Kadyrov threatened blood revenge against the families of militants

If a person takes up arms and goes to kill a law enforcement officer, their entire family should bear responsibility up to blood revenge, and such families have no place in the republic, said the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, after information about the murder in the Gudermes district of a suspect involved in diversions.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot", law enforcement officers in Chechnya killed one person suspected of involvement in diversions in the Gudermes district, and another person was detained, Ramzan Kadyrov stated after a meeting with law enforcement officers. "They planned to carry out an explosion near the administration building. This is exactly what the detained person is currently confessing to: how they got there, how they planned to attack the traffic police post that was set up there, or to arrange a diversion at the mosque and seize automatic weapons," said the head of the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs, Aslan Iraskhanov, at the meeting. Telegram channels reported that Turpal-Ali Mezhidov was killed.

Kadyrov called for harsh actions

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, after a report about the killed suspected militant in Gudermes, reminded about the responsibility of families.

"They wanted to kill the guards and take the weapons. How do such people even appear and remain under our noses? <...> If you did not notice such a person in your area in time, if he passed by the traffic police and the department — it means you are not doing your job properly. We need to hold the entire family accountable. If the father, brothers, or relatives say: 'We did not know what he was doing' — that cannot be! If a person takes up arms and goes to kill an officer — their entire family should bear responsibility," the head of the republic addressed the heads of law enforcement departments. Kadyrov's words were translated from Chechen by "Caucasian Knot" using AI Gemini Argon and verified by a native Chechen speaker.

If someone encroaches on the life of an officer or a peaceful person, we will hold their relatives accountable to the fullest extent, up to blood revenge, and there will be no place for them in the republic.

He threatened the relatives of the suspected militants with blood revenge.

"I say directly: if someone encroaches on the life of an officer or a peaceful person, we will hold their relatives accountable to the fullest extent, up to blood revenge, and there will be no place for them in the republic. Parents must check their children: who they communicate with, what they watch on their phones, where they go from home. Later, it will be too late to cry and ask for forgiveness," he emphasized at the meeting, fragments of which were posted on his Telegram channel.

Raise all operatives, precinct officers in every district, so that no abandoned house or plot, no visitor or fugitive remains unchecked.

The head of Chechnya ordered to act harshly.

"There must be complete information on every building, every car, and every suspicious person. Raise all operatives, precinct officers in every district, so that no abandoned house or plot, no visitor or fugitive remains unchecked. Work must be harsh and proactive to completely cleanse this infection," the head of the republic stated.

He also mentioned the religious motives behind the actions of the suspected militants.

"What 'jihad' or 'ghazavat' are they even talking about? Today we have complete freedom for religion in our republic: mosques, imams, hafiz schools are operating, Putin helps and supports us in everything, laws are observed, sharia and traditions are respected. What other power do they need? Those who go against this order are simply devils and criminals," he stated.

According to the head of Chechnya, propaganda is being conducted from abroad. "This person (mentions the surname — Musafinoff) took his children, left, and is sitting in Turkey. And from there, through the internet, they are fooling the youth, recruiting them, and pushing them here to commit crimes. They themselves sit there safely in Turkey, protect their children, while sending other Chechen boys to certain death and disgrace," he pointed out.

Earlier, Kadyrov tightened collective responsibility

In the fight against terrorism, Kadyrov tightened collective responsibility for the relatives of those who were declared attackers on law enforcement officers or dissenters.

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How Kadyrov tightened collective responsibility in Chechnya

After the attack on the traffic police post on April 7, 2025, the relatives of the killed attacker received threats of eviction beyond Chechnya from Ramzan Kadyrov. Similar threats based on collective responsibility had been voiced by the head of Chechnya before, but now repressions threaten even distant relatives of the person responsible for the attack.

Thus, on April 7, 2025, it became known about the attack of an armed person with a knife on traffic police officers in Achkhoy-Martan, one of the law enforcement officers was killed as a result of the attack. The teenager who carried out the attack was killed on the spot. His body was brought for viewing to forcibly gathered budget employees at the administration. The motive for the attack was a personal conflict of the young man with one of the law enforcement officers at the post, although Ramzan Kadyrov named the organizer of the attack as a certain "citizen of Ukraine." It also became known that the father of the teenager was taken from Moscow to Chechnya and beaten. A Chechen opposition Telegram channel reported that law enforcement officers detained all relatives of the attacker, including his underage cousins. Human rights defenders called such actions by the authorities of Chechnya "medieval barbarism."

It should be noted that Ramzan Kadyrov has repeatedly reported on victories over terrorism. Thus, in January 2021, after the killing of a group of militants led by Aslan Byutukaev in Kattar-Yurt, Ramzan Kadyrov stated that the armed underground in Chechnya was finished. On June 23 of the same year, Vladimir Putin called Chechnya one of the safest regions of the country and attributed this to Kadyrov. However, on July 9, an armed attack on police officers occurred in Grozny. The attacker used a knife, and law enforcement officers fatally wounded this person with service weapons. It is premature to speak of the end of armed conflicts in the republic after the killing of the group of militants led by Aslan Byutukaev in Kattar-Yurt, as a young generation dissatisfied with the authorities' policies is growing up in the republic, experts surveyed by "Caucasian Knot" pointed out even before the July incident.