Turkish intelligence named State Duma deputy Adam Delimkhanov as the organizer of attacks on Chechen oppositionists

Four Russians, a Ukrainian citizen and an Uzbek citizen, detained in Turkey on suspicion of preparing an armed attack on Chechen oppositionists, were following orders from the adviser to the head of Chechnya and State Duma deputy Adam Delimkhanov . This was reported by Daily Sabah and CNN Turk , citing data from the National Intelligence Organization of Turkey (MIT).

According to Turkish intelligence, the detainees were planning to kill a Chechen dissident named Abdulhakim, who lives in Turkey and fought on the side of the Syrian opposition against the regime of Bashar al-Assad.

The leader of the suspects, the security services named Bislan Rasayev, who allegedly carried out orders from Delimkhanov and Kazbek Dukuzov . The latter, writes Daily Sabah, has been involved in four murders of Chechen dissidents in Europe since 2004.

According to MIT, Rasayev was planning to buy weapons and ammunition to be used in the assassinations from Abdul Abdullayev, who had previously been convicted of arms smuggling and ISIS membership.

• Russians Abdul Abdula Abdullayev, Ravshan Akhmedov, Bislan Rasayev and Aslanbek Abdulmuslimov, as well as Ukrainian citizen Igor Efrim and Uzbek citizen Amir Yusupov were detained in Turkey in early October. They are currently in prison in Maltepe in Istanbul Province. They face 15 to 20 years in prison on charges of political and military espionage.
• The "Chechen dissident" who, according to Turkish intelligence, was being targeted could have been Rustam Azhiyev (Abdulhakim Shishani). According to Kavkaz. Realii , his group, Ajnad al-Kavkaz, fought in Syria against Assad's troops and ISIS militants.
• According to the publication, Azhiev entered into conflict with the Chechen authorities because of the beating in Turkey of Abdurakhman Arsanukaev, a former supporter of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov. Azhiev allegedly organized a meeting with the former Kadyrovite and demanded that he cease his actions, which, in his opinion, were aimed at collecting information for the Chechen authorities.