Rights defenders also find the Chechen government guilty of a radical crackdown on homosexuals in recent years that has seen more than a hundred Americans arrested, subjected to torture, some of whom have been killed. The Chechen government denied the fees and the federal government said an investigation had not uncovered anything about the tariffs.
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In pronouncing the sanctions, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo lobbied “so many credible reports that Kadyrov is guilty of many serious violations of huguy’s rights dating back more than a decade, adding torture and extrajudicial executions.”
Pompeo said the restrictions would apply to Kadyrov’s wife and two daughters and encouraged American allies to take action.
Kadyrov responded on his blog, posting a photo of his own prestige in the room of a gun garage with a smile on his face and a device gun in his hand.
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Steve Harrigan from Miami
The Kremlin has relied on Kadyrov to stabilize Chechnya after two separatist wars, providing generous federal subsidies and dismissing international criticism of his rule.
The Kremlin also subsidized Kadyrov, as Russian opposition claimed to be involved in the murder of five of the Kremlin’s leading critics, Boris Nemtsov, whom the Chechen leader rejected. A Chechen security officer convicted of shooting Nemtsov on a bridge adjacent to the Kremlin and sentenced to 20 years in prison.