In Moscow, security forces searched the home of journalist Nadezhda Kevorkova. She herself was taken to the investigative department of the Basmanny District.

A woman can be accused of justifying terrorism (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code). The reason for initiating a criminal case could be the journalist’s posts “justifying the attack of Shamil Basayev’s bandit group on the city of Nalchik in 2005.”

Kevorkova called a group member, a native of Kabardino-Balkaria, Rasul Kudaev, a “prisoner of conscience.” He, along with four other defendants, was sentenced to life imprisonment. According to the man's mother, in the colony he was beaten and forced to confess to murders that he did not commit.

The accusations against Kevorkova may also be related to her friendly relations with the Islamic preacher from Dagestan Israil Akhmednabiev, also known as Abu Umar Sasitlinsky. In the Russian Federation he is wanted and accused of sponsoring terrorism.

Nadezhda Kevorkova collaborated with Nezavisimaya Gazeta, Russia Today, Novaya Gazeta and other publications. She is the ex-wife of journalist and politician Maxim Shevchenko.

“Nadezhda Kevorkova never justified terrorism and never justified the attack of Basayev’s bandit group on Nalchik, but, as a journalist, she certainly wrote about torture during the investigation and about violations during the trial that lasted several years, called the “trial of 58,” - Shevchenko commented on the situation.