Akhmed Zakayev someone helped to remind myself
The newspaper "Izvestia". The information about the attempt on the unrecognized "premier of independent Ichkeria" astonished both in London and Grozny
The British intelligence service MI5 reported on Sunday about the successfully averted attempt on the life of one of the leaders of the Chechen separatists, the unrecognized "chairman of the cabinet of independent Ichkeria" Akhmed Zakayev.
According to British intelligence, the organizer of the assault was a 45-year-old native of Russia, whose name has not yet been disclosed in the interests of the investigation. A suspect passing to London as “Е1” arrived in London in 2003 year and then received refugee status in the UK. It is “Е1”, according to MI5, that is behind the murder in Vienna in 2009 of Umar Israilov, the former bodyguard of the head of the Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov.
News that someone was preparing an attempt on Akhmed Zakayev, caused almost the same surprise both in Grozny and in London.
“It’s hard to imagine who needed to devise anything in relation to this person,” Alvi Karimov, press secretary of the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, noted to Izvestia. - Zakayev is of no interest to anyone. He is not a politician, he is not a leader, he has never been a real commander - he was an actor. ”
The position of Akhmed Zakayev in the circles of Chechen separatists is indeed very precarious. From 2007, Zakayev considers himself to be "chairman of the cabinet of independent Ichkeria", and he was elected to this post by a telephone vote of some deputies of the Ichkeria parliament dissolved in 2000.
In October 2010, Zakayev announced the resignation of his government, but before holding consultations with the “Ichkeria State Defense Committee” - another body claiming the title of Chechen government in exile - the former prime minister and his ministers continue to fulfill their duties. The leader of the “State Committee of Defense”, Hussein Gakayev, in turn, in September 2010, was deprived of all his powers by Amir of the Emirate of the Caucasus, Doku Umarov, who also considered himself “the leader of independent Ichkeria”.
Uncertainty about the position of Akhmed Zakayev is also recognized by the well-known Soviet dissident Vladimir Bukovsky, who actively advocates for Chechen independence.
“Recently, we have little communication with Zakayev,” Bukovsky said to Izvestia. - The government of Ichkeria in exile, which he heads, does not show much activity and is generally symbolic in nature. From time to time they make some statements, but their main function is to try to maintain the principle of independence of Ichkeria by their existence. ”
The information passed in the media about the assassination attempt on Zakayev is called “strange” by Bukovsky.
“It seems that we are dealing only with intentions, there was no preparation for the assassination in the proper sense,” noted the dissident. “It is known that they wanted to deport the suspect from the UK, but could not for political reasons.”
“I think it’s unpleasant for Zakayev himself that the British special services are spreading rumors about the assassination attempt on him,” Alvi Karimov added. According to the press secretary of the head of the Chechen Republic, the only danger that could threaten Akhmed Zakayev comes precisely from the British special services.
It is not excluded, however, that the information - genuine or fictional - about the preparation of the assassination attempt on Zakayev was spread deliberately, in order to increase public interest in his person. The struggle for leadership among the Chechen separatists of the “prime minister of independent Ichkeria” is clearly losing, and the successfully averted attempt can help Zakayev gain the lost political weight.
Akhmed Zakayev, photo: REUTERS / Toby Melville
The British intelligence service MI5 reported on Sunday about the successfully averted attempt on the life of one of the leaders of the Chechen separatists, the unrecognized "chairman of the cabinet of independent Ichkeria" Akhmed Zakayev.
According to British intelligence, the organizer of the assault was a 45-year-old native of Russia, whose name has not yet been disclosed in the interests of the investigation. A suspect passing to London as “Е1” arrived in London in 2003 year and then received refugee status in the UK. It is “Е1”, according to MI5, that is behind the murder in Vienna in 2009 of Umar Israilov, the former bodyguard of the head of the Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov.
News that someone was preparing an attempt on Akhmed Zakayev, caused almost the same surprise both in Grozny and in London.
“It’s hard to imagine who needed to devise anything in relation to this person,” Alvi Karimov, press secretary of the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, noted to Izvestia. - Zakayev is of no interest to anyone. He is not a politician, he is not a leader, he has never been a real commander - he was an actor. ”
The position of Akhmed Zakayev in the circles of Chechen separatists is indeed very precarious. From 2007, Zakayev considers himself to be "chairman of the cabinet of independent Ichkeria", and he was elected to this post by a telephone vote of some deputies of the Ichkeria parliament dissolved in 2000.
In October 2010, Zakayev announced the resignation of his government, but before holding consultations with the “Ichkeria State Defense Committee” - another body claiming the title of Chechen government in exile - the former prime minister and his ministers continue to fulfill their duties. The leader of the “State Committee of Defense”, Hussein Gakayev, in turn, in September 2010, was deprived of all his powers by Amir of the Emirate of the Caucasus, Doku Umarov, who also considered himself “the leader of independent Ichkeria”.
Uncertainty about the position of Akhmed Zakayev is also recognized by the well-known Soviet dissident Vladimir Bukovsky, who actively advocates for Chechen independence.
“Recently, we have little communication with Zakayev,” Bukovsky said to Izvestia. - The government of Ichkeria in exile, which he heads, does not show much activity and is generally symbolic in nature. From time to time they make some statements, but their main function is to try to maintain the principle of independence of Ichkeria by their existence. ”
The information passed in the media about the assassination attempt on Zakayev is called “strange” by Bukovsky.
“It seems that we are dealing only with intentions, there was no preparation for the assassination in the proper sense,” noted the dissident. “It is known that they wanted to deport the suspect from the UK, but could not for political reasons.”
“I think it’s unpleasant for Zakayev himself that the British special services are spreading rumors about the assassination attempt on him,” Alvi Karimov added. According to the press secretary of the head of the Chechen Republic, the only danger that could threaten Akhmed Zakayev comes precisely from the British special services.
It is not excluded, however, that the information - genuine or fictional - about the preparation of the assassination attempt on Zakayev was spread deliberately, in order to increase public interest in his person. The struggle for leadership among the Chechen separatists of the “prime minister of independent Ichkeria” is clearly losing, and the successfully averted attempt can help Zakayev gain the lost political weight.
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