[Al Arabiya Latest] Chechnya's Kremlin-backed leader on Monday rejected accusations by the Dubai police that his close adviser masterminded the assassination of a prominent foe in the United Arab Emirates.Selim Yamadayev, a foe of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, was shot on March 28 with Russian-made gold-colored handgun in the car park of a luxury seaside apartment block in Dubai.
Russian analysts suggested his death removed one of the last remaining powerful opponents of Kadyrov's increasingly strong control over Chechnya.
Dubai police named Adam Delimkhanov, an adviser to Kadyrov, as the person who masterminded the murder. Delimkhanov has repeatedly denied any involvement. "The crime ... is 100 percent of Chechen making and it's an operation of settling accounts (among Chechens)," the Dubai police chief, Lieutenant General Dhahi Khalfan Tamim, told reporters on Sunday.