Mother Denied Access to Daughter in Kidnapping Case

The mother of 18-year-old Adelina Batyrova from Surgut, a city in western Siberia, who was detained as an accomplice in the «kidnapping» of a Krasnoyarsk businessman«s son, is not allowed to see her daughter in pre-trial detention. This was stated by the woman»s lawyer Andrei Dyachenko to NGS24.RU, and she herself recorded a video appeal.

The woman is named Ramia Batyrova, and she flew to Krasnoyarsk primarily to see her daughter. The day before, on January 30, she was interrogated in the criminal case against Adelina, who is accused of fraud. There, she asked the investigator for a short-term visit with the girl.

«But orally, the investigator informed that the visit would be denied,» Dyachenko told NGS24.RU. «There is still time for an official, written response, and it should be provided on February 2. But in practice, if permission for visits is not granted immediately after the application is submitted, then most likely, a refusal follows later. Possibly because this is a high-profile case.»

During the interrogation, Ramia Batyrova could not explain anything about the criminal case, as she was not aware of the circumstances and learned about what happened only after the detention, the lawyer added.

According to Andrei Dyachenko, Batyrova has older children besides Adelina, and they helped financially for the mother to fly to Krasnoyarsk.

«She flew for an indefinite time, having taken leave from work for now. The situation is currently up in the air. The overall goal was to see her daughter at least, and then decide on further issues: whether to move to Krasnoyarsk for the duration of the investigation and so on,» said Dyachenko.

Ramia Batyrova recorded a video appeal where she said she wants to see Adelina.

«I really want to see my daughter, very much. <…> My daughter has always been kind, trusting, naive. Well, an obedient girl, I can»t say anything bad, she was always good, all her friends loved her. <…> — she says in the video. — They have already responded orally [the investigator] that they won«t allow me to see my daughter. And why, no one can tell me.»

Moreover, according to the mother, Adelina was in a car accident in July and sustained injuries, including to her head. She is facing operations «that are not performed in Surgut.»

«We are being sent to Moscow. We waited for a quota, the quota was approved, now they are waiting for us for the operation, but the child is not there,» said Ramia Batyrova.

It was not possible to obtain an immediate comment from the Investigative Committee of Russia.

On the evening of January 22, the 14-year-old son of a major Krasnoyarsk businessman Andrei Kapli left the cottage settlement Serebryany Bor in Krasnoyarsk with 18-year-old Adelina Batyrova, whom the boy did not know. They broke into home safes and took 2.5 million rubles (about $25,000 at current rates) from them. The girl then handed them over to an unfamiliar man near the «Sever» restaurant.

Meanwhile, the fraudsters demanded 30 million rubles (about $300,000 at current rates) as ransom from the boy«s father. Adelina and the boy went to a rented apartment on Krasrab, where they waited for further instructions. There, they were found on the evening of January 23.

As it turned out, the boy was threatened by fraudsters who forced him to take the money and stage a kidnapping. The boy told investigators that the fraudsters introduced themselves as law enforcement officers, and he himself thought he was helping his father. Adelina Batyrova also claims that she became a victim of fraudsters, but she was detained as an accomplice and placed in pre-trial detention. The day before, she was charged.

All about this story is being collected by our colleagues from NGS24.RU in a separate feature.