"There are witnesses, there are people from whom they tried to commission, whom they asked how much they would take for the order," Ramzan Kadyrov said in Chechen to other officials from the North Caucasian republic.

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov accused Russian lawmakers of plotting his assassination. He threatened a 'blood feud' unless they prove their innocence. Citing sources, Kadyrov named three lawmakers from Dagestan and Ingushetia as conspirators.

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has accused Russian lawmakers from neighbouring regions of attempting to commission his assassination, and threatened them with a "blood feud" unless they prove otherwise,