The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, confirmed live on Instagram that Judge Saydi Yangulbaev and his sons were brought to him in 2015 due to criticism of the authorities of the republic. Magomed Daudov, chairman of the republic's parliament, uploaded the recording of the broadcast.
Daudov said in the broadcast that in 2015 the Chechen security forces called the judge's son Ibragim the creator of the Wolves Creed group on VKontakte, where they criticized the Chechen authorities. Then, according to him, «the guy (Ibragim Yangulbaev — MZ) was caught, his father was brought in, they talked to him, he then beat his son in front of them.»
“Their (brothers Yangulbaevs — MZ) father said in front of us that it was his fault, that [he] had disgraced himself before the people, the republic, that he himself imprisoned such scoundrels as he (his son Ibragim — MZ) planted,” Kadyrov himself said. — After all, he thanked him very much, scolded his son, said that he should have been killed for this. Gave a couple of cracks to my son. I told him (the judge — MZ): «Don't beat your son, take him away!»
The Yangulbaevs said that this happened in November 2015 at Kadyrov's residence, where, in addition to Ibragim Yangulbaev and his judge father, his older brother Abubakar was also taken. “According to Ibragim, when he was brought home, almost lifeless, Ramzan [Kadyrov] beat him… He put his feet on his neck. Lord beat, Daudov”, — former judge Yangulbaev spoke.
According to Ibragim Yangulbaev, his relatives were then released, and until May 2016 he himself was kept in the basement at the Akhmat SOBR base in Grozny, where “they continued to torture, including with the help of electric current.”
Daudov in broadcast reminded that “in 2017 [Ibragim Yangulbaev] was caught again”, “was given a term and imprisoned”. Yangulbaev then spent a year and a half in a pre-trial detention center on charges of inciting hatred in posts, but after the partial decriminalization of Article 282 of the Criminal Code, the case was dismissed in January 2019 and he was released.
The Chechen authorities subsequently connected the sons of judge Saydi Yangulbaev with the telegram channel 1ADAT, which criticized Kadyrov. On January 20, 2022, police officers came to their home in Nizhny Novgorod and forcibly took away the wife of the judge, Zarema Musayeva, for interrogation in Chechnya. Kadyrov then said that «this family is waiting for a place either in prison or underground.» The judge then left the country.
Killing, imprisoning, scaring. The abduction of the judge's wife by Chechen security forces in Nizhny Novgorod is the main thing
Translation from the Chechen beginning of the broadcast with a discussion of the Yangulbaevs.
Ramzan Kadyrov: — Salaam Aleikum.
Magomed Daudov: — Good afternoon.
RK: — Do you have a job or something? What are you doing on Instagram?
MD:— There is a lot of work here. I often look here, see what the residents, our youth, boss are doing [here]. News is updated every day.
RK: — Will you inform [us all]?
MD: — The last days, as you know, there is such a family as the Yangulbaevs. There are many questions about her.
RK: — In 2017, we brought the Yangulbaevs with their father. There, the father [said] that he was giving his word that he had disgraced himself [before Kadyrov], that he had beaten his two sons… Do you hear me?
MD: — I hear. Do you hear me brother?
RK: — was it 2017 or 2018.
MD:— Look, brother. In 2015, their [son], whose name is Ibrahim, Ibrahim, with a beard who is sitting abroad. He, therefore, created the Wolves Creed group on VKontakte. Created a group there. Then our CPEand others have been working on it. You make me feel good do you hear?
RK: — Yes, I hear well.
MD: — They (siloviki — MZ) revealed this channel. When they found it, we found out that Ibragim Yangulbaev made it. Then the CPE took care of him, found out who he was, what he was. Then it turned out that his father was a federal judge. Like a federal judge?! A federal judge in Russia is a great privilege. On the contrary, people are judged by extremism and terrorism.
RK:— No, Magomed, I'm not saying that. When we found out that he was caught. I told you: “Look who has him (in which police department — MZ), and bring him.” Then the judge was called. In what year did we talk about this?
MD: —2015. First time in 2015 [year].
RK: — When we talked about it, was it 2015 or 2017?
MD:— 2015, when the guy was caught, his father was brought in, they talked to him. When he beat his son with us. It's 2015 since we let it go Then in 2017 he was caught again. Then they gave him time and put him in jail.
RK: — Their father said in front of us that it was his fault that he had disgraced himself before the people, the republic, that he himself was such scoundrels as he (his son Ibrahim — MZ) planted, he slapped, beat, in front of us, asked for forgiveness. He thanked us that we respect him. Then he took the son of Abubakar and Ibrahim …
MD:— Yes, this Abubakar, with hair, worked as an assistant judge at that time. Almost 7,000 people are watching here [on Instagram live]. You (Kadyrov — MZ) told him (the judge — MZ) to look after his son: «You are a federal judge, watch what your son does.» To which he thanked, he said: “Ramzan Akhmatovich, thank you very much. You woke me up». He said that he would never have thought that his son would do such things. He hit his son in front of us. And then you gave him (son — MZ) to them like this.
RK: — I'm just saying that we, on the contrary, did him a good deed that we told him. If we wanted to kill or imprison people, then we would, according to Chechen traditions, call our father, tell him, “Here, they say, look. You work, you are a judge, Putin signed a certificate in your pocket, your son has dishonored us all, we are on the same path.” After all, he thanked him very much, scolded his son, said that he should have been killed for this. I gave a couple of slaps to my son .. I told him (the judge — MZ): «Don't beat your son, take him away!» Wasn't that how it was back then?
MD: — I swear, Chief, everything you say is true.