11:14, 2 March 2026

Sources reported the death of Umar Dzhabrailov

Former Chechen senator Umar Dzhabrailov has been found dead, sources reported. They believe Dzhabrailov committed suicide.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," Umar Dzhabrailov served as a Chechen senator from 2004 to 2009. In 2017, he was detained after a shooting at a Moscow hotel and charged with hooliganism with the use of a weapon. Dzhabrailov admitted firing a pistol, citing concussions sustained in the war as the cause of the incident. Moscow's Tverskoy Court fined him 500,000 rubles. In July 2018, Dzhabrailov was expelled from United Russia.

Information about the detentions of representatives of the Chechen leader in connection with various crimes and offenses has become public knowledge on numerous occasions. The Caucasian Knot compiled information on such cases in its report "Crime and Detention: Key Points About the Scandals Involving Kadyrov's Representatives."

Former Chechen senator and chairman of the board of trustees of the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Umar Dzhabrailov, was found dead in an elite residential complex in central Moscow, a REN TV source reported.

According to the source, Dzhabrailov committed suicide; a pistol was found next to him, the publication reports.

An RT source also suggested Dzhabrailov committed suicide. "He was found in a Moscow hotel. A pistol was found next to him," the publication quoted him as saying on its Telegram channel.

Translated automatically via Google translate from https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/421249