On August 18, member of the Human Rights Council under the President of Russia, journalist Eva Merkacheva appealed to the director of the Federal Penitentiary Service Arkady Gostev with a request "for security reasons, urgently transfer Nikita Zhuravel to an FSIN institution in another region." We are talking about a resident of Volgograd, suspected of burning the Koran, who was transferred to the Grozny pretrial detention center.

As reported by Novy Dosh, a video of a young man burning the Koran against the backdrop of the Volgograd Cathedral Mosque appeared on social networks on May 19. The next day, in the Volgograd Region, a local resident, student of the Social and Pedagogical University Nikita Zhuravel was detained on suspicion of committing "public actions expressing obvious disrespect for society and committed with the purpose of insulting the religious feelings of believers" (Article 148 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). The Investigative Committee of Russia reported that he confessed to the crime and stated that he carried out the act on May 4 on the instructions of the Ukrainian special services for a reward of 10 thousand rubles.
On the instructions of the head of the Investigative Committee of Russia Alexander Bastrykin, Zhuravel's case was transferred to the Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for Chechnya. As the press service of the department explained, "due to numerous requests from residents of Chechnya asking to recognize them as victims." Bastrykin emphasized that investigators should take into account information about the participation of foreign special services.
The public in Russia considered this measure unjustifiably cruel, but the authorities approved it. Moreover, Justice Minister Konstantin Chuychenko proposed sending the young man to serve his sentence in a region with a predominantly Muslim population after the trial. "This will promote respect for religion and the religious feelings of believers in our multinational and multi-confessional country," he said. Meanwhile, the article on insulting the feelings of believers does not necessarily provide for a prison term; the sentence may be limited to a fine. Before the court hearing on the choice of a preventive measure, Zhuravel told journalists: "I apologize to all Muslims. My actions were very bad. I am very ashamed in front of all Muslims in the world."
The court chose a preventive measure of two months, and Zhuravel was transferred to Grozny. As his lawyer said, hundreds of men with posters met the young man at the pretrial detention center in Grozny, they shouted curses at him.
On August 16, the Human Rights Commissioner of Russia Tatyana Moskalkova said that she had received a statement from Nikita Zhuravel. He reported that during a visit to the pretrial detention center, he was beaten by the son of the head of the Chechen Republic, Adam Kadyrov. Moskalkova asked the Chechen ombudsman Mansur Soltayev to conduct an investigation. Soltayev reported that, according to Zhuravel, Ramzan Kadyrov personally came to him in the pretrial detention center, and then he was beaten by the 15-year-old son of the head of Chechnya, Adam.
This was confirmed by other sources. "State Duma deputies, senators of the Russian Federation from the Chechen Republic and I personally support Adam Ramzanovich," State Duma deputy Ai, a close associate of the head of Chechnya, Dam Delimkhanov, wrote on his Telegram channel. "He showed an example of patriotism and the desire to protect religion and our shrines. Considering the vile crime of this monster Zhuravel, Adam acted very humanely by leaving him alive. For such acts, people deserve the harshest punishment."
"Adam could not have acted differently," echoed the speaker of the Chechen parliament, Magomed Daudov. "We not only understand him, but also warmly support and approve of him! Adam is flesh and blood of the great Kadyrov family. He worthily continues the traditions of a defender of the homeland and an uncompromising fighter against evil!" These are the very statements that Eva Merkacheva had in mind when she asked the FSIN leadership to transfer Nikita Zhuravel to another region. "I also ask that an investigation be conducted into the basis on which, during his detention, persons who are not involved in the investigation and who do not have the legal right to communicate with defendants were granted access to him," she said.