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Four people kidnapped in Achkhoi-Martanovsky district

By Ruslan Isayev

CHECHNYA - During the past twenty four hours six people were kidnapped in Chechnya, four of whom were from the Achkhoi-Martanovsky district. This information was told to our Prague Watchdog correspondent by a source from the Chechen Interior Ministry.

Two people were abducted from their homes in the town of Achkhoi-Martan. Their relatives were told not to bother looking for them as they would never see them again.

The kidnappers arrived in several cars and supposedly were "Kadyrovites", subordinates of Ramzan Kadyrov, the self-styled Vice-Premier of the Moscow-backed Chechen government.

However, one of the men was released after a few hours having been told his abduction was a mistake.

Around the same time, two residents from the nearby villages of Samashki and Davydenko were also kidnapped and their whereabouts are unknown.

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