Another Chechen Exile Killed In Europe: What We Know

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Another Chechen Exile Killed In Europe: What We Know

Chechen blogger Mamikhan Umarov, who was shot dead in Vienna on July 4, claimed on his YouTube channel that he had compromising material on Chechnya's leader, Ramzan Kadyrov. His killing is the latest in a series of attacks on Kadyrov critics in Europe.

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'Everyone's Asking Who's Next': Chechens In Europe Warn Of More Killings

Members of the Chechen diaspora in Europe say Kremlin-backed Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has developed an extensive network across the continent that he is using to target his perceived enemies, political and personal.

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Chechen blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov says no one was surprised to hear that Mamikhan Umarov had been killed. “All the world knew [he was in danger],” Abdurakhmanov told Current Time. “Umarov himself knew it very well.”

Another member of the Chechen diaspora in Europe, who asked not to be identified out of concerns for his own safety, agreed. “This murder, unfortunately, was predictable,” the source said, describing Umarov as Kremlin-backed Chechen leader Ramzan’s Kadyrov’s “personal enemy No. 1.”

“I heard that the ‘Kadyrovtsy’ were looking for a way to get him,” the source said, using the term for security forces controlled by Kadyrov. “Now we are all asking ourselves who is next.”