More than 98% of the funds needed to support Musaeva have been raised.
295,171 rubles have been raised to support Zarema Musaeva, who is serving her sentence in Chechnya; this is 98.3% of the necessary amount for transfers over six months.
As reported by "Caucasian Knot", on May 12, human rights activists announced a fundraising campaign for the political prisoner Zarema Musaeva, who needs medication and special diabetic food. The fundraising goal is 300,000 rubles, which will be enough for six months of support. As of August 6, 272,742 rubles have been raised, according to data published on the "Zaodno" platform. A total of 90.91% of the necessary amount has been raised, calculated "Caucasian Knot".
The court in Chechnya sentenced Musaeva to three years and ten months in prison, finding her guilty of disrupting the work of the settlement colony. The Supreme Court of Chechnya upheld this decision. According to the investigation, in October 2024, Musaeva hit a FSIN officer and tore off his epaulet during transportation from the hospital while riding in a car with him. She categorically denied her guilt, calling it a pre-planned fabrication and revenge. The defense filed a petition for the conditional early release of Zarema Musaeva in the Shali City Court.
295,171 rubles have been raised by 15:00 Moscow time for transfers to Zarema Musaeva; the necessary amount for six months of transfers is 300,000 rubles, according to data published on the "Zaodno" platform.
This is 98.39% of the necessary amount, calculated "Caucasian Knot".
Zarema has insulin-dependent diabetes. The fundraising is for six months of payment for transfers: food, medications, clothing, and essential items, as stated on the platform's website.
It should be noted that this is already the second sentence for Zarema Musaeva. Earlier, in July 2023, Musaeva was convicted in a criminal case of fraud and "using violence against a police officer". The Akhmat District Court sentenced her to five and a half years in a colony, and the Supreme Court of Chechnya reduced the sentence to five years in a settlement colony. In March 2024, the Cassation Court in Pyatigorsk reduced Zarema Musaeva's sentence by three months to four years and nine months, satisfying the prosecutor's request.
On June 17, Zarema Musaeva's daughter, Aliya Yangulbaeva, published an open letter on social media addressed to Aishat Kadyrova, the eldest daughter of the head of Chechnya. In her appeal, Yangulbaeva asked Kadyrova to assist in freeing her mother, Zarema Musaeva. There was no response to this appeal from Aishat Kadyrova or Ramzan Kadyrov. Analysts interviewed by "Caucasian Knot" doubted that Aishat Kadyrova could influence her father, Ramzan Kadyrov's position regarding the release of Yangulbaeva's mother – Zarema Musaeva. Aliya stated that the family and Zarema Musaeva herself hope for a prisoner exchange with the West.
Zarema Musaeva is the wife of former federal judge Saidi Yangulbaev. Chechen security forces took her away on January 20, 2022, from an apartment in Nizhny Novgorod. After that, Ramzan Kadyrov accused the Yangulbaev family of organizing a terrorist network and stated that they would face a place "in prison or underground". In July 2023, Musaeva was convicted in a criminal case of fraud and "using violence against a police officer". The Akhmat District Court sentenced her to five and a half years in a colony, and later, in September 2023, the Supreme Court of Chechnya reduced the sentence to five years in a settlement colony. In March 2024, the Cassation Court in Pyatigorsk reduced Zarema Musaeva's sentence by three months to four years and nine months, satisfying the prosecutor's request.
Information about the conflict between Kadyrov and the Yangulbaevs can be found in the reports of "Caucasian Knot" "How the Yangulbaevs Became Kadyrov's Enemies" and "Main Points on the Kadyrovites' Struggle Against the Yangulbaevs".
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