Acknowledgements

Jane Buchanan, senior researcher in the Europe and Central Asia division of Human Rights Watch and a consultant to Human Rights Watch conducted legal research and interviews and wrote this report. Tanya Lokshina, deputy director of the Human Rights Watch Moscow Office, conducted interviews in Ingushetia and Chechnya for this report. Kathryn Koonce, coordinator, and Anna Alekseyeva, intern, in the Europe and Central Asia division provided background research. The report was translated into Russian by Igor Gerbich.

The report was edited by Rachel Denber, deputy director of the Europe and Central Asia division, and Andrew Mawson, deputy program director at Human Rights Watch. Aisling Reidy, senior legal advisor at Human Rights Watch, also reviewed the report and provided legal analysis. Veronika Szente Goldston, advocacy director of the Europe and Central Asia division, and Lotte Leicht, European Union advocacy director, reviewed and contributed to the recommendations. Kathryn Koonce, Anna Lopriore, Grace Choi, and Fitzroy Hepkins provided production support.

This research would not have been possible without the assistance of our colleagues at the Russian Justice Initiative in Moscow, Pravovaya initsiativa in Ingushetia, and Memorial Human Rights Center in Moscow and Grozny.

Human Rights Watch gratefully acknowledges the generous support of the individual and foundation donors who have made our work possible.