EJ's editor-in-chief Ryklin tells investigators about Kadyrov's threats to Nemtsov

In 2002, Ramzan Kadyrov had a conflict with the politician Boris Nemtsov because of the latter's statements about the former's policy in Chechnya. This was evidenced by Alexander Ryklin, the editor-in-chief of the Russian "Daily Journal" (known as EJ), on June 25 to investigators.

"Alexander Ryklin was officially questioned; he told investigators about the conflict that took place in 2002 of Boris Nemtsov with Ramzan Kadyrov," the "Interfax" quotes Vadim Prokhorov, an advocate of the Nemtsov family.

As stated by Alexander Ryklin himself, the conflict of Nemtsov with Kadyrov took place in winter of 2002 in Gudermes, after Boris "had rather harshly spoken" at the congress of the Chechen people.

"I spoke mainly about how long I had known Nemtsov; and what kind of relationships we had had. However, the investigators were interested in the episode, in which I was directly involved in 2002: In winter we were present at the congress of the Chechen people; and there Boris Nemtsov spoke quite toughly. After the congress Nemtsov received threats, including directly from Kadyrov," the TASS quotes journalist Ryklin as saying.

Boris Nemtsov himself mentioned his confrontation with Kadyrov in his book "The Rebel's Confessions".

Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.