Aslan Artsuyev, director of the European Center for Human Rights – Ichkeria and Chechen blogger and lawyer, has been placed on the federal wanted list in Russia. According to Rosfinmonitoring, a criminal case has been opened against him on terrorism charges.
Aslan Artsuyev is known, in particular, for holding protests in Germany demanding an investigation into the murder of former field commander Zelimkhan Khangoshvili. He later reported that four of his relatives were kidnapped in Chechnya in 2021 following these events.
In February of last year, the Ministry of Justice added Artsuyev to its list of foreign agents, claiming that he "called for actions that could lead to a violation of Russia's territorial integrity."
