On May 24, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has fined Russia in two different cases related with Russian occupied Chechen Republic of Ichkeria. Both of the cases were about the abductions of two civilians, but one of the abductees is brother of Ruslan Alikhadzhiyev who was the speaker of the Parliament of Chechen Republic of Ichkeria.

The ECHR case of Maayevy v. Russia (applications no. 7964/07).