"Let’s handle this situation without consequences for people, without consequences for our family. Let’s quietly, peacefully release this person. He has five children and a father who’s critically ill with cancer. Little kids, like kittens. You’re a Muslim, you have a heart,” -Yandiyeva's relative.

It's always unsettling when people try to do things like this and pass the responsibility onto other people.

Sounds like it is time for that lawyer and their family to flee too.

Well that’s a sad not the onion

Surely the minimum a government should be expected to do is prevent the interior of their country from falling to anarchy. Sort yourself out, Russia.

Things sound serious if both chechen and ingush are involved, something like a federal level of support. Appeals to local authorities are then rather formal, demonstrative to EU, so there's no doubt she and others need a shelter. I doubt returning her would help anyone at this point. He and his relatives need to leave asap while being put under a microscope by the parties involved.