The ex-wife of a native of Chechnya complained to Kadyrov about the beating.

A native of Chechnya beat his ex-wife in Sevastopol, reported the human rights project "Caucasus Without a Mother" and published a video of the incident. The victim asked for protection from Ramzan Kadyrov, as numerous appeals to the police yielded no results.

Margaret was born and raised in Sevastopol, where she also gave birth to children and is raising them alone. For three years, she has lived in fear of their father, her ex-husband from Chechnya, who insults her, stalks her, and beats her.

Domestic violence began when she was pregnant with her first child. After the birth of their son, the native of Chechnya beat his wife with a charging cord and held a knife to her throat. Margaret documented her injuries and filed a report with the police, but they considered the incident a domestic quarrel, reports the human rights project "Caucasus Without a Mother".

According to the girl, when she got married, she had no idea that her husband used drugs and had mental health issues. One day after giving birth, her husband, under the influence of drugs, demanded that Margaret sit with him in the kitchen all night. After she refused, he beat her, repeating that she must obey him in everything. He broke her phone, locked the apartment from the inside, and threw various objects at her until morning.

Margaret later divorced her husband and did not prevent him from seeing the children; however, all meetings ended with insults directed at her and her parents. "I always gave him the opportunity to show care and interest. He just doesn't want the children," says Margaret.

When she stopped communicating with her ex-husband, he began to stalk her, waiting for her on the street, tearing her clothes, hitting her, and trying to break into her apartment. The girl claims that he insulted her military father, openly showing disdain for her country and origin. "Does he really think that he can treat girls of another nationality so vilely?" she exclaims.

On September 12, in the city center, he grabbed her by the hair and punched her in the head, resulting in injuries that now cause her to hear poorly in one ear. The attack was captured on video: the blow was so strong that Margaret's phone and bag flew in different directions. Doctors diagnosed her with a concussion, and due to constant headaches, she cannot work. Margaret filed a report with the police.

After the attack on the girl, a representative from the Chechen side contacted her, assuring her that he spoke with her ex-husband and that he would not approach her again, but he would not leave the city either.

"I have appealed not for the first or even the tenth time. Is it really the case that in the Chechen Republic, they would just talk to a visitor who beat a girl? Are we waiting until I become disabled? Or until they get rid of me?" says Margaret.

I am not asking for money or apologies. I am asking for just one thing: I want to feel safe in my city.

She asked the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, to look into the situation and instruct law enforcement agencies to legally assess the actions of her ex-husband.

"Ramzan Akhmatovich, I am forced to turn to you for help and protection because I see no other way out. I am not asking for money or apologies. I am asking for just one thing: I want to feel safe in my city. Not to be afraid that my children will be kidnapped. Not to be afraid that this person will be where I am," wrote Margaret.

As of 17:23 Moscow time, neither the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, nor the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Chechen Republic, Mansur Soltaev, have publicly commented on Margaret's appeal.

In a number of republics in the North Caucasus, so-called "honor killings" are widespread. Why they are called that, what the roots of this phenomenon are, and which republics are affected by it is explained in the "Caucasian Knot" reference.