The Chechen blogger, one of the famous critics of the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov Tumso Abdurakhmanov, whose disappearance and murder was previously reported by the media, contacted the Chechen human rights association Vaifond, which is based in Sweden. The representative of the organization was announced about this publication “New Gazeta Europe”.
“We do not know exactly where he is, but today he himself got in touch, called to clarify some legal moments, and allowed to announce that he was alive,” said the interlocutor of the publication, who asked not to disclose his name For security reasons.
The representative of the Association suggested that soon Abdurakhmanov “he himself would be in touch with everyone.”
Tumso Abdurakhmanov disappeared at the end of November 2022. “Radio Liberty” and “Adat” said that supposedly Abdurakhmanov was killed, but neither his relatives, nor the police of Sweden, nor the authorities of Chechnya confirmed this information. Former Chechen field commander Ahmed Zakaev claimed that Tumso Abdurakhmanov was alive and is under the protection of the Sweden police. The fact that the blogger was also talked in court in Munich, where Abdurakhmanov was supposed to testify in the case of preparing the murder of his younger brother.
In 2020 and 2021, Abdurakhmanov and his brother Muhammad attempted to live. In December 2021, Tumso Abdurakhmanov said that nine of his relatives were abducted in Chechnya.