War in Syria. Photo: REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh

02 August 2017, 20:29

Kadyrov announces return to Russia of a child taken away to Syria

Ramzan Kadyrov has reported the return to Russia of a minor resident of Chechnya, who had been brought to Syria and found among the ruins in the city of Mosul.

According to Kadyrov, the father of the boy had taken him first to Syria, and then to Iraq. Ramzan Kadyrov asserts that the child and his father in the Iraq's Mosul "were found half dead among the city ruins."

The head of Chechnya has also stated that he had ordered to help and return the boy to Russia, noting that he had entrusted his plenipotentiary representative Ziyad Sabsabi with the mission to find the children removed from Russia to Syria and Iraq.

"This activity has its own specificities; details are not disclosed, so as not to risk the lives of those who work there, as well as the children’s lives. During this time, the data about some children from Chechnya and other Russia regions have been established. Virtually all their parents had died. We are engaged in the destiny of each of them," Kadyrov has written today on his page in the Instagram.

Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.

All news
НАСТОЯЩИЙ МАТЕРИАЛ (ИНФОРМАЦИЯ) ПРОИЗВЕДЕН И РАСПРОСТРАНЕН ИНОСТРАННЫМ АГЕНТОМ ООО “МЕМО”, ЛИБО КАСАЕТСЯ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ ИНОСТРАННОГО АГЕНТА ООО “МЕМО”.

December 24, 2024 22:56

  • Chechen drivers tell about law enforcers' raids on roads

    The vehicle gas cylinder equipment (GCE) often breaks down and poses a danger, experts said after reports of checks on Chechen roads. Drivers linked the raids with the fight against car window tinting; and GCE checks are conducted in parallel.

December 24, 2024 22:36

  • Russian SAM revokes fatwa on permissibility of polygamy among Muslims

    The Russian General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has made a submission to the Chairman of the Russia Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) on the need to eliminate violations of the law in connection with the fatwa on the permissibility of polygamy. Citing this submission and the reaction of the public, the SAM has revoked the fatwa.

December 24, 2024 21:15

December 24, 2024 20:47

December 23, 2024 23:43

News archive