Zarema Musayeva's daughter asked Aishat Kadyrova for help in freeing her mother.

In August 2025, the Shali Court of Chechnya sentenced Zarema Musayeva to three years and 11 months in prison for disrupting the work of a penal colony. On February 16, the Supreme Court of Chechnya overturned Musayeva's sentence and, at the prosecutor's request, remanded the case for a new trial. Following the retrial of the criminal case for disrupting the work of a correctional facility, the court sentenced Zarema Musayeva to three years and 10 months in a penal colony. Musayeva appealed the verdict. The court unconditionally accepted the prosecution's case, and Zarema Musayeva's right to a defense was violated during the two-day trial, the defense stated. Aliya Yangulbaeva's appeal was published today in the aliya.yangulbaeva Instagram group*. By 9:30 PM Moscow time, the post had garnered 72 likes and 10 comments.

"Aishat, I am writing to you about my mother, Zarema Musayeva, who has been serving her fifth year in prison without guilt, despite her severe diabetes," Aliya Yangulbaeva wrote in her letter.

Yangulbaeva called on Kadyrova to show female solidarity and influence her father's decision so that Musayeva could celebrate her 57th birthday in freedom, surrounded by her family.

"You yourself, both a daughter and a mother... You are capable, like no one else, of understanding the pain of a daughter and the pain of an innocent mother. And I don't wish this pain on anyone. It can sometimes be difficult for men to change their minds, but it is women who know how to find the words that can melt even the hardest heart," the letter reads. message.

Musaeva's daughter emphasized that she sees how many good deeds Aishat Kadyrova does every day for people in need. She expressed hope that her mother's story will not leave Ramzan Kadyrov's daughter indifferent.

"I ask only one thing: help me ensure that Zarema Musayeva celebrates her 57th birthday not behind bars, as in previous years, but in freedom, next to her family," Aliya Yangulbaeva wrote in conclusion.

In early April 2025, human rights activists sent a complaint from Chechen political prisoner Zarema Musayeva to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention. In it, the woman stated that she was being punished for the actions of her sons, who criticize the Chechen leadership, and that the court hearings in the case were being conducted with violations.

Zarema Musayeva is the wife of former federal judge Saidi Yangulbaev. Chechen security forces took her away from her apartment in Nizhny Novgorod on January 20, 2022. After this, Ramzan Kadyrov accused the Yangulbayev family of organizing a terrorist network and stated that their place awaited them "in prison or underground."

You can read about Kadyrov's conflict with the Yangulbayevs in the "Caucasian Knot" reports "How the Yangulbayevs Became Kadyrov's Enemies" and "The Main Thing About the Fight Between Kadyrov's Men and the Yangulbayevs".