2 years since Seda Suleimanova’s kidnapping. Russian kindergartens propaganda. Punitive psychiatry.
2 years since Seda Suleimanova’s kidnapping. Russian kindergartens propaganda. Punitive psychiatry.
You're watching news from the weekly rally in front of the Russian Embassy in Lisbon. Today is August 23, 2:30 PM.
In September 2024, we told you about the Chechen girl Seda Suleimanova, who fled from Grozny to St. Petersburg to escape her parents, who were trying to marry her off. Her relatives kidnapped her with the help of security forces, and she likely became the victim of an “honor killing.” Today marks 2 years since her kidnapping.
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On August 22, the TV Rain channel released a film in which members of the SK SOS crisis group and Seda’s friend Lena Patyaeva share details of their attempts to find her. After Seda’s kidnapping, thinking “either they’ll kill me or things will move forward,” Lena recorded a video message in case of her death and went to Chechnya. Among other things, she said: “Don’t slide into nationalism, remember that there are no criminal nations, there are criminal people and criminal governments.” Fortunately, Lena was released after her arrest. According to human rights activists, the public attention Lena managed to create helped prompt the initiation of a criminal case into Seda’s disappearance. Lena says that Seda is not the only victim of “honor killings” and wants to ensure that if she was indeed killed, the perpetrators go to prison.
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www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/08/19/v-detskih-sadah-moskvi-nachnut-provodit-propagandistskie-razgovori-o-vazhnom-a172041 On August 13, the same media, citing Kommersant, reported that from March 1, 2026, employers will be able to send teachers, drivers, police officers, and workers in a number of other professions to a psychiatric hospital for a long-term examination. Previously, a doctor’s report was required for this; now a workplace medical examination will be sufficient.
www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/08/13/rabotodatelyam-razreshili-otpravlyat-rossiyan-v-psihiatricheskie-bolnitsi-na-osvidetelstvovanie-a171565 Let’s recall the story of lawyer Elena Rodina, which we told as a part of the Absurd Faces project. Elena was sent for compulsory psychiatric treatment for speaking out against the war in Ukraine.
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2 years since Seda Suleimanova’s kidnapping. Russian kindergartens propaganda. Punitive psychiatry.
You're watching news from the weekly rally in front of the Russian Embassy in Lisbon. Today is August 23, 2:30 PM.
In September 2024, we told you about the Chechen girl Seda Suleimanova, who fled from Grozny to St. Petersburg to escape her parents, who were trying to marry her off. Her relatives kidnapped her with the help of security forces, and she likely became the victim of an “honor killing.” Today marks 2 years since her kidnapping.
adrl.pt/event/2024-09-14/en
On August 22, the TV Rain channel released a film in which members of the SK SOS crisis group and Seda’s friend Lena Patyaeva share details of their attempts to find her. After Seda’s kidnapping, thinking “either they’ll kill me or things will move forward,” Lena recorded a video message in case of her death and went to Chechnya. Among other things, she said: “Don’t slide into nationalism, remember that there are no criminal nations, there are criminal people and criminal governments.” Fortunately, Lena was released after her arrest. According to human rights activists, the public attention Lena managed to create helped prompt the initiation of a criminal case into Seda’s disappearance. Lena says that Seda is not the only victim of “honor killings” and wants to ensure that if she was indeed killed, the perpetrators go to prison.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=whD9JXsOsPI
www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/08/19/v-detskih-sadah-moskvi-nachnut-provodit-propagandistskie-razgovori-o-vazhnom-a172041 On August 13, the same media, citing Kommersant, reported that from March 1, 2026, employers will be able to send teachers, drivers, police officers, and workers in a number of other professions to a psychiatric hospital for a long-term examination. Previously, a doctor’s report was required for this; now a workplace medical examination will be sufficient.
www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/08/13/rabotodatelyam-razreshili-otpravlyat-rossiyan-v-psihiatricheskie-bolnitsi-na-osvidetelstvovanie-a171565 Let’s recall the story of lawyer Elena Rodina, which we told as a part of the Absurd Faces project. Elena was sent for compulsory psychiatric treatment for speaking out against the war in Ukraine.
adrl.pt/absurd-faces/en Russia is not their property.
If you want change in Russia—make your contribution.
