Over 35,000 rubles have been raised in two days for gifts for Zarema Musaeva.
Since May 12, more than 35,000 rubles have been collected for food parcels for Zarema Musayeva. 300,000 rubles are needed to provide her with everything she needs for six months.
As reported by Kavkazsky Knot, on May 12, human rights activists announced a fundraiser for political prisoner Zarema Musayeva, who needs medication and special diabetic nutrition. The total collection amount is 300,000 rubles, which will provide her with everything she needs for six months.
In August 2025, the Shali Court of Chechnya sentenced Zarema Musayeva to three years and 11 months in prison for disrupting the work of a penal colony. On February 16, the Supreme Court of Chechnya overturned Musayeva's sentence and, at the prosecutor's request, sent the case for a new trial. Following the retrial of the criminal case for disrupting the work of a correctional facility, the court sentenced Zarema Musayeva to three years and 10 months in a penal colony. Musayeva appealed the verdict. The court unconditionally accepted the prosecution's side, and Zarema Musayeva's right to a defense was violated during the two-day trial, the defense stated. In early April, human rights activists submitted a complaint from Chechen political prisoner Zarema Musayeva to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention. In it, she stated that she was being punished for the actions of her sons, who criticize the Chechen leadership, and that the court hearings in her case were being marred by violations.
In two days, more than 35,000 rubles were collected for political prisoner Zarema Musayeva, who requires medication and special diabetic nutrition. The total collection amount is 300,000 rubles, which will provide Musayeva with essential supplies for six months. Fundraising is underway on the mutual aid platform "Zaodno."
"Zarema is a political prisoner and the mother of Chechen activists about whom Ramzan Kadyrov wrote: 'This family is destined for either prison or underground.' Zarema has been in prison since 2022. In 2026, she was sentenced to another 3 years and 10 months in prison," the platform's page states.
Human rights activists emphasized that Zarema has insulin-dependent diabetes. The fundraiser will help pay for six months of food parcels. The parcels will include food, medicine, clothing, and essential items.
As a reminder, in March 2025, human rights activists raised the same amount for a year's supply of medications, rehabilitation equipment, and consumables needed by Musayeva. Two-thirds of the required amount were raised in two weeks. "Thank you for your support, you are saving me," wrote Zarema Musayeva after the medication donation.
Zarema Musayeva is the wife of former federal judge Saidi Yangulbaev. Chechen security forces took her away from her apartment in Nizhny Novgorod on January 20, 2022. After this, Ramzan Kadyrov accused the Yangulbayev family of organizing a terrorist network and stated that their place awaited them "in prison or underground."
You can read about Kadyrov's conflict with the Yangulbayevs in the "Caucasian Knot" reports "How the Yangulbayevs Became Kadyrov's Enemies" and "The Main Thing About the Fight Between Kadyrov's Men and the Yangulbayevs".