Rotorua Daily Post

Kadyrov critic shot

- A prominent blogger and critic of Ramzan Kadyrov, the far-right

Chechen leader, has been murdered in Sweden, activists and colleagues have said. Tumso Abdurakhma­nov was gunned down by a group of men late last week, according to a Chechen opposition network. The network said it could not publish further details because of the safety fears for

its staff and their sources. Colleagues of Abdurakhma­nov confirmed the report to Radio Free Europe’s Russian Service, saying that he was killed last Friday. The 36-year-old left Russia in 2015 after receiving threats from an official close to Kadyrov, the Chechen republic’s hardline ruler. He was

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