A Russian human rights group today said that gunmen loyal to Chechnya’s pro-Kremlin president had abducted a human rights activist in Moscow and flown him to Chechnya.

Chechen security officials grabbed Arbi Khachukayev this afternoon and then bundled him on to a flight to Chechnya’s capital, Grozny, Memorial said. Its staff were deeply concerned for his safety, it added.

via guardian.co.uk.