Fate of resident of Grozny kidnapped in 1994 established in Chechnya

Remains of a resident of Grozny, who disappeared after detention by servicemen of federal forces in December 1994, were found at one of local cemeteries.

"Thanks to DNA analysis, it was defined that the remains belong to Musa Israilov, a resident of Grozny, who, according to eyewitnesses, was captured, on December 31, 1994, by federal forces and had been missing since then. His DNA data have coincided with the blood of his mother," a source from the Investigating Department for Chechnya of the ICRF told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

According to his story, this is the first case of identifying a citizen of the republic, who had been missing since the time of the first military campaign in Chechnya.

The investigator has noted that this year the republic has launched a campaign of collecting blood samples from relatives of the missing civilians of Chechnya. The relatives receive the so-called "genetic passports" containing all the data.

"A lot of work in this direction has been performed by the Peacemaking Mission named after General Lebed and the regional office of the NGO 'Search for Missing Persons'," said the source.

According to the Prosecutor's Office, as of the start of the second half of 2013, the list of persons who disappeared in the armed conflict in the Chechen Republic contains 1611 persons. Human rights activists believe that the actual number of missing persons can reach up to 20,000 people.