Austrian police arrest Russian from Chechnya.
Austrian police have arrested a Russian from Chechnya over the fatal shooting of a Chechen dissident, officials said on Sunday.
A 43-year-old was found dead with gunshot wounds near the capital Vienna on Saturday, police said in a statement.
They arrested a 47-year-old in the city of Linz, some 200 kilometers (125 miles) from Vienna, adding: “The motives for the crime are unclear.”
The dead man had given evidence in a 2017 murder case in Ukraine in which a man who had plotted to murder Russian President Vladimir Putin was injured and his wife killed in a gun attack near Kiev, the Ukrainian interior ministry told AFP.
The Austrian police said the dead Chechen was an asylum seeker but declined to comment further.
A prosecution spokesman identified the dead man as Chechen government critic Martin B., adding prosecutors were seeking a court order to keep the suspect in detention.
The suspect lives in Austria but is originally from the Chechnya region.
The Austria shooting comes amid growing concern over the security of Chechen dissidents living in exile.
In February, an exiled Chechen blogger also critical of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov fended off an attacker armed with a hammer.
A month earlier, Chechen opposition leader Imran Aliev was found dead in a hotel room in the northern French city of Lille, stabbed 135 times.
Chechnya is a predominantly Muslim Russian republic in the North Caucasus. Two wars in the 1990s triggered a wave of emigration, with many Chechens heading for western Europe.
More Chechens have fled into exile in recent years because of disagreements with pro-Kremlin Kadyrov, who rights activists accuse of repeated rights violations.
(c) The Moscow Times
“The motives for the crime are unclear.”
How about Putin ordering his lapdog to assassinate yet another Chechnyan in Europe. Time to round all Russians and Chechnyans up, and send them home.
Putin has taught Kadyrov very well and may even take over for Putin in 16 years. Have even one of these murderers been brought to justice? The opposition leader gets stabbed 185 times and the European leaders act as though someone spilled milk.
I’m sure someone will utter a level of concern. Merkel did nothing about the assassination in Germany, so I very much doubt the Austrian boy wonder will do anything.
Hey F1 check this out. There has been a sudden interest in this article from April that Mike posted. It was the number one post viewed this week
Here is the stat:
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Here is the article:
https://ukrainetoday.org/2020/04/03/hiding-behind-his-wife-ex-mp-georgii-logvynsky-married-well-escapes-prosecution/
Why on earth would this become popular after 3 months? Something is going on…
Not sure what is happening, but the 3 nominees for the Ukrainian rep in the ECHR, does not include his wife. Here are the Ukraine nominees.
Sergiy GONCHARENKO
Oleksandra IANOVSKA
Vyacheslav TULYAKOV
Click to access List_adhoc_judges_BIL.pdf
a New Day. A New murder.
Moscow say he accidently fell with his head onto a bullet.
Can be truth, he was pushed from the 7th floor and gunned down on the street.(we are talking real maffia here!)
A true olympic athlete. Diving from the 7th floor straight onto a bullet. Smells like a gold medal here. 😂
Evidently, Europe has become mafia land’s favorite killing ground.
And, why not?
In a region full of pathetic cowardly appeasers who can only say, “We are concerned”, murdering anyone, anytime and anywhere is possible without any serious consequences whatsoever.