Kidnapping of two village residents. New Neubers, one of whom subsequently went missing

December 7, 2001
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At noon after Friday prayers, Abubakar Ismailovich Saluev, born in 1962, who lived in the village of New Noybera at the address: Svobody St., 14, decided to go fishing. He was accompanied by his 10-year-old son Idris and son-in-law Adam Ibragimov. On Gornaya Street, their GAZ-2410 car was blocked by three ZAZs: two 452s (“tablets”) and one 469. All without license plates. The Russian law enforcement officers who came out were wearing masks. They did not introduce themselves or explain their actions. They pulled Abubakar Saluev and Adam Ibragimov out of the car, put bags over their heads, and put them in one of their UAZ cars. They took the kidnapped man's car with them, and took his son out of it and left him on the street. Then we left towards the city of Gudermes. Neighbors and fellow villagers witnessed the seizure. They noted that the kidnappers behaved rudely and beat the people in their hands.

A month and six days later, relatives bought Adam Ibragimov from the Gudermes District VOVD. Abubakar Saluyev was also held there. At least, this was claimed by a freed resident of Nozhai-Yurt, who called himself Maga-bandit. He subsequently left the republic. According to him, in the temporary detention center he was in the same cell with Abubakar Saluyev, who subsequently, however, disappeared.

In search of Saluev, relatives turned to seconded Russian police officers, FSB officers and the prosecutor's office. A criminal case was opened into the fact of the abduction (the number of the Human Rights Center “Memorial” is unknown). The case was subsequently suspended “due to the impossibility of identifying the persons involved in the crime.”

Signs of Abubakar Saluev: height 167 cm, weight 60 kg, dark hair, brown eyes. His left leg was shorter than his right. He did not participate in hostilities in either the first or second campaigns. As of 2006, he was considered missing after being kidnapped by Russian security forces. The relatives did not go to court due to the inaction of the prosecutor's office, nor did they file a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights.


From the book “People Live Here”, Usam Baysaev, Dmitry Grushkin, 2006.

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