Chechen minister admits that Kadyrov’s son beat the man accused of burning the Koran

The Minister for National Policy, Foreign Relations, Press and Information of Chechnya, Akhmed Dudayev, admitted that Ramzan Kadyrov’s 15-year-old son Adam beat Nikita Zhuravel, accused of burning the Koran, in Grozny’s pre-trial detention center. Video posted in Telegram channel Mr Dudayev.

According to Adam Dudayev, Adam Kadyrov constantly accompanies Ramzan Kadyrov at events. Including the teenager was at a meeting with Nikita Zhuravel in the Grozny pre-trial detention center. According to him, Adam Kadyrov beat Nikita Zhuravel when they were alone. Why the young people were left alone, Mr. Dudayev does not specify in the published video.

“We understand, we live in a legal country, there are laws, the Constitution. But in this case, there are also religious feelings, customs,” said Adam Dudayev.

He added that the Chechen authorities “have no way to reach out to the Satanists in Sweden, Denmark, Germany, America, who burn the Koran every day,” but in this case, “the Satanist was transferred to the Chechen Republic, and Adam Kadyrov was able to reach him.”

“Nikita Zhuravel encroached on the feelings of billions of Muslims around the world, millions of Muslims within our country. In addition, he hurt the feelings of all sane people. He is a traitor to the Motherland, he went along with the Ukrainian special services, who want to sow interethnic discord in the Russian Federation, ”said Mr. Dudayev.

By versions investigation, 19-year-old Nikita Zhuravel burned the Koran in Volgograd in May and posted the video on social networks. The ICR opened a case under Part 2 of Art. 148 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (insulting the feelings of believers). During the interrogation, Nikita Zhuravel stated that he had carried out the action “on the instructions of the Ukrainian special services for a reward of 10,000 rubles.” The court arrested him for two months. The case was transferred to Chechnya, the young man was taken to the pre-trial detention center in Grozny.

This week, 19-year-old Nikita Zhuravel met with the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov. After that, he stated that Adam Kadyrov had beaten him, and sent the complaint of Tatyana Moskalkova, Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation. Chechen Ombudsman Mansur Soltaev was instructed to look into what happened. He told reporters that in Chechnya “no one can be subjected to torture and beatings” and the incident will be checked. Member of the Presidential Council for Human Rights (HRC) Eva Merkacheva applied to the director of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia Arkady Gostev with a request to transfer the accused to a pre-trial detention center in another region.

Olesya Pavlenko