Attack on Milashina and Nemov calls for tough response – Kommersant
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Andrey Klishas, head of the Federation Council Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State Building, called on law enforcement agencies to “respond harshly” to the attack in Chechnya on journalist Elena Milashina and lawyer Alexander Nemov.
“An attack on a journalist and a lawyer in Chechnya requires a tough response from law enforcement agencies,” Mr. Klishas wrote in his Telegram channel.
The head of the Human Rights Council, Valery Fadeev, said that requests had been sent to the Prosecutor General’s Office and the Investigative Committee of Russia “so that this case would be taken under control.” He noted that “the main thing now is to ensure security and medical care for Elena Milashina and Alexander Nemov.” “The fact that they are being transported to Beslan is good,” Mr. Fadeev added.
Alexander Khinshtein, head of the State Duma Information Policy Committee, said that “attacks on journalists (regardless of their position) are criminal and unacceptable.” “The State Duma Committee on Information Policy is in full solidarity with the SZHR and HRC in this. We will also send an appeal to the Prosecutor General’s Office and the TFR to take this investigation under special control!” added Mr. Khinshtein.
On July 4, it became known that unknown people in Chechnya attacked against Novaya Gazeta journalist Elena Milashina and lawyer Alexander Nemov. The victims are planned to be transported to a hospital in Beslan, they are accompanied by the Ombudsman in the Chechen Republic Mansur Soltaev. Ombudsman Tatyana Moskalkova reportedthat appeals were filed with the investigation department of the TFR and the prosecutor’s office in Chechnya because of the attack in Grozny.
Elena Milashina and Alexander Nemov arrived in Grozny for announcement the verdict of Zarema Musaeva, wife of ex-judge Saydi Yangulbaev. The court found the wife of the former member of the Supreme Court of Chechnya, Saydi Yangulbaev, Zarema Musaeva, guilty of committing violence against a representative of the authorities and fraud. The woman was sentenced to 5.5 years in a penal colony.
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