Chechen Leader Kadyrov Calls Members Of The Russian Parliament Plan To Kill Him

Ramzan Kadyrov. (Wikimedia Commons/Have you heard it?

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov accused Russian lawmakers from neighboring areas of trying to order his murder, threatening them with "bloody feud" unless they proved otherwise, state news agency TASS reported.

TASS quoted Chechen-language comments by Kadyrov, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a meeting of Chechen security officials. The video of the meeting was published on Kadyrov's personal Telegram channel on Wednesday.

The news agency translated Kadyrov's comments as: "There are witnesses, there are people they are trying to order, they are asking how much they will take for the order," as reported by Reuters on October 10.

TASS quoted Kadyrov as mentioning three members of Russia's legislature, two from Dagestan and one from Ingushetia, as the party behind the alleged plan.

"If they don't prove otherwise, I will officially declare a bloody feud," he was quoted as saying.

In Chechnya, a bloody feud is a traditional tradition to take revenge by killing his male enemy or relatives.

Reuters was unable to verify Kadyrov's statement translation from TASS.

It is known that Chechnya borders Dagestan and Ingushetia. Kadyrov previously claimed part of the region.

A former Chechen independence fighter who fought Russian troops during the area's mostly Muslim population to break away in the 1990s, Kadyrov finally turned to Moscow. He became the leader of Chechens in 2007, three years after the assassination of his father.

President Putin himself has given Kadyrov ample flexibility to run Chechnya as his personal territory in exchange for his efforts to maintain stability in the region.

Kadyrov himself has become an important player in politics and the military, including by providing soldiers for Russia's war efforts in Ukraine.