Head of Chechnya Ramzan KadyrovVIENNA, Jan 24Teresa Ribeiro, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, commented on Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov's comments about the Novaya Gazeta journalist, noting that they run counter to OSCE commitments. «dangerous and harmful, goes against OSCE commitments on freedom of the media. Such blatant intimidation and harassment of a journalist should not be tolerated,» Ribeiro wrote on Twitter. «/>The Kremlin explained the rigidity of Kadyrov's judgmentsKadyrov, speaking about the situation connected with the family of the former judge of Chechnya Saydi Yangulbaev, said that «terrorists for me are» a member of the Human Rights Council (HRC) under the President of Russia, the head of the «Committee against Torture» Igor Kalyapin and a journalist «Novaya Gazeta» Elena Milashina, «who make money on the topic of the Chechen Republic and Chechens, developing scripts and whispering texts and behavior into the ears of their characters.» He also called on law enforcement agencies to detain «these accomplices of terrorists.» Kalyapin called the accusations of terrorism Kadyrov's «favorite name-calling», and linked the statements of the head of Chechnya «on emotions» with the activities of the opposition Telegram channel, in which, according to the human rights activist, «offensive and vile things» are really published. RIA Novosti does not yet have comments on Milashina and law enforcement officers. Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov, commenting on Kadyrov's statements, said that they do not express the position of the federal center. According to Peskov, if there are direct threats from Kadyrov against a member of the Human Rights Council and a journalist, it is necessary to sort it out, these people have the right to defend their reputation in court. />Kadyrov does not express the position of the federal center, said Peskov
