Sedy Suleymanova’s friend was detained during the picket

Lena Patyaeva, a friend of the abducted native of Chechnya, Seda Suleimanova, was detained during a solitary picket at the prosecutor’s office in St. Petersburg. This is reported by SOTA.

Patyaeva went to the picket demanding to provide information about Sede Suleimanova, who was kidnapped last year in St. Petersburg and taken to Chechnya. Earlier, human rights activists claimed that her relatives could have killed her. Patyaeva also walked the streets of the city, telling passers-by about the situation around Suleymanova.

Suleymanova left Chechnya, fearing an “honor” murder. In August 2023, with the support of law enforcement officers from the republic, she was kidnapped from her apartment in St. Petersburg and taken to Grozny.

In September, the Commissioner for Human Rights in Chechnya, Mansur Soltaev, published a video of a meeting with Suleymanova, on which she does not say a word; since then, there has been no new information about the girl.

• Suleymanova’s fiancé, Stanislav Kudryavtsev, previously converted to Islam, trying to obtain security guarantees for a trip to Chechnya and a meeting with the bride. These requests were unsuccessful.
• On February 1, a friend of the abducted native of Chechnya, Lena Patyaeva, held a picket at the St. Petersburg prosecutor’s office with a poster “Is Seda Suleymanova alive? No one has seen her for 150 days.” The activist was detained and taken to the police, an administrative report was made against her. In an interview with the website Kavkaz.Realii, Patyaeva talked about Suleymanova’s life in St. Petersburg after running away from her family.
• Those fleeing violence in the North Caucasus often face persecution from relatives. Employees of law enforcement agencies detain them – the reason is usually knowingly false accusations of crimes, after which relatives take them back by force.