14:10, 10 October 2016

Count of signatures in support of Emelianenko exceeds 90,000

Within three days, the appeal to Russian President, demanding to clear out the conflict of Fyodor Emelianenko, the head of the Union of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) with the retinue of Ramzan Kadyrov about children's fights organized in Grozny gathered 90,610 signatures.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on October 4, during an MMA tournament "Grand Prix Akhmat-2016" in Grozny, demonstrative children's fights were held. Three Ramzan Kadyrov's sons were the winners. Fyodor Emelianenko, the President of the Russian MMA Union, called children's fights unacceptable.

On October 6, Adam Delimkhanov, a State Duma MP and Ramzan Kadyrov's cousin, on the Instagram threatened Emelianenko that he would have to "answer for every word," said against Kadyrov's sons; however, on October 7, the post was removed. Besides, Timur Dugazaev, Director General of the "Akhmat Promotion" stated that in this situation Emelianenko had behaved not like a man; and Abuzaid Vismuradov, President of the "Akhmat" Fight Club, said about Emelianenko: "Who is he to give assessment of our tournament and fights?"

Within three days, the petition in support of Emelianenko, posted on the "Change.org" website, gathered 90,610 signatures (as of 2:07 p.m. Moscow time on October 10).

The author of the petition asks Russian President "to bring the perpetrators to administrative responsibility for insult Fyodor Emelianenko and oblige them to make a public apology."

Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.