Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's death in jail on Feb. 16 follows a long list of murders and suspicious deaths of opponents of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin. Since he came to power in 1999, more than 20 Putin critics have been killed or died mysteriously. Another long litany is that of killed enemies of Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov, a major Putin ally.
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In recent weeks, the authorities in Chechnya have carried out a wave of abductions of relatives of opposition bloggers and activists. Kremlin-installed Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov's opponents attribute the crackdown to the growing popularity and influence of the Telegram channel 1ADAT.
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