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Kremlin refuses to comment on footage of Chechen leader’s son beating prisoner
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The Kremlin has refused to comment on footage showing the teenage son of the Chechen leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, beating up a prisoner.
Kadyrov posted a graphic video on the Telegram messaging app on Monday that showed his 15-year-old son Adam punching and kicking a Russian prisoner accused of burning the Qur’an.
Speaking to journalists on Tuesday, Vladimir Putin’s spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, said: “I will say from the start, I will not comment on the story about Kadyrov’s son … I don’t want to.”
The prisoner, Nikita Zhuravel, had previously complained about the attack to Russia’s human rights ombudswoman, who said last month she had referred the issue to her counterpart in Chechnya.
The beating of Zhuravel is the latest in a string of human rights abuses in Chechnya, a small, mountain Russian region which Kadyrov has run with an iron fist.
Moscow’s rare acknowledgment of this instance of human rights abuse in Chechnya highlights the complexity of the Kremlin’s fragile relationship with Kadyrov.
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