The documentary Chechnya: War Without Trace talks about the arrest by the Chechen authorities of Ruslan Kutaev. According to the documentary, what did Mr. Kutaev do to provoke this arrest?

Ruslan Kutayev: He is a Chechen human rights activist. His arrest is recognized as Chechnya's first political prisoner by some. He has been sentenced to four years imprisonment in Chechnya for possession of heroin. His fellow campaigners are convinced that the charges were false.

Explanation:

Reason for Arrest:

The real reason for his imprisonment was because he had organised a conference on the deportation of the Chechen people by Stalin.

The Arrest:

A crime-prevention operation was being run at the time in the village, and the patrol detained Kutayev, whose behavior struck them as 'odd.' When they searched him, they found three grammes of an unknown powder substance in his trouser pocket. Kutayev was taken in for further investigation.