Ombudsman of Chechnya complains of inspectors' passiveness in searching kidnapped persons

The inactivity of the investigatory bodies in searching the missing and kidnapped residents of Chechnya provokes protest actions. This is asserted by the Ombudsman of Chechnya Nurdi Nukhazhiev in his letter to Yuri Chaika, General Public Prosecutor of Russia, where he asked Mr Chaika to interfere.

"Close relatives of more than 5000 kidnapped and missing citizens are indignant with the inactivity of the military prosecutor's office and the military-investigatory department in addressing this problem. Many citizens call to mass civil protest actions both in the Chechen Republic and in Moscow," runs the press release of the Chechen Ombudsman.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported earlier that President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov had stated that Chechen leaders are doing the utmost to establish the whereabouts of the persons who had disappeared or were kidnapped in the course of counterterrorist operations.

In his application, Mr Nukhazhiev also asked to dismiss Sergey Sharshavykh, head of the department of the Investigatory Committee at the Prosecutor's Office in Northern Caucasus.

As reported by Radio Liberty, so far, no comments have arrived from the officials of the General Prosecutor's Office of Russia and Mr Sharshavykh himself in reply to the statement of the Chechen Ombudsman.