01 June 2018, 02:49

Residents of Chechnya start making DNA tests to search for children in Iraq

Taking DNA blood tests has been organized in Chechnya for close relatives of the children found in Syria or Iraq, the Chechen authorities have explained. Local residents hope that DNA tests will allow them to return their grandchildren home.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on May 27, the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, ordered to conduct DNA tests in Chechnya in order to establish relatives of the Russian children and women, who are now in the Middle East, and help to return them home.

More than 20 close relatives of such children and women have already given their blood for DNA tests, the Ministry of Public Health of Chechnya has reported.

Meanwhile, the first reports about DNA tests "provoked a stir among the population," as the media failed to specify that this applies only to certain people, not the whole population of Chechnya.

The agreement with the Iraqi authorities assumes that all the children of Russian citizens under the age of 10 will be returned to Russia.

On May 31, Ramzan Kadyrov wrote about the expected return of 94 children to Russia. According to his story, these are children of the women convicted by Iraqi authorities.

According to various estimates, there may be hundreds or even thousands of children from Dagestan, Chechnya and other regions of the Caucasus in Iraq and Syria.

Residents of Chechnya, who are trying to return their relatives from the Middle East, were encouraged by the news about DNA tests.

"I'm ready to give all my blood drop by drop, if only they were alive and returned home," Taisa, a Chechen resident, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.

Source: CK correspondent

Комментирование через Кавказский узел
All news
НАСТОЯЩИЙ МАТЕРИАЛ (ИНФОРМАЦИЯ) ПРОИЗВЕДЕН И РАСПРОСТРАНЕН ИНОСТРАННЫМ АГЕНТОМ ООО “МЕМО”, ЛИБО КАСАЕТСЯ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ ИНОСТРАННОГО АГЕНТА ООО “МЕМО”.

March 14, 2025 22:55

March 14, 2025 20:40

  • ECtHR recognizes violation of media employees’ rights by Azerbaijan

    The European Court of Human Rights has found that the rights of Faig Amirov, the former financial director of the “Azadlig” opposition newspaper, and Aytadj Tapdyg, a “Meydan TV” journalist, have been violated. The European Court has obliged the authorities of Azerbaijan to pay the journalists 14,500 euros in compensation.

March 13, 2025 23:57

March 13, 2025 23:15

March 13, 2025 22:57

News archive
Пн
Вт
Ср
Чт
Пт
Сб
Вс
24
25
26
27
28
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
1
2
3
4
5
6