A popular Chechen blogger and critic of the Russian region's leader says he has survived an attempt on his life.
Tumso Abdurakhmanov captured the aftermath of the alleged attack in a video posted to YouTube, saying he fought off the assailant who was armed with a hammer. The attack happened in an unidentified EU country.
Russian authorities have not commented.
Two other Chechen exiles have been murdered in Germany and France in the past few months