17:01, 17 May 2026

Just over a quarter of the required amount was raised for Zarema Musaeva's gifts.

79,549 rubles were raised in five days for food and medicine parcels for Zarema Musayeva, the imprisoned mother of Chechen opposition members. This is 26.5% of the required amount of 300,000 rubles.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," over 35,000 rubles were raised in five days for parcels for Zarema Musayeva. On May 12, human rights activists launched a fundraiser for political prisoner Zarema Musayeva, who needs medication and special diabetic nutrition. The total collection amount is 300,000 rubles, which will provide the political prisoner with everything she needs for six months.

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, remanded 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 was violated during the two-day trial, the defense stated. 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, she stated that she was being punished for the actions of her sons, who criticize the Chechen leadership, and that the court hearings in her case were being conducted with violations.

Since May 12, more than 79,549 rubles have been collected for political prisoner Zarema Musayeva, who requires medication and special diabetic nutrition. The fundraising is being conducted on the mutual aid platform "Zaodno." The fundraising amount is 300,000 rubles, which will provide Musaeva with everything she needs for six months, according to data on the platform's website.

Thus, just over a quarter of the amount needed for parcels for imprisoned Zarema Musayeva has been collected.

As a reminder, in March 2025, human rights activists collected the same amount for a year's supply of medications, rehabilitation equipment, and consumables needed by Musayeva. Two-thirds of the required amount were collected in two weeks. "Thank you for your support, you're saving me," Zarema Musayeva wrote after the medication donation.

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 Yangulbaev family of organizing a terrorist network and stated that their place awaited them "in prison or underground."

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

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