Chechnya’s Kadyrov threatens 'blood feud,' accuses Russian MPs of plotting his murder, state media reports
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has threatened Russian lawmakers with a “blood feud” and accused them of attempting to commission his assassination.
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has accused Russian lawmakers from neighboring regions of attempting to commission his assassination, and threatened them with a “blood feud” unless they prove otherwise, state news agency TASS reported.
TASS cited Chechen-language comments by Kadyrov, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, to a meeting of Chechen security officials. Video of the meeting was published on Kadyrov’s personal Telegram channel on Wednesday.
The news agency translated Kadyrov’s comments as: “There are witnesses, there are people from whom they tried to commission, whom they asked how much they would take for the order.”
TASS cited Kadyrov as naming three members of Russia’s legislature — two from Dagestan and one from Ingushetia — as being behind the alleged plot.
“If they do not prove otherwise, I will officially declare a blood feud,” he was quoted as saying. In Chechnya, blood feuds are a traditional custom of extracting revenge by killing an enemy or his male relatives.
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