Chechnya in chaos as murdered president is mourned
Thousands of mourners flocked to Chechen President Akhmad Kadyrov’s native village for his funeral today, a day after the Moscow-backed leader was killed by a bomb blast that cast Russia’s efforts to stabilise and control the war-ravaged region into chaos.
Hundreds of cars and buses crowded the streets of Tsentoroi, the settlement in southeastern Chechnya that is home to Kadyrov’s clan, the ITAR-Tass news agency said. Mourning ceremonies were to go on for three days.
