After Estemirova's murder, there were several more kidnappings in Chechnya

At least six or seven persons were kidnapped and illegally detained in the last two-three days in the territory of the Chechen Republic. This was reported by the HRC "Memorial". According to human rights activists, they received this information from a spokesman of the local Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told at the Grozny office of the HRC "Memorial": "Only in the last two or three days, some six-seven persons were kidnapped and illegally detained in the territory of Chechnya. We received this data from a representative of the Republic's law enforcement bodies. In the same period, two respective applications from citizens arrived to our office."

"At the same time, there is one good news. Aziz Albekov, a resident of Akhkinchu-Borzoi village, Kurchaloy District, who was kidnapped by agents of some unidentified power structure on July 7, has come back home. The young man's father - Rizvan Albekov - was publicly shot dead by power agents in the eyes of witnesses as a militants' helper; and nothing was known about his son whereabouts. Natasha Estemirova wrote about this case shortly before her death," said an employee of the "Memorial".

Meanwhile, Chechen law enforcers have their own explanation of Aziz Albekov's disappearance and subsequent return. "Aziz Albekov has evidenced that he had been hidden by his father, because members of illegal armed formations threatened Aziz. He remained for some time in his refuge; and when his food ended, he returned home. Aziz knows nothing about the circumstances of his father's death," a source in the Chechen militia asserts.