GROZNY, July 17 (RIA Novosti) - Chechen...
on Wednesday evening that "a search for the criminals will be carried out not only during an official investigation, but also unofficially, according to Chechen traditions." He did not give further details.Estemirova"s body was found on Wednesday afternoon in Ingushetia, which borders on Chechnya. Her body had bullet wounds to the head and chest, suggesting an execution-style shooting.
Estemirova had earlier worked with journalist Anna Politkovskaya, who was shot dead in Moscow in October 2006, and human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov, who was killed in the Russian capital in January of this year. 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
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