More than two-thirds of the required amount has been raised to support Zarema Musaeva.

Almost 70% of the required amount for parcels for Zarema Musayeva in the penal colony was raised in more than 40 days. A total of 209,500 rubles have been transferred, with 300,000 rubles needed for six months to purchase medications, food, and hygiene products.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," on May 12, human rights activists launched a fundraiser for political prisoner Zarema Musayeva, who needs medications and special diabetic nutrition. By June 4, 149,000 rubles had been raised, covering all essential needs for three months. The total raised is 300,000 rubles, enough for six months of support.

In August 2025, the Shali Court of Chechnya sentenced Zarema Musayeva to three years and 11 months in prison for disrupting the work of a penal colony. On February 16, the Supreme Court of Chechnya overturned Musayeva's sentence and, at the prosecutor's request, sent the case for a new trial. Following the retrial of the criminal case for disrupting the work of a correctional facility, the court sentenced Zarema Musayeva to three years and 10 months in a penal colony. Musayeva appealed the verdict. The court unconditionally accepted the prosecution's side, and Zarema Musayeva's right to a defense during the two-day trial was violated, the defense stated.

As of 9:00 PM Moscow time, 209,601 rubles have been raised for Zarema Musayeva's programs, according to data posted on the "Zaodno" platform.

The total amount raised is 300,000 rubles, enough for six months of support for Musayeva.

In just 41 days, 69.87% of the required amount has been raised, according to the "Caucasian Knot" calculations.

The Team Against Torture* is collecting funds through the "Zaodno" platform.

As human rights activists previously indicated, 500 rubles from each program goes toward bottled water and juices, and 1,000 rubles goes toward fresh vegetables, fruits, dried fruits, sugar substitutes, and sweets for diabetics. 2,000 rubles will go towards hygiene products and household chemicals, including sterilization products for the insulin injections Zarema takes daily. Another 3,000 rubles will go towards milk, meat, and fish.

"A balanced diet is critically important for Zarema's diagnosis—it requires a strict diet, failure to which can lead to a deterioration in quality of life, including increased fatigue, blurred vision, and damage to the blood vessels and nervous system," the human rights activists emphasized.

In March 2025, human rights activists raised the same amount for a year's supply of medications, rehabilitation equipment, and consumables needed by Musayeva. Two-thirds of the required amount was raised in two weeks. "Thank you for your support, you are saving me," Zarema Musayeva wrote after receiving the medications.

As a reminder, on June 17, Aliya Yangulbaeva published an open letter on Instagram** addressed to Aishat Kadyrova, the eldest daughter of the head of Chechnya. In her letter, Yangulbaeva asked Kadyrova to facilitate the release of her mother, Zarema Musayeva. By 9:00 PM Moscow time on June 21, there had been no response to this letter from Aishat Kadyrova or Ramzan Kadyrov.

In early April, human rights activists sent a complaint from Chechen political prisoner Zarema Musayeva to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention. In it, the woman stated that she was being punished for the actions of her sons, who criticize the Chechen leadership, and that the court hearings in the case were being conducted with violations.

Zarema Musayeva is the wife of former federal judge Saidi Yangulbaev. Chechen security forces took her away from her apartment in Nizhny Novgorod on January 20, 2022. After this, Ramzan Kadyrov accused the Yangulbayev family of organizing a terrorist network and stated that their place was "in prison or underground."

You can read about Kadyrov's conflict with the Yangulbayevs in the "Caucasian Knot" reports "How the Yangulbayevs Became Kadyrov's Enemies" and "The Main Thing About Kadyrov's Fight Against the Yangulbayevs".

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** Meta (owner of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp) is banned in Russia.