Moscow opens probe into brutal Chechnya attack on activists
Federal authorities are seeking the men who assaulted a journalist and lawyer
Journalist Elena Milashina © Telegram/hospital photo
Russia’s Investigative Committee (IC) announced on Wednesday that it had opened a federal criminal investigation into the brutal attack on journalist Elena Milashina and lawyer Aleksandr Nemov in Chechnya.
The head of IC for Chechnya Vitaly Volkov confirmed that the agency is looking into violations of Article 112 and Article 115 of the Russian criminal code – the deliberate infliction of light and medium bodily harm – and seeking to identify and apprehend the suspects in Tuesday morning’s incident.
Milashina and Nemov were driving from Grozny airport to the Chechen capital to attend a high-profile trial, when their vehicle was ...










