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The killing in Vienna of Mamikhan Umarov, a refugee from Chechnya, might have been a contract murder or motivated by a domestic conflict, the Austrian police announce contrary to the statements voiced by members of the Chechen Diaspora. A lawsuit based on the Mamikhan Umarov's death may be filed against the Austrian authorities for their failure to provide the protection for the asylum seeker from Chechnya, believes Khusein Iskhanov, a member of the Chechen Diaspora.

On July 8, law enforcers discovered a hiding arranged by militants in a forest on the outskirts of the Alkhazurovo village in the Urus-Martan District, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent learned from an official of the Chechen military commandant's office.

In Chechnya, human rights defenders and lawyers suggest that public officers may affect the forensic examination in the case on the resonant death of Madina Umaeva, a resident of Gudermes.

At the July 7 sitting of the Operative Headquarters for Countering the Spread of Coronavirus, the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, announced the lifting of the ban on wedding ceremonies, introduced earlier because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Law enforcers are examining all the drivers and inspecting all the cars at the entrance to Chechnya from Dagestan, which results in huge jams on the federal highway in the forty-degree-centigrade heat.

Shortly before his assassination, Mamikhan Umarov, a native of Chechnya, claimed that he received threats and blamed Austrian authorities for inaction, which is confirmed by the published his voice record.

The police accused Malkan Madaeva, a resident of Gudermes, that she had used the services of a witch. On the air of the state-run TV Company, Malkan Madaeva said that she regretted resorting to the services of the witch.

A man suspected of killing blogger Mamikhan Umarov earlier sought for political asylum in Austria. That fact did not prevent him from regularly visiting Russia. Both of the suspects arrested in the case refuse to cooperate with investigators, Der Standard and Der Spiegel report.

A Chechen refugee in Austria and a harsh Kadyrov's critic; a former investigator of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), who collaborated with special services; was assassinated in Vienna on July 4, 2020.

The authorities of the European Union (EU) must take efficient measures to prevent killings of political emigrants, YouTube users have pointed out after the murder of Mamikhan Umarov, a native of Chechnya. European countries should find some way to influence the Russian leadership, the blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, has stated.

A resident of Chechnya, detained in the summer of 2019 on the border with Syria, was accused of trying to join the ranks of militants of the "Islamic State" (IS)*. The man pleaded guilty, the Investigating Department for Chechnya of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) reported.