The whereabouts of Movlaev's parents remain unknown for about two weeks.

The fate of Mansur Movlaev's parents, abducted in Chechnya on June 5, remains unknown. Human rights activist Maxim Rudnev has contacted the Investigative Committee and the prosecutor's office regarding their abduction.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," on June 3, Mansur Movlaev reported that his brother, Zelimkhan, had been abducted in Chechnya and subjected to violence, and on June 6, he reported that his parents had been forcibly taken to an unknown location in Chechnya. On June 14, Movlaev complained about the violation of his rights in pretrial detention.

Human rights defenders are trying to establish the whereabouts of Khava and Movsar Movlaev, who were previously forcibly taken to an unknown location in Chechnya. While their fate remains unknown, human rights activist Maxim Rudnev filed a report on the couple's disappearance with the Chechen Investigative Committee and the prosecutor's office on June 16, the Slovo Zashchitei project reported.

Rudnev himself published electronic copies of documents on his Telegram channel indicating that he had sent statements to the head of the Chechen Investigative Committee and to the Chechen prosecutor's office (without naming the specific recipient). "We are trying to locate Mansur's parents and help him obtain asylum in Kazakhstan," he wrote.

Rudnev also added that he had sent appeals regarding Movlaev's case to international human rights organizations and the UN Human Rights Council. He did not provide details of these appeals in his publication.

Mansur Movlaev was detained by security forces in Chechnya in 2022 and held in an illegal prison. He escaped and reached Kyrgyzstan in January 2023. In August 2023, security forces in Kyrgyzstan detained Movlaev, who was wanted in Russia for financing extremist activity. A court in Bishkek sentenced Movlaev to six months in prison and subsequent deportation from the country. On November 20, 2023, Movlaev was released, but the deportation order remained in effect, and he voluntarily left Kyrgyzstan to avoid being sent home.

In May 2025, Movlaev was detained in Kazakhstan and placed under extradition arrest. On January 30, it was reported that the Prosecutor General's Office of Kazakhstan had ordered his extradition to Russian security forces. His defense appealed this decision. In February, the Supreme Court of Kazakhstan suspended the execution of the decision to extradite Movlaev pending the final review of his asylum application. Human rights defenders and activists considered the connection between this decision and Movlaev's appeal to the UN Human Rights Committee, which in February called on the Kazakh authorities to suspend Movlaev's extradition pending the review of this appeal. On May 8, an Almaty court extended the extradition arrest by two months, until July.

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