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.
In Chechnya, blood feuds are a traditional custom of extracting revenge by killing an enemy or his male relatives.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ramzan Kadyrov visit a special forces training center in Chechnya.
Putin has given Kadyrov wide latitude to run Chechnya as his personal fiefdom in return for maintaining stability in the region.
Persons:
Ramzan Kadyrov, Kadyrov, Vladimir Putin, ”, Vyacheslav Prokofyev, Putin
Organizations:
Ingushetia —, Getty
Locations:
Dagestan, Ingushetia, Chechnya, AFP, Chechen, Russian, Ukraine