Pavel Gubarev spoke about his captivity in Chechnya amid the Alaudinov denunciation case.
In 2015, Pavel Gubarev was kidnapped by Chechen fighters after reports surfaced online that he had alleged Ramzan Kadyrov's involvement in the Charlie Hebdo attack. The former "people's governor" of Donbas stated this in an interview shortly before the hearing of the military defamation case opened following Apti Alaudinov's statement.