Chechen spies said to have operated in Germany

Sat, 13 Nov 2010

Berlin - Spies working for Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov have been operating in Germany, trying to silence exiled dissidents, according to a report in the German magazine Der Spiegel on Saturday.

It said Austrian police reports quoted Chechens in Berlin saying they had been approached by Kadyrov agents. Phone taps also showed that a man with Russian citizenship living in Berlin had made a threatening call to a Chechen exile living in Vienna.

The exiles were reportedly urged to go home to Chechnya. Kadyrov, who has the backing of the Kremlin, has been criticized for human rights breaches in the republic, which is a part of Russia.

Austria began investigating the alleged agents after the killing last year of a Chechen exile Umar Israilov in Vienna. Two alleged gunmen go on trial in Austria next week.

Source: Earth Times.
Link: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/news/353379,chechen-spies-operated-germany.html.