[FlameOn]

Russian hit squad is active in Europe again, this time slitting the throat throat of a prominent Chechen blogger who recently made a bunch of comments criticizing Putin and Moscow backed Chechen leader Kadyrov.

Chechen blogger Imran Aliyev, known for his criticism of the Kremlin-backed leader of the Russian North Caucasus region of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has been found dead with multiple stab wounds in a hotel in France, according to reports.

AFP quoted unnamed sources close to the investigation late on February 3 as saying that the 44-year-old blogger, who resided in Belgium and was known online as Mansur Stary (Old Mansur), was found dead on January 30 in his hotel room in the northern city of Lille.

According to the source, Aliyev arrived from Belgium a day earlier with another man, "who presumably had the same nationality."

The prosecutor's office in Lille said no one had been detained so far in the investigation but declined to provide further details, according to AFP.

On January 30, a local newspaper, La Voix du Nord, reported that a man's body was found with multiple stab wounds in a hotel in Lille. The report did not identify the man.

https://www.rferl.org/a/chechen-blog.../30416291.html