On January 11
th, a court in Sweden sentenced a Russian man who attacked Tumso Abdurakhmanov, a blogger critical of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, to ten years in prison. The attack occurred on February 26
th, 2020, when Ruslan Mamayev attacked Abdurakhmanov with a hammer in the Swedish city of Gavle. According to Radio Free Europe, Mamayev claimed that Chechen officials ordered him to attack Abdurakhmanov and also promised to pay him for the assault. Elmira Shapiayeva, an accomplice in the attack, was also sentenced to eight years in prison.
Kadyrov came to power in the Chechen Republic in 2007 by Vladimir Putin’s decree. While Kadyrov originally fought for Chechen independence from Russia following the Soviet Union’s dissolution, Kadyrov’s family joined Russia’s side in the Second Chechen War and came into favor with Moscow’s political class. Following years of internal power struggle in Chechnya, including the assassination of his father, Kadyrov finally claimed the p
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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A hammer-wielding Russian man who tried to beat to death a well-known blogger and critic of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov in Sweden last year was sentenced on Monday to 10 years in prison by a Swedish court.
Tumso Abdurakhmanov survived the Feb. 26 attack in the town of Gavle. The court did not give the convicted defendant’s name, in keeping with Swedish practice.
A woman who helped the assailant by letting him into Abdurachmanov’s apartment, was given an 8-year term. Both will be expelled from Sweden, Swedish news agency TT said. Foreign convicts are normally expelled after serving their sentence.
Swedish Prosecutors Seek Long Prison Terms For Russians Accused Of Attacking Chechen Blogger
December 18, 2020 09:31 GMT
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Prosecutors in Sweden are said to be seeking lengthy prison terms for two Russians on trial for allegedly trying to kill an exiled Chechen blogger with a hammer as he slept.
Tumso Abdurakhmanov, who fled Russia in 2015, reportedly survived the February 26 attack by overpowering one of the suspects.
Abdurakhmanov then posted a YouTube video in which he said he had just fought off the attack and is seen questioning a bloodied man lying on the floor.
It was one of a number of attacks outside Russia in the past two years targeting vocal critics of Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of Russia s southern Republic of Chechnya.