‘This is already a tradition’: Russian police launch probe following the alleged abduction of two women from a shelter in Kazan

On Monday evening, October 18, reports emerged that police officers had broken into a women's shelter in Kazan in search of two young women from Dagestan. The alleged officers took the women from the shelter, along with a small child, and handed them over to their relatives. On Tuesday, the father of one of the women told journalists that they had both decided to return home of their own free will. In turn, regional police officials said they were conducting a check due to abduction allegations lodged against "people in police uniforms." According to human rights activists, the two, twenty-year-old women in question -- identified as Aishat Saygidguseynova and Patimat Saygitova -- had been in contact with them for a year, seeking help escaping abusive marriages. Meduza breaks down what we know about the incident so far. Original Article: https://meduza.io/en/feature/2021/10/20/this-is-already-a-tradition