Nikita Zhuravel is unlikely to survive very long in a Chechen prison. And his unhappy fate is a glimpse into the future of the West.
“Russian Beaten By Kadyrov’s Son for Quran-Burning Charged With Treason,” Moscow Times, October 3, 2024:
A young Russian man imprisoned in Chechnya for allegedly burning a Quran faces new charges of “high treason” that could see him sentenced to life in prison, the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office said Thursday.
Nikita Zhuravel, 20, is serving three-and-a-half years in Chechen prison for “offending religious believers” and “hooliganism” after he was accused of burning a Quran outside a mosque in his hometown of Volgograd.
The Volgograd regional Prosecutor’s Office has now approved charges of “high treason” against Zhuravel.
Investigators claim that Zhuravel “proactively offered cooperation” to a representative of Ukraine’s SBU security service in March 2023….
In August 2023, Zhuravel was assaulted in pre-trial detention by Adam Kadyrov, the then-15-year-old son of Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov.
Adam Kadyrov escaped punishment for the incident and was even praised by his father and other Chechen officials. One lawmaker called Zhuravel “subhuman” and claimed that Kadyrov had “acted humanely” by letting him live.
Adam Kadyrov has been given numerous awards since the incident, including Chechnya’s highest award, the Order of Akhmat Kadyrov….
Barbara Marrs says
This is the beginning of what the Muslims want.
Barbara Marrs says
This is the beginning of what the Muslims want.
somehistory says
Do they say the ‘high treason” is due to the book burning or having dealings with a Ukrainian?
gravenimage says
Somehistory, I doubt that supposedly dealing with a Ukrainian would wind up “offending religious believers”. He was also found guildty of “relgious hatred: and “insulting believers’ feelings”.
gravenimage says
Chechnya: Russian beaten by Kadyrov’s son for burning Qur’an is charged with treason
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How is burning a Qur’an–assuming this happened at all–“treason”? Russia is not an Islamic state.
Or is it? Putin is allowing KAdyrov more and ro impose Shari’ah law in Chechnya. This whole thing seems more an more a stunt to show how “brave” Kadyrov and his thug son are.
Nikita Zhuravel is *not* safe in a Chechnyan prison.
And note that this alleged incident didn’t even take place in Chechnyam but in the Volgograd region. Not sure how the Chechnyans got hold of this poor kid.