Lawyers for Zarema Musaeva Alexander Savin and Alexander Nemov said that one of the main pieces of evidence against her was falsified. According to the examination, during the arrest, Musayeva used violence against a police officer. The evidence was traces of his blood, allegedly found under her nails. Lawyers drew attention to the fact that the sample for research was obtained with a significant violation of the criminal procedure law. In particular, the investigation did not explain how the sections of nails taken from Musaeva are connected with those that ended up for research. Savin and Nemov filed a petition. The court rejected it, but promised to return to the assessment of the arguments of human rights activists when passing the verdict.
Musayeva has been imprisoned in the Grozny pre-trial detention center for more than a year. Her case began in January 2022, when Kadyrov's security forces broke into the apartment of Musaeva and her husband, retired federal judge Saydi Yangulbaev. He, as well as their sons, human rights activists Abubakar and Ibragim, regularly criticized Kadyrov's government. The security forces planned to kidnap Yangulbaev Sr., but they could not, since at that time he had judicial immunity. They took Musayeva away, as she was allegedly a witness in a fraud case in Grozny. During the detention, the woman, according to the investigation, scratched the face of one of the security forces. A case was opened against her for violence against a representative of the authorities, dangerous to life and health.
