Chechnya is a republic of Russia governed by close Vladimir Putin ally Ramzan Kadyrov (pictured), who previously described the reporter as a 'terrorist'
Posted on 07/04/2023 8:27:47 PM PDT by Libloather
A leading Russian investigative journalist has been brutally attacked on a working trip to Chechnya - a republic of Russia governed by close Vladimir Putin ally Ramzan Kadyrov who had previously described the reporter as a 'terrorist'.
Elena Milashina, 45, and lawyer Alexander Nemov - who was also savagely beaten - were stopped by armed and masked men as they arrived in the regional capital Grozny to attend a court case linked to human right abuses.
The pair received death threats and had guns pointed at their heads, according to reports, while Milashina's head was shaved and her fingers broken in a brutal assault.
The reporter, who works for the banned independent paper Novaya Gazeta, also received a head wound, passed out several times and was doused in green dye in the vile attack.
Mr Nemov, 35, was stabbed with a knife and received leg wounds, according to the human rights group Team Against Torture, but still intends to go to the trial the pair had travelled to the state to attend.
Kadyrov - sanctioned in the West over alleged human rights abuses - is one of Putin's strongest backers on the war with Ukraine.
He earlier labelled Ms Milashina a terrorist, one of those who were allegedly 'always destroyed' in his republic.
Rumours have swirled in recent days over his health amid claims he is suffering from acute kidney or liver problems.
Referring to the attack on Ms Milashina and Mr Nemov, the human rights group Memorial said in a statement on Telegram: 'They were brutally kicked, including in the face, threatened with death, had a gun held to their heads, and had their equipment taken away and smashed.
'While being beaten, they were told: 'You have been warned. Get out of here and don't write anything.'
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Chechnya is a republic of Russia governed by close Vladimir Putin ally Ramzan Kadyrov (pictured), who previously described the reporter as a 'terrorist'
Poor woman. Don't ever expect muslims to act like humans.
Hair is the least of her worries.
Don’t expect Putin to, either.
Looking like an NGO tool who is involved in fomenting color revolutions.
Moslems??? She’s lucky it wasn’t her HEAD that was ‘shaved off’!
Back in the day, my son’s girlfriend ran John Kerry’s Senate office. When I asked why they wouldn’t run him for President, they told me that John Kerry went out every night with an underaged girl.
What a POS.
Mooch and Lurch love her. Putin hates her.
I wash my hands on her, they can all keep her. Not touching it.
She is an registered foreign agent.
If things continue as they are, then incidents like this will begin happening in the US.
By that same logic:
"Hitler loved tea. Churchill hated tea. Therefore, tea is bad!"
Fallacious reasoning appealing to simple minds!
Regards,
That is a low IQ comparison that you have made in your attempt to ridicule the above poster.
If American democratic leadership supports/supported her, that has a high degree of correlation and she most likely is a POS. Not always, but there’s a high probability. If the media is behind her as well I would say it’s 100%.
Ah Russians - just can’t get rid of that “inner Tartar”, can you?
Just can't stop pining for "regime change" in every country - including the United States of Banana...
Duck Caliphate, maybe.
Russia is just Rwanda with nukes and can't face it.
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