Adaev Akhmed Alievich

Adaev Akhmed Alievich — Lieutenant Colonel, Head of Department — Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Chechen Republic.

According to open registries, the Head of the Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service for the Chechen Republic, being a representative of authority and an official exercising general leadership over the units and institutions of the Federal Penitentiary Service in the Chechen Republic, and being aware of the provisions of the Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, acted intentionally, in violation of the norms of the said Convention, pursuing the goal of inflicting physical and moral suffering on servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and gave a criminal order to subordinate officials, internal service military personnel, for systematic cruel treatment of prisoners of war, which was expressed in inflicting bodily injuries, traumas, and mutilations upon them, as well as humiliating their personal dignity.

By Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 147 of February 29, 2024, he was officially approved as the Head of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Chechen Republic (previously served as acting); officially introduced to the position on March 7, 2024.