Kadyrov places photo proof of Umarov's death in social network

The head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov has posted a photo of Doku Umarov's body, who was killed, according to various versions of power agents, in a special operation in the period from late 2013 – early 2014, in his profile on the Instagram social network.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on December 18, 2013, Kadyrov said that Doku Umarov, the leader of "Imarat Kavkaz" "had been long dead"; and on January 16, 2014, he specified that Umarov was killed "during one of the operations." The Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on January 22 that intelligence services should consider Umarov alive as long as the evidence of his death was presented. On April 8 this year, the FSB boss Alexander Bortnikov stated that "the activities of Umarov, the leader of the terrorist organization 'Imarat Kavkaz', had been neutralized in the first quarter of 2014."

Earlier, on February 18, the Israeli analyst Avrom Shmulevich wrote on his page on the "LiveJournal" that Doku Umarov had been poisoned. According to his version, Umarov was poisoned when inspecting one of the winter bases of illegal armed formations (IAFs) in Chechnya, while four militants, accused of poisoning him, had already been shot dead.

Let us note here that North-Caucasian militants confirmed the preliminary information on Umarov's death on January 16, 2014, and finally – on March 18. Abu Mukhammad (Aliaskhab Kebekov) became a new leader of "Imarat Kavkaz".