A Russian man based in Germany was found guilty on August 31 of plotting to kill a Chechen dissident on the orders of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov. The defendant, named as Valid D., was sentenced to 10 years in jail for "willingness to commit murder and preparing a serious act of violence endangering the state," a spokeswoman for the Higher Regional Court in Munich said. According to German media reports, the target was Mokhmad Abdurakhmanov, the brother of exiled Chechen blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov, who lives in Sweden. To read the original story by AFP, click here.
