Russian women who were held in
Kurdish-controlled camps in Syria as Daesh (ISIS) supporters have recorded
emotional appeals to President Vladimir Putin to help them return home.The
audio recordings released by RBK news website late Saturday were provided by
Chechen rights ombudswoman Kheda Saratova, who has been involved in
repatriating Daesh widows and children. It was not clear when they were made. Thousands of
Russians joined ISIS forces in Syria and Iraq. Russia has repatriated some of
the women and children."My request is to help me return home. I don't want
to go back to the ISIS," says one woman, who gives her name as Yulia
Kryukova from the city of Saint Petersburg, her voice breaking as she starts
crying. One woman says she fears
she could be beaten up by other women in the camp who still support ISIS. "I appeal to President Vladimir Putin, Kheda
Saratova and Natalya Moskalkova," she says, misnaming Russia's rights
ombudswoman Tatiana Moskalkova. The women referred to two different
camps holding alleged IS family members Al-Hol in northeastern Syria and Ain
Issa near the Turkish border.
