Slain Exile Detailed Cruelty Of The Ruler Of Chechnya

Umar S. Israilov’s funeral Jan. 22 in Vienna. He accused Chechnya’s president of torture.
Josef Polleross for The New York Times

From The New York Times:

Umar S. Israilov saw the men who had come to kill him. They confronted him in the neighborhood where he lived in hiding in Vienna. He must have sensed their intentions, because he ran.

For more than two years, Mr. Israilov, a Chechen in exile, had formally accused Russia’s government of allowing a macabre pattern of crimes in Chechnya. Even by the dark norms of violence in the Caucasus, his accusations were extraordinary.

A rebel fighter turned bodyguard of Ramzan A. Kadyrov, Chechnya’s current president, Mr. Israilov had access to the inner ring of Chechen power. Mr. Kadyrov’s career has been sponsored by Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, who as president lifted him from obscurity with unwavering Kremlin support.

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My Comment: Welcome to the new Russia, and the people who now rule it. If I was a Russian, I will be very afraid. If I was someone who lives outside (like Europe) .... I should be concerned.