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345. The Working Group invites the Government to provide it with current information on the
status of the consolidated anti-disappearance bills and reminds the Government of its obligation
under article 4 of the Declaration to make all acts of enforced disappearance “offences under
criminal law punishable by appropriate penalties which shall take into account their extreme
seriousness”.
Russian Federation1
Number of
outstanding
cases at the
beginning of
the period
under review
452a
Cases transmitted to the Government
during the period under review
Cases sent under
Cases sent under
the urgent action
the standard
procedure
procedure
5
Number of cases on which the
Government has replied
12 (See paragraph 348)
General allegation
Prompt intervention letter
Working Group request for a visit
3
Cases clarified during the period under
review by:
Government
Non-governmental
sources
0
Multiple replies on some cases
N/A
Yes
N/A
Yes (2005)
1
Number of
outstanding
cases at the
end of the
year under
review
454b
Number of cases of possible clarification
by Government (6-month rule)
N/A
Government response
Government response
Government response
No
N/A
Yes
a
The case of Ibragim Abubakarovich Saidullaev was sent under the Working Group’s
urgent action procedure in 2005 but was inadvertently not included in last report. The case
concerns a man who was reportedly taken from the computer room of a grocery store by armed
persons thought to be from the Federal Security Service of Dagestan.
b
Five cases were determined to be duplications and were subsequently deleted.
Urgent actions
346. Five cases were sent to the Government of the Russian Federation under the urgent action
procedure. Two cases concerned Bulat Chilaev and Aslam Israilov, who were allegedly taken
from their car by military personnel in Chechnya. Khamzat Shamsuldinovich Tushaev,
reportedly disappeared after entering the State office compound in Chechnya where he had been
summoned. Aslan Israilovich Mishiev was last seen by the bank of a river surrounded by
Russian military. Galgi Shamkhanovich Bashaev reportedly was pulled out of his car, put into
a vehicle and held in unofficial detention facilities.
Standard cases
347. The Working Group transmitted three further reported cases of disappearance to the
Government. Armen Aloyan was reportedly taken by police in Moscow in May 1995. Ibragim
Tausovich Uruskhanov was allegedly abducted from his home by members of the Russian
federal armed forces. Bashir Adamovich Mustolgov was taken from in front of his house by
men in military uniforms.
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