On the morning of June 6, 2017, Murad Amriev was escorted from a temporary holding cell to the prosecutor’s office in Bryansk, Russia. Under arrest for allegedly carrying a forged document, the former amateur MMA champion faced far worse than a traditional prison sentence. Amriev was a person of particular interest to the Chechen special forces, who have been searching for him since he fled the republic in 2013. Despite being detained in the Bryansk Oblast (region), the fighter was facing possible extradition back to Chechnya.
While Amriev awaited his ill-gotten fate within the graying building, Chechen commandos and Interior Ministry officers dressed in civilian clothing reportedly began to surround the building.