Investigation Links Critic’s Death to Top Chechens, by C.J. Chivers. The New York Times, April 25, 2010.
The president of the Russian republic of Chechnya, Ramzan A. Kadyrov, who has suppressed a separatist insurgency with harsh methods and unwavering Kremlin backing, vigorously denied any knowledge of Mr. Israilov, one of his former bodyguards, or of his death.

But a 15-month Austrian investigation into the crime has uncovered links between the suspected killers and one of Mr. Kadyrov’s close advisers, a one-legged former rebel who has been described, in unrelated allegations in Russia, as an organizer of Mr. Kadyrov’s dirty work.
Kadyrov urged to hold back, by Anna Arutunyan. Moscow News, 26 April 2010.
Two seemingly unrelated court cases involving Chechen bodyguards - one in Moscow, the other in Vienna, but both with a link to an adviser to Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov - could indicate that the Kremlin is urging the strongman leader to rein in his security forces and pay more attention to human rights.