Human rights activists have questioned the outcome of the victim's appeal to Kadyrov.

The victim's appeal to Kadyrov indicates that the woman is in a desperate situation. The head of Chechnya does not publicly respond to such appeals, and a statement to the police and court can lead to unpredictable results in Chechnya.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot", a native of Chechnya beat his ex-wife in Sevastopol, stated the human rights project "Caucasus Without a Mother" and published a video of the incident. The victim requested protection from Ramzan Kadyrov, as numerous appeals to the police did not yield results.

Human rights activist Svetlana Anokhina does not remember a case where Kadyrov gave a clear response to a victim of domestic violence.

"But sometimes some mechanisms suddenly kick in and women are helped. I don't think it's about a verbal warning to the abuser; I think that, most likely, the law is being activated. These are the few cases when Chechnya decides that it's time to live a little according to the laws of the Russian Federation. Then the threats from the aggressor usually stop, but we never see a direct correlation," she said.

According to the human rights activist, it is unlikely that any Chechen would dare to disobey Kadyrov's orders, even if they are conveyed through third parties, such as the human rights commissioner in Chechnya, Mansur Soltaev.

"If a woman goes to the police and court without appealing to Kadyrov and without securing his help or promise of help, then, of course, she is not protected at all, just like in the rest of Russia. Overall, across Russia, a woman is not protected if she goes to the police. We know many such examples where, before something terrible happens, a woman is dismissed and her statements are not accepted. Especially now, after 2017, when domestic violence was decriminalized - these are common cases," Anokhina said.

Her own family may demand that she leave the child with the husband's family and not draw attention, and they strongly condemn her if she goes to the police or the clergy.

She noted that such women often move when they feel they cannot resist at all.

"They have no levers of pressure, the law does not work, and there is no one from the not entirely legal structures who can intervene, so the woman is forced to flee with the child. She grabs the children under her arms and runs. We often encounter this. In the Caucasus, this is a widespread phenomenon, very common, when a woman cannot find levers of influence. There, her own family may demand that she leave the child with the husband's family and not draw attention, and they strongly condemn her if she goes to the police or the clergy. But they also usually side with the husband, the father, and believe that he has the right to take the children that this woman carried and gave birth to," Anokhina explained.

She knows cases where husbands, after taking the children post-divorce, want to arrange this legally.

"They run to the same Chechnya, where somehow they register themselves and the child, and from there they sue the mother, and, as a rule, the mother has little chance. If Alla Borisovna Pugacheva could not take her grandson, we all remember that story, then what can we say when it comes to ordinary mortals who do not have such media, authoritative, financial support," Anokhina pointed out.

Journalist Ekaterina Neroznikova found it difficult to name cases of real help, but examples of such appeals from women to the rulers indicate their desperate situation.

"If a woman has decided to make such a public statement, it means she is in a very hopeless situation. In general, a public appeal to such representatives of power, whether it is Kadyrov, Bastrykin, or Putin, means that all other options have been exhausted. That is, it means that things are really, really bad here," she told a correspondent from "Caucasian Knot".

President of the Center for Research on Global Issues of Modernity and Regional Problems "Caucasus. World. Development" Saida Sirazhudinova believes that the first appeals to Kadyrov were successful.

"The option of appealing through 'Caucasus Without a Mother' to Kadyrov worked. The project has a large audience. And it worked. But now it is not always effective. There is a chance, but the issue is so vulnerable that they have started to ignore it and apply pressure. There were even solutions to issues using administrative levers," she told a correspondent from "Caucasian Knot".

According to the researcher, there is no single scenario for approaching the police or the court.

"They can respond with real help or, on the contrary, pressure on the victim. It is impossible to predict the outcome.
But sometimes a woman simply has nothing to lose when she is subjected to violence, threats, or separated from her children; there is no way out except to go to the police and court. Concepts of the law are very specific in the region. Patriarchal attitudes sometimes outweigh the law. There are many court decisions and expert opinions where judges refer to customs or accept such arguments. Therefore, there are better chances for help if the court is not held in the republics of the Caucasus," Sirazhudinova concluded.