GROZNY, July 17 (RIA Novosti) - Chechen...
Both Politkovskaya and Markelov had been involved in investigations into human rights abuses in Chechnya.Kadyrov, who fought against federal forces in the first Chechen war before switching sides in 1999, has been president of Chechnya since February 2007. His father and former Chechen leader Akhmad Kadyrov was killed in a terrorist bomb attack in Grozny in May 2004.
In his phone conversation with Orlov, Kadyrov also said he supported the work of Memorial in Chechnya, calling "the defense of the rights of our citizens our common goal."
Kadyrov and his personal security service have frequently been accused of abductions by human rights groups. His critics have also claimed he has encouraged a "cult of personality" in the republic.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has dismissed claims that Kadyrov was behind the murder as "primitive."
"As for the theories, I believe that those who committed this crime expected that the theories most primitive
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