The head of the Chechen Republic of the Russian Federation, Ramzan Kadyrov, at a meeting with commanders and heads of units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the National Guard, called for punishing the relatives of those who committed them for crimes. Recording of Kadyrov’s meeting published on Telegram on December 30, 2023.
The caption to the video states that Kadyrov called on law enforcement officials to “be extremely vigilant and suppress any manifestations of violation of order.” In the video itself, Kadyrov speaks Chechen.
On the video paid attention December 31 opposition Telegram channel 1ADAT. The authors of the channel noted that Kadyrov, in fact, is resuming blood feud in Chechnya, contrary to Russian laws. The motive of blood feud in the article of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation on murder is considered an aggravating circumstance (clause e.1, part 2, article 105).
According to the head of Chechnya, if someone commits a crime and kills someone from among Kadyrov’s men, then this death must be avenged, the report says. If it is not possible to find the culprit, then his relatives will definitely be found, and after that someone from the family needs to be shot, the channel quotes Kadyrov.
“Agency” On January 2, it asked to translate Kadyrov’s speech into a video of a native Chechen speaker.
“Why did I call you. Any officer who suspects something is wrong should pay attention to this. It doesn’t matter where the person is from, what family he is from. Anyone who violates public order or touched a police officer, a guest of the republic, with his hand. If we don’t find him, we will not look for him, we will find his family. It has always been with us and our fathers, if they did not find the culprit, they would announce revenge on his brother, father. We will take revenge on them for their relative. They kill a person, then they say: “I refuse this relative.” He will not give up on him until we shoot one of his relatives. The war is over, we have begun to live, and we have established order at the highest level,” Kadyrov said.
This is not the first time Kadyrov has demonstrated that the laws of the Russian Federation do not apply to Chechnya, the Agency recalls. For example, he allowed protesters to be shot “in the forehead”; stated that he was proud of his son who beat a prisoner in a pre-trial detention center; and claimedthat his fighters blew up a Russian repeater tower in the Belgorod region in order to “deprive the enemy of communications.”
Context:
Kadyrov is 45 years old and has ruled Chechnya since 2007.
Kadyrov is a supporter of the policies of Russian President Vladimir Putin, in particular the aggressive war unleashed by Russia against Ukraine. The head of Chechnya has repeatedly made statements in support of the Russian invasion and announced the “capture” of certain Ukrainian settlements by the occupiers.
Dozens of Kadyrov’s relatives hold high government positions in Chechnya. In 2018 “BBC Russian Service” calculated that of the 158 high officials in Chechnya, 30% were relatives of the head of Chechnya, another 23% were his fellow villagers, and another 12% were his friends and their relatives.
In 2020, the US State Department blacklisted Kadyrov and imposed sanctions on him and his family for human rights violations, torture and extrajudicial killings over the past 10 years. In 2022, the US imposed new sanctions against Kadyrov for his role in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. It is also sanctioned by Australia, Canada, the EU, Japan, Switzerland and the UK.
On August 26, 2022, the SBU reported that Kadyrov was notified of suspicion of committing crimes on the territory of Ukraine.
2024-01-04 21:12:54
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