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Kadyrov requests attacker of Emelianenko's daughter be found at any price

Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov has requested that the perpetrators of the attack on the daughter of Russian mixed martial arts fighter Fedor Emelianenko be found at any price and punished to the fullest extent of the law.

"He should be judged not only for beating the girl, but also for his provocative actions clearly aimed at stirring up ethnic hatred," said Kadyrov, according to whom the attacker's objective was "to cause a public outcry."

"If the girl was hit, this was done deliberately with the knowledge of whose daughter she was," said Kadyrov, adding that Chechen authorities are ready to assist in the investigation.

On Thursday, Fedor Emelianenko's representative Julia Kuklina confirmed that the athlete's daughter, sixteen-year-old Maria Emelianenko, had been attacked in Moscow. A man hit her in the chest in the center of Moscow.

The attack occurred shortly after Fedor Emelianenko engaged in a public debate with Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov and his entourage. The conflict between the Kadyrov and Emelianenko arose when the latter criticized a mixed martial arts tournament for children that took place in Grozny, Chechnya on Tuesday. Emelianenko was angered by the fact that children were fighting without protective equipment. As a result, many of Kadyrov's supporters, including Chechen athletes and Duma deputy Adam Delimkhanov, sharply criticized Emelianenko, some even calling him a "rooster" and a "jester".

According to Kuklina, Emelianenko's daughter is now recovering.

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