Gneev's wife spoke about a search of their apartment.

Investigators seized prayer mats, phones and laptops, a photo album, books purchased online, and money given to the family, according to the wife of Sochi-based blogger Mansur Gneev.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," security forces searched the apartment of blogger Mansur Gneev in Sochi, and he was detained on charges of extremism. Anti-Israeli videos and videos about the "Russian Community" are cited as possible grounds for initiating the criminal case.

Mansur Gneev's wife, Raida, reported that there has been no information on Mansur's whereabouts for more than four days. "No one has informed me, his mother, father, or sister. There have been no calls," she told a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

According to Gneev's wife, they have a lawyer, but will only comment after meeting with their client. The lawyer plans to visit him in pretrial detention on Monday.

My husband tried to unite people; he is Russian himself. But someone didn't like his words, so all the were taken out of context.

The lawyer filed an appeal to try to transfer Mansur to house arrest, since he has untreated bronchial asthma and a four-month-old child," Gneeva said.

Raida Gneeva described what was confiscated during the search. "Two prayer rugs that were brought to us from the Hajj as a gift. Our family photo album with commentary, which was presented as Mansur's personal diary. A tripod for filming video. "Mansur's Tecno Pova phone, my new phone that my mother gave me on March 29th, which Mansur used to film the video, as well as my old Samsung Galaxy A50 phone, two laptops, $2,000 that we were given, two books that were easily sold on Avito in the public domain," Gneeva said. In her opinion, the video about Qatar from September 18th could have been the reason for the arrest. "Also (in other videos), he commented on the actions of the Russian Community organization, which remains unpunished despite its actions. After all, it all started with a historical video about the genocide of the Adyghe people during the Soviet era, and 40 masked people came to us at night. My husband tried to unite people; he is Russian himself. But someone didn't like his words, so all the "taken out of context," Gneeva explained.

She also said that Mansur is 23 years old. He graduated from college in 2021, majoring in Tourism, and that same year he was admitted to the Russian State University of Performing Arts on his first try to become an actor in theater and cinema. But for personal reasons, he dropped out after six months," she said.

According to her, her husband had been a Muslim for almost three years, having converted after meeting a Muslim Kabardian at work. "We've been together for over six years now. I'm from Omsk and converted to Islam a little later than my husband. I used to be an uneducated atheist, like Mansur's detractors, and I tried my best to taunt Ali (the Kabardian who lived with us for a while) about how wrong he was, and why God was needed, and how he could even help. But Ali left, and I saw how Mansur changed toward me. I secretly began reading about Islam, about women's rights and status. And now I've been a Muslim for two and a half years, praise be to Allah. "I wasn't forced to choose my faith," Gneeva said.

The Gneev family currently lives in a rented apartment. "Mansur wrote the texts for his videos himself and found the information. He doesn't have, and never had, any patrons who would give him money from abroad or send him scripts. We don't even have, and never had, cards from other countries. "You have to admit, what kind of housing is this? A 25-square-meter studio, where the videos were filmed, is quite small and modest for the kind of person they're trying to portray my husband as," Raida Gneeva noted.

The Investigative Committee of Russia for the Kuban region published a video of the detention and arrest of Mansur Gneev on its Telegram channel. Although the blogger's name is not mentioned in the message, and his face is hidden, he can be recognized in the video. In one of the frames, the investigator writes a report, placing a folder on top of dollars laid out on the table. When Gneev is taken out of the car, the security officer covers his face. In the recording made in the investigator's office, Gneev admitted guilt.

In his latest videos, Gneev touched on politics and the structure of society.

Mansur Gneev's YouTube channel had 66,400 subscribers as of 8:42 PM Moscow time.

In the video "Attack on Qatar/Zionists Will Not Stop" from September 18, which his wife cited as a possible reason for the persecution, Gneev walked through Israel, its patronizing US, as well as Arab countries and even Turkey, which, according to the blogger, are de facto deprived of sovereignty and obediently follow Western policy in the Middle East.

The video does not mention the role Russia in the Middle East situation, but Gneev very directly demonstrates and voices Islamic symbols and formulations in his speech.

"They (Israel, the Zionists) bombed liberated Syria, bombed Rafidist Iran. Now they have struck Doha, Qatar. Does this mean that the Zionists will with the same success strike Ankara or Moscow, if the foreign ministers decide to hold a meeting with the leaders of Hamas there? Now it seems more likely than ever... I propose to look at everything happening around us through the prism of Islam. Look at what is happening around you, my dear brothers and sisters. There is no longer any limit to the terror of the Zionists. America. And what is America? America is the main partner of the royal houses of the Middle East. Turkey is a member of NATO, founded by America. Qatar, which was attacked by the Zionists, is home to the most powerful air defense system in the Middle East. Couldn't they have shot down the shells that the Zionists fired at Doha? They all had the potential, but for some reason, the air defenses failed at that moment. Didn't see a threat in the sky? The Zionist terrorist entity brazenly attacks sovereign states in the Middle East with impunity. This proves that these states have no sovereignty whatsoever. "There is only the right of the strong left in the world," Gneev said, in particular.

He called on Allah "to deliver the people of Gaza, the people of Palestine from these oppressors and grant them victory." This video was viewed by 8,900 people and garnered 289 comments.

In the video from September 10 "To burn in hell is everyone's sovereign right." Gneev debates Islamophobes and declares that following Islam in all spheres of life will contribute to progress.

"Scientists and researchers throughout the history of Christianity have always been accused of heresy and burned at the stake along with their inventions. Well, in Islam there is nothing like this, and there never was, and there could not be.Islam strongly encourages and stimulates the acquisition of scientific knowledge. But how would you know this if you don't even know names like Al-Khwarizmi (a 9th-century Persian and Central Asian scholar from Khorezm, a mathematician, astronomer, geographer, and historian - note by "Caucasian Knot"), Ibn Sina (Avicenna - a medieval Persian scholar, philosopher, and physician - note by "Caucasian Knot"), Ibn al-Haytham (an Arab physicist, mathematician, and astronomer - note by "Caucasian Knot"). "When Islamophobes make accusations against us Muslims that we are supposedly savages and that our civilization has not brought any progress to this world, it is enough to simply name these names," Gneev said, in particular.

He then argues with those who reject faith in God, reproaching God for cruelty for wars, diseases, and natural disasters.

"You would like God to be your obedient, tame pet, a fluffy little thing, but no! You cannot tame God. He created everything, including you, in the best possible way. He is the creator, he is the maker, he is loving, he is merciful, he is compassionate, he is just, he is forgiving, but he is also the all-powerful, all-seeing, all-knowing. He alone created all that exists and has the right to take away the life that was created. But in return, He offers eternal life. But you believe that after death, emptiness, nothingness, and darkness await you. And that's your personal choice. God has given us the right to choose whether to obey God or our passions. "Whether to believe it or not is your personal choice," says Gneev.

The video has been viewed 8,100 times and has garnered 268 comments.

Mansur Gneev's very last video before his arrest is dated September 23, it is called "Why cling to this life." The video is ideological nature, although the speech contains references to phenomena of Russian reality.

"You have nothing. We have the illusion that we supposedly own something. An apartment, a car, money. But this will cease to belong to you when you die. Nothing will remain of you in this world... Someone will object. We continue in our children. This is our main legacy. We will die, and a piece of us will remain in them. And why do you think our children will die after us? What if you yourself have to wash them with your own hands and bury them in the ground? How many examples are there of parents who devoted their entire lives to their child? They raised, fed, taught, sent them to study, they returned and died of drug addiction. Your children do not belong to you, they belong to Allah. You own nothing. Do you think property belongs to you? No, it doesn't. Forget about property rights; you could use that piece of paper to plug holes in a window frame. Do you really think there's a law on earth, designed by smart people for other people? Anyone who's ever encountered a so-called law will understand what I'm talking about. Don't be naive; there are no laws. "There will always be someone quicker than you who will deposit the money where it belongs, and with the snap of a finger in court, all your property will be taken away," Gneev said, in particular, in the video.

He then mentioned the ineffectiveness of laws in the Russian Federation.

"Saltykov-Shchedrin also wrote about the severity of laws, that the severity of laws is mitigated by the non-obligatory nature of their implementation. They don't exist. They're a fiction. They're a chessboard that can be turned over at any moment, or even have all the pieces knocked over and new ones placed. "These laws, these secular rules, were not created for you, but to serve the private interests of certain individuals. There is only one immutable and only just law. This is the order established by the Lord of the worlds," Gneev also said.

The video has been viewed 9963 times and has garnered 200 comments. "Imagine, it's as if he foresaw it." “Well, he proved what he says,” a user with the nickname Free_from_Dag commented on September 24 after news of Gneev’s arrest became known.

. It should be noted that in one of the videos published in June, Gneev touched on the public conflict between the head of the Akhmat special forces, Apti Alaudinov, and Schema-Abbot Gabriel. Schema-Abbot Gabriel, who stated in a sermon that Muslims According to the mullah's order, all Muscovites can be slaughtered. He was fired from his post as head of the Sochi courtyard of the Valaam Monastery after Apti Alaudinov demanded an apology. Orthodox activists demanded that the statements made by the head of the Akhmat special forces about Gavriil's mental abilities be investigated for offending the feelings of believers and inciting hatred, and that he be removed from his post as deputy head of the Main Military-Political Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces. Alaudinov apologized to Gavriil "purely because of his age." After this, representatives of the "Forty by Forty" movement went to demand an apology from him to Schema-Abbot Gavriil, but during the meeting they came to the conclusion that Alaudinov was a "friend of the Orthodox." The authorities forced the Orthodox activists and Alaudinov to demonstratively reconcile, but this action href="https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/412308">was beneficial to both sides for PR, analysts noted. Alaudinov personally apologized to Schema-Abbot Gabriel, the priest stated that he had "no disagreements" with Alaudinov after a personal meeting, and his statement about Muslims was "misunderstood."