The office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" in Grozny was approached by Magomed Edilov, 51, a local resident and a friend of a resident of the Moscow Region, who perished in a special operation in Chechnya. Mr Edilov complained of being harassed by FSB agents.
According to his story, his problems started after his friend Nikita Blashkov, 26, a native of Ramenskoye, Moscow Region, was killed in Chechnya under unclear circumstances.
Edilov said that on October 21 Blashkov was in the train from Moscow to Grozny aiming to visit him, and he told about it to Magomed by phone. The latter was supposed to meet him on October 23 at 6:40 a.m. Moscow time in the village of Chervlyonaya, Shelkovskoy District of Chechnya, but Blashkov never came.
"Later Edilov learnt that the middle of the ...