A Chechen woman was able to get her daughters back after a divorce.

Chechnya resident Anna Aladysheva was able to get her children back after human rights activists exposed the situation. Previously, she was only allowed to see them for two hours a month under her ex-husband's supervision.

According to human rights activists, Anna was 18 when she met a resident of the village of Dachu-Borzoi. He was nine years her senior. They soon married. Their nine-year marriage produced two daughters. For a long time, according to Anna, the family lived peacefully.

"She accepted the rules that were explained to her as tradition: children belong to the father's clan, and he is responsible for the family. In recent years, conflicts arose in the family, resulting in Anna filing for divorce. After the divorce, her ex-husband sharply limited Anna's contact with her daughters. She was allowed to see them only two hours a month," according to a post today on the Telegram channel of the human rights project "Motherless Caucasus."

According to human rights activists, Anna Aladysheva was summoned to the police in Grozny, where she was attacked by one of her ex-husband's relatives. After the story was published and made public, events began to unfold rapidly, as the daughter of the head of Chechnya, former Deputy Prime Minister Ayshat Kadyrova, became involved.

It also emerged that Anna had not only been beaten, humiliated, and separated from her children, but also subjected to online harassment, with previously unpublished family and home photos of her being posted. The channel later removed all the incriminating photos, and instead posted an apology on behalf of Anna's ex-husband's new wife.

"I, a resident of the village of Samashki, the one who publicly reported on the situation of Anna Aladysheva's family, offer my public apology and sincere repentance to Anna Aladysheva, her family, and her father and mother. Please forgive me for this act," human rights activists quote Anna's ex-husband's wife as saying.

In her Instagram blog*, Anna Aladysheva said that the children suffered greatly psychologically during their separation. "Many people are asking how the children are doing. The youngest won't let me even go into the next room. It's like we've never been apart. The eldest allows me to hug and kiss her, but she doesn't reach out yet. She's silent or asks serious questions: "Who hit you?" "What will happen to him now?" and so on. She's afraid they'll be taken away tomorrow, she's afraid to get attached and open up again, and most likely, she needs to see a psychologist," Aladysheva wrote in the post.

"Many are still worried that I was forced to withdraw my complaint and delete all the videos for the sake of the children. They claim it's temporary. No, I haven't withdrawn my complaint. Moreover, during the proceedings, many more violations against me were revealed. Everyone has been held accountable for all of this," she added.

"Caucasian Knot" also wrote that the court is considering a claim to determine the place of residence of the Smirnovs' youngest daughter; her father filed a motion for consideration in this Anna Smirnova, a resident of the Moscow region, spoke about the process of settling her sons' places of residence. She believes Dmitry Smirnov, who hid the children in Dagestan, Chechnya, and North Ossetia, intends to demand child support.