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The head of a Russian charity and her husband have been found dead in Chechnya a day after their abduction, activists and officials said. | The head of a Russian charity and her husband have been found dead in Chechnya a day after their abduction, activists and officials said. |
The bodies of Zarema Sadulayeva and her husband were found with gunshot wounds in a car boot near the Chechen capital Grozny, the interior ministry said. | |
Armed men seized the two on Monday from the offices of Ms Sadulayeva's charity, Let's Save the Generation. | Armed men seized the two on Monday from the offices of Ms Sadulayeva's charity, Let's Save the Generation. |
The case follows July's abduction and killing of activist Natalia Estemirova. | The case follows July's abduction and killing of activist Natalia Estemirova. |
On Tuesday, Alexander Cherkasov of the Memorial human rights group was quoted as saying that Ms Sadulayeva's body and that of her husband had been found in the Chernorechye suburb of Grozny. | |
Let's Save the Generation supports children affected by violence in Chechnya. | |
The southern Russian republic was ravaged by war between local separatists and Russian forces in the 1990s. | |
Ms Estemirova was a prominent campaigner who had been investigating human rights abuses in Chechnya for Memorial. | Ms Estemirova was a prominent campaigner who had been investigating human rights abuses in Chechnya for Memorial. |
She was found dead shortly after being bundled into a car outside her home in Grozny. Her killing provoked an international outcry. | She was found dead shortly after being bundled into a car outside her home in Grozny. Her killing provoked an international outcry. |
Memorial's chairman has accused Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov of involvement in her death. | Memorial's chairman has accused Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov of involvement in her death. |
In a radio interview last week Mr Kadyrov denied the accusation, but denounced Ms Estemirova as a person "without honour, merit or conscience". | |
In recent years many of Mr Kadyrov's most prominent critics have been shot dead, including Ms Estemirova and investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya. | In recent years many of Mr Kadyrov's most prominent critics have been shot dead, including Ms Estemirova and investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya. |
He denies any involvement in their murder. | He denies any involvement in their murder. |