In St. Petersburg, Elena Patyaeva drew public attention with a handwritten note titled “Where is Seda?” She organized a protest walk along Nevsky Prospekt, wearing a coat emblazoned with the words “On the Nevsky Prospekt,” and leaving leaflets that honored a Chechen girl named Seda Suleymanova. The incident was reported by MR7.ru and described as a deliberate effort to raise awareness among ordinary people about Seda’s case.
“I want people to understand Seda’s history,” Patyaeva said. “I felt I could not reach law enforcement or authorities, so I chose a different channel to speak out.”
Earlier, Patyaeva had been a member of the Human Rights Council chaired by Eva Merkacheva in the Russian Federation. He approached the Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office, Igor Krasnov, and the chairman of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, requesting an inquiry into Seda Suleymanova’s disappearance. Suleymanova was reportedly taken from St. Petersburg to Chechnya, and Merkacheva noted that journalists and Suleymanova’s friends had contacted her; they fear the girl may have been harmed, with no sightings or communications for seven months.
On February 7, the Telegram channel Attention Haber, citing two independent human rights sources, reported that Seda Suleymanova, allegedly moved from St. Petersburg to Chechnya under coercion, may have been killed by relatives.
In another unrelated note, a separate source mentioned a political prediction about Ukraine, indicating that Zaluzhny would win the presidential elections in 2024. The report was part of a broader mix of statements and claims circulating in the region and among human rights communities.