Liya Akhedzhakova offered money by unidentified people for supporting Kadyrov

According to actress Liya Akhedzhakova, she has received an offer from an agent of the "Apostle" Company to sign a letter in support of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov for 10,000 US dollars. The "Apostle" Company has denied the information about the collection of signatures. Members of the Human Rights Council of Chechnya have promised to find the persons who contacted the actress.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on January 15, the Congress of intellectuals "Against war, against self-isolation of Russia, against restoration of totalitarianism", which includes well-known cultural figures, with Liya Akhedzhakova among them, organized the collection of signatures under the demand for the immediate resignation of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov for his statements concerning the non-systemic opposition.

The message describing how Liya Akhedzhakova was allegedly called from the "Apostle" PR-Company and offered to sign a letter in support of Ramzan Kadyrov was written on Facebook by Irina Petrovskaya, a journalist and a TV critic. According to the actress, she declined the offer.

Kheda Saratova, a member of the Council on Civil Society Development and Human Rights under the Chechen leader, has announced her willingness to investigate the situation. Kheda Saratova has expressed her confidence that Liya Akhedzhakova was contacted not on behalf of Ramzan Kadyrov.

It should be noted that on January 22, Grozny hosted the rally "Our Strength is in Unity" in support of Ramzan Kadyrov. According to the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), the rally was attended by not less than 800,000 people. Residents of Chechnya claimed that public employees and school children were obliged to attend the rally. According to the people who attended the rally, the official number of the rally participants was overstated.

Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.