INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov on Wednesday said Pope Francis "fell victim to propaganda" after the pontiff singled out the alleged role of
Russian ethnic minorities in the Ukraine offensive.Kadyrov, who rules the Muslim-majority Chechnya in Russia with widespread violation of
human rights, has been one of Moscow's most vocal supporters in the campaign."The Pope called the Chechens and Buryats the cruelest in the
Monday said that some of the "cruelest" actors among Russia's ranks in Ukraine "are not of the Russian tradition," but minorities like
"the Chechens, the Buryats and so on.""Everyone is deeply religious" in the ranks of the Chechen forces, Kadyrov responded, "and each
fighter knows that in times of war, one should not forget about honor, dignity and even respect for the enemy.""It's shameful that a
world-famous religious personality does not know about the attitude of Muslims toward the enemy."Kadyrov regularly called for the most
