MOSCOW, October 6 (RIA Novosti) - Chechen...
Andrei Krasnenkov said an article in the paper linked the president to the killing of his former bodyguard Umar Israilov in Vienna in January. The murder was one in a string of assassinations of high-profile critics of the Chechen leadership.
"The article contained libel against Kadyrov," the lawyer said.
"I have asked for a criminal case to be opened against Dmitry Muratov, editor in chief of Novaya Gazeta, and several journalists," he said, adding that the suit had already been filed with Moscow prosecutors.
The paper said in the article published in February that Israilov and his relatives had been tortured by high-profile officials in the Chechen Republic, including Kadyrov.
Israilov fled Chechnya and was granted political asylum in Austria, where he was murdered on January 13, 2009, as the New York Times prepared to publish an article on his allegations, detailed in submissions to the European Court of Human Rights.