On 16 March 2016, human rights defender Mr Igor Kalyapin, head of the Joint Mobile Group (JMG), was attacked by a group of approximately 15 unidentified masked men during a visit to Grozny, the capital of the Chechen Republic. On the previous day, the office of the JMG in Grozny was raided by the police. Front Line Defenders urges the Russian authorities to carry out an immediate, thorough and impartial investigation into the attack on Igor Kalyapin and raid on the office of Joint Mobile Group