A Look Inside Chechnya Today

Kadyrov at Home
The Chechen President lounges on a couch in his village residence. In a meeting with human-rights advocate Natalia Estemirova a few days before she was murdered on July 15, Kadyrov said, "Yes, I'm up to my elbows in blood. But I'm not ashamed of that. I killed and will kill bad people. We're fighting with enemies of the republic."

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