The Kremlin, United Russia, the United Russia faction in the State Duma, the party commission on ethics, as well as the State Duma press service chose not to comment on the threats of Adam Delimkhanov, a United Russia deputy from Chechnya.
He stated that he planned to cut off the heads of the relatives of the former Chechen judge Saidi Yangulbaev, who is in conflict with the head of the republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, as well as those who translate Delimkhanov’s words from Chechen into Russian.
The press service of the United Russia, the press service of the State Duma, and presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov did not reply to a request from Znak.com regarding this situation. The press service of the United Russia faction in the State Duma promised to “clarify the information.” The European Commission on Ethics has also refrained from making any comments, citing ignorance of the Chechen language.
Nikolai Arefyev (KPRF), First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Commission on Parliamentary Ethics, has become the only one who has spoken out on this topic so far. In his opinion, the Prosecutor General’s Office should check the words of Adam Delimkhanov addressed to the Yangulbaev family, writes Interfax.
According to paragraph 4.3.2 of the charter of United Russia, a member of the United Russia, and Adam Delimkhanov is a member of the presidium of the regional political council of the United Russia in Chechnya, he can be expelled from the party for “action (inaction) that damages the political interests of the party.” Paragraph 4.4.4 of the UR Charter states that “membership in the party may be suspended in other cases by decision of the Presidium of the General Council, adopted on the basis of the recommendation of the party ethics commission.
The day before, State Duma deputy from Chechnya Adam Delimkhanov threatened to decapitate members of the family of judge Saidi Yangulbaev, whose wife was forcibly taken by Chechen security forces from Nizhny Novgorod to Chechnya in order to testify. “Know that day and night, not sparing our lives, property and offspring, we will pursue you until we decapitate you and kill you. We really have enmity and blood feud with you! It also applies to those who translate this video into Russian 〈…〉 If you think you can lift your heads, then I swear to Allah, we will cut off your heads! 〈…〉 And even if all the laws on earth are against us, we will still deal with you! Let them imprison us for this, kill us or blow us up with a nuclear bomb,” Delimkhanov said. The translation of the words of the deputy was originally published by the 1ADAT telegram channel (included in the register of banned sites). Znak.com reached out to two native Chechen speakers who confirmed that Delimkhanov said exactly what was quoted. Let us add that earlier the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, also made threats against the Yangulbaev family. He called the family “accomplices of terrorists” and said that they were waiting for “a place either in prison or underground.” The Kremlin called Kadyrov’s words “personal opinion.”
Security forces from Chechnya broke into Yangulbaev’s Nizhny Novgorod apartment under the pretext that Zarema Musaeva was being held as a witness in a criminal case of fraud committed in 2019, although Yangulbaev’s family left Grozny in 2017. Yangulbaev, as a retired judge, enjoys immunity, so they did not touch him, and the Chechen police forcefully took Musaeva with them and took her to Grozny.
There, the woman was placed in a special detention center, condemned to 15 days of administrative arrest, allegedly because she attacked a policeman. On January 31, the telegram channel Baza reported that a criminal case had been opened against Musayeva for using violence against a representative of the authorities (Article 318 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). However, it is not possible to verify this, since the investigating authorities of Chechnya remain silent, and Musayeva’s lawyers are not allowed to see her.
Addition from 13:38 Moscow time: Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov told reportersthat “it is not the function of the Kremlin to give assessments to deputies.” “This is a function of the State Duma and the ethics committee. We would not like to interfere in this process,” Peskov said.
