The deportation of Chechens from EU countries to Russia, where they may be tortured and killed, has recently become a system. Just since the beginning of March this year, Ilyas Saduev, Lezzi Artuev, Magomed Gadaev from France and Mamuev Nurmagomed from Germany (in the photo) have been deported.
None of them was wanted internationally or in Russia, and they did not request extradition. That is, legally, none of them were accused of anything, so upon arrival in Russia, none of them were officially arrested or detained. However, all of them were taken to Chechnya, where they are either being held without any official charges or criminal cases against them, or their whereabouts are completely unknown, as well as whether they are alive or not.
The recent case of the deportation of Magomed Gadayev prompted the well-known journalist Elena Milashina to refuse the French human rights prize awarded to her, accusing the French authorities of cowardice and conspiracy with the opponents of human rights (https://novayagazeta.ru/articles/2021/04/09/s-trusami-mne-ne-po-puti). There may be criticism of Milashina regarding certain aspects of her activities, which we have already written about, but in this case she is absolutely right.
In general, the clear leadership of the French stands out in this sad list. Some associate it with the reaction to the assassination of Samuel Paty, while others believe that the Chechens are being avenged by the patrons of influential drug traffickers whose path they have crossed (https://golosislama.com/news.php?id=38781). There is a more obvious explanation — the nature of French policy towards the Chechens fits in with the overall course of Emmanuel Macron’s Islamophobic policy, about which we have written more than once.
In this context, it is not surprising that the same anti-Chechen atmosphere now prevails in Austria under the leadership of Emmanuel Macron’s twin brother — Sebastian Kurz (https://golosislama.com/news.php?id=39294). In particular, a Viennese court recently sentenced Chechen Ahmed A. to 14 years in prison for shooting at (but not injuring) a killer who killed Chechen blogger Mamihan Umarov (https://golosislama.com/news.php?id=38889).
Significantly, in all these cases, the relevant authorities and power circles in Europe are actively collaborating with those they publicly oppose and disregarding the values they claim to stand for. For example, they continue to insist that Islam is a threat to Europe because it is incompatible with respect for human rights or the security of the infamous LGBT. But at the same time, they help deal with people who are inconvenient to them by supporting the authorities in Chechnya, who journalists accuse of violence against gays, and who receive European awards.
In this situation, at least one journalist had the conscience to refuse to play on the same team as these hypocrites and point out their duplicity.