MOSCOW, June 14 (Reuters) - The speaker of Russia's parliament said a senior Chechen commander was alive and well on Wednesday, following reports he had been killed or wounded in Ukraine.
The commander, Adam Delimkhanov, is a member of parliament as well as heading the Chechen division of the Russian national guard.
He is widely seen as the Caucasian region's second most senior official after its leader Ramzan Kadyrov.
Not only that, but he wishes you all good health," Vyacheslav Volodin, the speaker of the Duma, told lawmakers.
Russia's TASS news agency quoted another Chechen commander as saying Delimkhanov was in Chechnya, not Ukraine, and media reports he had come under fire in Ukraine were all "fakes".
Persons:
Adam Delimkhanov, Ramzan Kadyrov, He's, Vyacheslav Volodin, Delimkhanov, Gareth Jones, Peter Graff
Organizations:
Chechen, Russian, Caucasian, Duma, TASS, Reuters, Thomson
Locations:
MOSCOW, Chechen, Ukraine, Chechnya, Moscow, Mariupol