procedural check, during which measures will be taken to identify the police officers, the legality of their demands and actions will be assessed, official documentation will be requested and studied, and eyewitnesses of the incident and victims will be interviewed.” , says the ICR statement.

The Center for Combating Extremism of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Chechnya is studying the xenophobic attacks of one of the eyewitnesses of the incident. In the woman’s words, the Chechen Center “E” sees signs of inciting hatred based on nationality (Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

In turn, the Minister of National Policy, Press and Information of Chechnya Dzhambulat Umarov said that he does not see the need to initiate a criminal case.

The incident that occurred on July 27 in Voronezh caused indignation among the head of the Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov. The politician called the loud showdown, in which “girls in headscarves” also participated, a disgrace.

The video and commentary for it were published by Kadyrov on Instagram. The recording shows how two young men in civilian clothes approach two girls with a baby and begin to demand to see their passport. At the same time, the “demanders” themselves, as the head of the republic writes, do not present any documents.

Kadyrov believes that the reason for the check was the nationality of the Russian women and the fact that they were wearing headscarves. The brother who arrived at the scene tried to stand up for the girls. He wanted to find out what was happening when he was thrown onto the asphalt, “like a particularly dangerous criminal.” Then the man was handcuffed and taken to the department. The statesman believes that young men of athletic build provoked the pensioners standing nearby into an interethnic conflict. On video Several townspeople were caught at once, demanding that Chechen girls “return to their homeland.” Such behavior in normal people can only cause shame for these women.

I have no information about which department was represented by the young people who deliberately created a conflict situation in the city center that could escalate into street riots. But judging by the fact that the police officers did not call them to order in front of them, the guys feel confident and know what a masquerade with a check is for. Interethnic peace and harmony in society are the main asset of Russia. Our enemies first of all want to undermine them. I am surprised that the authorities of the Voronezh region did not assess what happened. I am sure that the Minister of Internal Affairs of Russia Vladimir Kolokoltsev will demand an audit of the legality of the actions and inactions of the participants, - Ramzan Kadyrov writes on his page on the social network.

It should be noted that during the conflict, one of the young people threatened to break the phone, with the camera of which a Chechen girl was filming what was happening. Later, a participant in the showdown reported that there was an attempt to destroy her property. In addition, one of the guys allegedly attacked her and “pulled out a clump of hair.”

What the young people wanted from the residents of Voronezh and on what basis now remains to be found out by law enforcement agencies.

The leadership of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Voronezh Region has appointed an internal investigation into possible unlawful actions of police officers - said Deputy Head of the Department of Information and Public Relations of the department Elena Podtynykh.