Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of the Russian republic of Chechnya, marked his landslide reelection this weekend in a manner that somehow seemed befitting. To no one's surprise, he was ahead with about 98 percent of the vote after a partial count of ballots from the Sunday election was announced. Rights groups accuse Kadyrov, in power since 2007, of ruling the Muslim-majority republic […]
Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/09/19/putin-ally-celebrates-winning-98-percent-of-vote-in-a-full-suit-of-medieval-armor/
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