On January 20, 2022, police officers from Chechnya arrived in Nizhny Novgorod and took Zarema Musaeva away. After being taken to Grozny, she was accused of using violence against a police officer. According to investigators, the woman scratched his face.
In addition, Musaeva was accused of aiding a certain Madina Azimova, who fraudulently issued consumer loans to insolvent borrowers.
In July 2023, a court in Grozny sentenced Zarema Musayeva to five years in prison. According to lawyers, given her health condition, she cannot serve her sentence. The woman suffers from type 2 diabetes and has had prolonged nosebleeds and pain in her arm.
Zarema Musayeva is the mother of Chechen activists Abubakar, Ibragim and Baysangur Yangulbaev. Human rights activists believe that she was kidnapped as a hostage and convicted of her sons’ opposition activities.
