Ramzan Kadyrov plans to sue Liudmila Alekseeva

The law enforcement bodies of Chechnya have sent materials to Moscow for excitation of a criminal case against Liudmila Alekseeva, head of the oldest Russian human rights organization - Moscow Helsinki Group (MHG) - for slandering Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov.

Andrei Krasnenkov, Kadyrov's advocate, said today that law enforcement bodies of Chechnya ask to bring case in connection with Ms Alekseeva's statement at the press conference on May 23, 2008, in Moscow.

"In the end of the press conference Alekseeva said that Kadyrov's gangs go around Chechnya, kill and kidnap people, and do whatever they would," said Mr Krasnenkov and added that the Chechen Prosecutor's Office had seen in the words of the head of the MHG attributes of the crime stipulated by the article of "slander", as reported by the "Interfax".

See earlier reports: "Litigation chronicle: Chechen President vs. head of HRC "Memorial"," "Kadyrov's version of Berezovsky's role in Estemirova's murder criticized in Chechnya," ""Memorial" to challenge the MCC decision in Strasbourg," "Prosecutor's Office cancels refusal to open case against "Novaya Gazeta"."