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Novaya Gazeta: Criminal case initiated on foiled Kadyrov assassination attempt

Source: Vedomosti

Chechnya’s Interior Ministry has opened a criminal case against individuals who were allegedly involved in foiled assassination attempt against Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov, reported newspaper Novaya Gazeta on Monday, citing a book of crime allegation records.

According to the book, the newspaper reported, Aziz Alviev, Beslan Zakaraev, and Shamkhan Magomadov were arrested in Gudermes on January 23, 2017. The individuals confessed to plotting to assassinate Kadyrov “using grenade launchers, automatic firearms, and explosive devices.”

The detainees claimed that the operation was ordered by Isa Yamadayev, a representative of the Yamadayev clan which has long been in conflict with Kadyrov. A criminal case has since been initiated against Yamadayev and the three detainees.

One of the detainees, Aziz Alvieva, had once been a witness in the investigation of an assassination attempt against Yamadayev himself. Kadyrov’s former advisor Shaa Turlayev is wanted in connection with that assassination attempt.

According to Novaya Gazeta, the report did not indicate when specifically the detainees were planning to assassinate the Chechen leader. The newspaper conjectures that the attempt in question may have already taken place in the village of Benoy in spring 2016, but failed.

On October 3, 2016, Novaya Gazeta reported on a foiled assassination attempt on Chechen president Ramzan Kadyrov. According to the newspaper, in spring 2016, the would-be perpetrators had planted an explosive device in a residence in the village of Benoy where Kadyrov often stays. The plot was discovered, reported Novaya Gazeta, and those implicated in it were found in possession of a large number of weapons and ammunition.

The article in Novaya Gazeta was written by journalist Elena Milashina, who has been writing about Chechnya over the course of many years.

Then, Kadyrov's spokesperson Almi Karimov said that the newspaper's claims did not correspond to reality. Karimov called the information "a conspiracy".

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