Movlaev reported the abduction of his parents

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Mansur Movlaev's parents were forcibly taken away to an unknown location in Chechnya.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," on May 18, a court upheld Mansur Movlaev's arrest in Kazakhstan. This exhausted the legal avenues for appealing the arrest of the Chechen native. On May 21, Movlaev called on members of the European Parliament to record appeals to the Kazakh authorities calling for his extradition to Russia to be revoked. His lawyer pointed out that Movlaev's extradition would violate international law. On June 3, Movlaev reported that his brother Zelimkhan was kidnapped in Chechnya and subjected to violence.

Mansur Movlaev reported on his Instagram page* on June 6 that his parents, Khava and Movsar Movlaev, had been forcibly taken to an unknown location in Chechnya. "The family doesn't know where they are or where they were taken," the post stated, which had garnered 3,300 likes as of 1:30 AM Moscow time on June 7.

Another post, written in English, reported that the situation surrounding Mansur Movlaev was becoming critical. It recalled that Movlaev's brother had been subjected to violence, his parents had been forcibly taken away, and he himself was in custody in Kazakhstan, where he faces extradition to Russia. "These events raise serious concerns not only for Mansur's safety, but also for the safety of his entire family," the publication states.

As a reminder, Mansur Movlaev was detained by security forces in Chechnya in 2022 and held in an illegal prison. After escaping, he managed to reach Kyrgyzstan in January 2023. In August 2023, security forces in Kyrgyzstan detained Movlaev, who was wanted in Russia for financing extremist activity. A court in Bishkek sentenced Movlaev to six months in prison and subsequent deportation from the country. On November 20, 2023, Movlaev was released, but the deportation order remained in effect, and he voluntarily left Kyrgyzstan to avoid being sent home.

In May 2025, Movlaev was detained in Kazakhstan and placed under extradition arrest. On January 30, it was reported that the Prosecutor General's Office of Kazakhstan had ordered his extradition to Russian security forces. His defense appealed this decision. In February, the Supreme Court of Kazakhstan suspended the execution of the decision to extradite Movlaev pending the final review of his asylum application. Human rights defenders and activists considered the connection between this decision and Movlaev's appeal to the UN Human Rights Committee, which in February called on the Kazakh authorities to suspend Movlaev's extradition pending the review of this appeal. On May 8, a court in Almaty extended the extradition arrest by two months, until July.

The "Caucasian Knot" published a report entitled "Murders of Kadyrov's Critics in the European Union."

The "Caucasian Knot" is posting materials about human rights violations in Chechnya, Kadyrov's attacks on the opposition, and his fight against dissent in the republic on a special thematic page called "Dissent in Chechnya.".

* Meta (owner of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp) is banned in Russia.

** are included in the register of foreign agents.