04:54, 26 November 2025

Leaflets in support of Seda Suleimanova were posted in Moscow.

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Unknown activists posted leaflets in Moscow with the slogan "Seda was kidnapped" in support of Chechen native Seda Suleimanova.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot," Lena Patyaeva held a picket on November 25 outside the 54th police station in the Krasnoselsky District, where Seda Suleimanova was taken in August 2023, immediately before her abduction and forced return to Chechnya. She held a sign that read, "You gave her over to her death. Live with it." Patyaeva held her picket to coincide with the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. She managed to stand with her sign for about 40 minutes before security forces detained her. Patyaeva was held in police custody pending her court appearance, scheduled for today.

Seda Suleimanova, a native of Chechnya, was detained in St. Petersburg in August 2023 and taken against her will to live with relatives in Chechnya. No further communication has been received from her since. Her friends and human rights activists fear she has become the victim of a so-called "honor killing," according to the "Caucasian Knot" report "The Kidnapping of Seda Suleimanova."

Activists have posted leaflets in Moscow in support of Seda Suleimanova, the "Where is Seda?" Telegram channel reported on November 25.

The black leaflets bear the inscription "Seda has been kidnapped," a QR code, and a stylized image of Suleimanova. Who posted the leaflets and what information is contained within the QR code have not been disclosed.

Patyaeva is a friend of Seda Suleimanova and the organizer of a campaign demanding an investigation into her disappearance. Security forces have repeatedly detained her for public actions related to the Suleimanova case: for example, in August, the activist stood in a solo picket for four hours near the Akhmat Kadyrov Bridge, after which she was taken to the police station, and in April, for a picket on the same bridge, Patyaeva received 20 hours of community service.

In March, Lena Patyaeva held a picket in Grozny, where she was also taken to the police station, but released without a report. Meanwhile, Grozny security forces called Suleimanova's fate a "family matter".

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