{"id":730735,"date":"2026-01-30T11:43:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T11:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/730735\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T11:43:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T11:43:12","slug":"kazakhstan-moves-to-extradite-kadyrov-critic-to-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/730735\/","title":{"rendered":"Kazakhstan Moves to Extradite Kadyrov Critic to Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prosecutors in Kazakhstan have granted Russia\u2019s request to extradite a jailed critic of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov after a court in the Central Asian country denied his request for asylum, the activist\u2019s defense attorney said<\/a> Thursday.<\/p>\n

Mansur Movlayev fled<\/a> to Central Asia in 2023 after being released from a Russian prison on drug charges he claimed were politically motivated. <\/p>\n

Police in Kazakhstan detained Movlayev in May 2025, more than a year after he was deported from neighboring Kyrgyzstan, sparking fears that he could face torture or death if returned to his native republic of Chechnya in Russia\u2019s North Caucasus.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Prominent Kazakh human rights lawyer Murat Adam said Thursday that the Kazakh prosecutor\u2019s office decided to grant Movlayev\u2019s extradition request from the Russian Prosecutor General\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n

Media reports claim Movlayev is wanted<\/a> in Russia on charges of financing \u201cextremist\u201d activity and organizing an \u201cextremist\u201d organization, although Russian authorities have not publicly commented on the case.<\/p>\n

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The decision to extradite Movlayev came after Kazakhstan\u2019s asylum review commission on Dec. 26, 2025, denied his asylum request. Adam said he has appealed the decision.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A preliminary hearing on Movlayev\u2019s refugee status has been scheduled in a Kazakh court for Feb. 11, Adam wrote on Facebook.<\/p>\n

According to reports<\/a>, Movlayev provided the Chechen opposition group 1ADAT with information\u00a0about abducted people while he was a university student.\u00a0Chechnya\u2019s Supreme Court labeled<\/a> 1ADAT an \u201cextremist\u201d organization in 2022.<\/p>\n

In 2020, Movlayev was sentenced to two years in prison on drug trafficking charges. He was reportedly detained again in 2022 and placed in a secret prison. <\/p>\n

He later fled Russia and traveled to Kyrgyzstan without identification papers in January 2023. In Kyrgyzstan, Movlayev was detained and then released, after which he fled to neighboring Kazakhstan.<\/p>\n

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