The minister was driving on the wrong side of the road and attacked police officers: the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported the results of its investigation into the high-profile arrest of the head of the Chechen Ministry of Emergency Situations.

Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the North Caucasus Federal District it to the conclusion that on April 14 the head Chechen MES Alikhan Tsakaev He was driving a jeep in the oncoming lane of the Kavkaz federal highway, posing a threat to other road users. He ignored officers' orders to stop and attempted to flee. When the minister's car was eventually blocked, he continued to behave erratically, swearing obscenely at police officers, and striking them several times.

The results of the investigation will be sent to the Investigative Committee, which will provide a legal assessment.

Ранее Ramzan Kadyrov called The detention of his minister was a "provocation" and he demanded that the Dagestani police officers who carried it out be fired "with a bang."

Immediately after this chapter Dagestan Sergey Melikov specifiedThe federal checkpoint where the incident occurred is not under the jurisdiction of Dagestani law enforcement agencies. A press secretary for the Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs Gayana Garieva confirmedthat Dagestani security forces did not participate in the minister's arrest.

It remains unclear who exactly detained the head of the Chechen Ministry of Emergency Situations, who studied with Ramzan Kadyrov.