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Kadyrov Begs US to Lift Sanctions on His Horses, Offers Kyiv POWs in Return
Newsweek ^ | January 5, 2024 | Yevgeny Kuklychev

Posted on 01/06/2024 12:48:59 PM PST by Timber Rattler

Russia's Ramzan Kadyrov once again demanded that the United States lift sanctions against members of his family—and his horses—this time offering Ukrainian prisoners of war in exchange, Russian state media reported on Friday.

Kadyrov, the head of Chechnya and Russian President Vladimir Putin's loyal ally, made the offer via former American intelligence officer Scott Ritter, who was visiting Grozny, the capital of Chechnya.

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"We have prisoners whom we took in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions," Kadyrov was quoted as telling Ritter, a former U.S. official and, more recently, a Russian media darling.

"I am passing on to our guest the list of prisoners of war. If they lift sanctions from my mother, my daughters, innocent people, horses, except for myself, then we will give up these people," the Chechen warlord added.

According to TASS, the state media agency, a video recording of captured Ukrainians was shown as the list was handed over to Ritter. Kadyrov allegedly went on to propose the release of 20 Ukrainian prisoners in exchange for the removal of sanctions against his relatives, planes and even his prized horses.

It is not immediately clear why Kadyrov decided to reach out to U.S. authorities via Ritter, a disgraced former UN weapons inspector and Marine Corps analyst, who is also a convicted sex offender. Ritter was guilty in 2011 of unlawful contact with a minor, among other charges, and served a year and a half in a U.S. prison between 2012 and 2014.

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He has in recent years become a regular contributor to Russian government-owned media, including outward-facing outlets RT and Sputnik, often promoting Kremlin-friendly narratives and an anti-NATO agenda.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia; Ukraine
KEYWORDS: beerformyhorses; chechnya; kadyrov; pedoritter; sanctions; scottritter; traitor
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So look who showed up in Chechnya and buddied up with Ramzan Kadyrov...kinda puts the lie to the pretense that Ritter is some sort of impartial military analyst on the Russia-Ukraine War.

This is surely one of the most surreal moments of the war yet (VIDEO)

Scott Ritter has turned up in Chechnya and spoken in broken Russian (some of which I couldn’t make out) to thousands of Kadyrov’s fighters about his efforts to strengthen the "friendship between Chechnya and America"

1 posted on 01/06/2024 12:48:59 PM PST by Timber Rattler
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To: Timber Rattler
Who cares?

Freaks like you are obsessed with Russia while we're this country is being ravaged by illegal immigration and while Biden unleashes the DOJ and FBI on his political enemies.

2 posted on 01/06/2024 12:53:04 PM PST by Kazan
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To: MeganC; Williams; ought-six; marcusmaximus; UMCRevMom@aol.com; gleeaikin; USA-FRANCE; SunkenCiv; ...

Looky who popped up in Chechnya!


3 posted on 01/06/2024 12:53:49 PM PST by Timber Rattler ("To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace." --George Washington)
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To: Kazan

It seems that you care, taking time to post on a thread you say you don’t care about.


4 posted on 01/06/2024 12:54:40 PM PST by Timber Rattler ("To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace." --George Washington)
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To: Kazan

Why aren’t you celebrating Orthodox Christmas right now? Hmmmmm….


5 posted on 01/06/2024 12:57:27 PM PST by marcusmaximus
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To: Timber Rattler

Pedo Scott Ritter. No surprise.


6 posted on 01/06/2024 12:58:04 PM PST by marcusmaximus
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To: Kazan

Why aren’t you Russian cheerleaders talking about Avdiivka?

Wasn’t that supposed to be your latest victory?

If you’re not talking about it, guess it isn’t going so well for Russia, huh?


7 posted on 01/06/2024 12:59:23 PM PST by canuck_conservative (NATO - now celebrating 75 successful years of keeping the Russian vermin out!!)
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To: Timber Rattler

8 posted on 01/06/2024 1:00:16 PM PST by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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Prove what?

That Scott Ritter went to Chechnya, showed some man love to Kadyrov, and gave a pep talk to Chechen troops?

I guess you didn't' watch the VIDEO of the actual event then...

9 posted on 01/06/2024 1:06:48 PM PST by Timber Rattler ("To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace." --George Washington)
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To: Timber Rattler

I didn’t think it was possible for Kiev and DC to get lower. But now they are literally horse thieves. LOL


10 posted on 01/06/2024 1:06:50 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up. And at the very moment young women )
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To: Timber Rattler

Also, Putin is MIA from Orthodox Christmas midnight services right now in Moscow.


11 posted on 01/06/2024 1:10:32 PM PST by marcusmaximus
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To: Timber Rattler

Ritter should stay there. Muslims don’t mind child molesters.


12 posted on 01/06/2024 1:19:42 PM PST by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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To: marcusmaximus

Very curious indeed...


13 posted on 01/06/2024 1:20:51 PM PST by Timber Rattler ("To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace." --George Washington)
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To: Timber Rattler; moder_ator

Search still works!

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4207966/posts

Please don’t spam multiple zeeper posts of the same articles.


14 posted on 01/06/2024 1:27:04 PM PST by aMorePerfectUnion (I didn't come here to guide lambs, but to awaken lions 🦅 MAGADONIAN ⚔️)
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Also, Putin is MIA from Orthodox Christmas midnight services right now in Moscow.

Zeepers have also reported Putin:

Dying of cancer
Frozen
and so much more.

15 posted on 01/06/2024 1:28:10 PM PST by aMorePerfectUnion (I didn't come here to guide lambs, but to awaken lions 🦅 MAGADONIAN ⚔️)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion
Please don’t spam multiple zeeper posts of the same articles.

Like the ten or fifteen posts in one day about egg prices in Russia last week. 🤦🏻‍♀️

And the Eastern Euro types on here whine when we say it looks like they’re trying to dominate this forum.

16 posted on 01/06/2024 1:31:00 PM PST by Allegra (Less propaganda would be appreciated. )
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To: Allegra
And the Eastern Euro types on here whine when we say it looks like they’re trying to dominate this forum.

Well, they're zeepers, so.....


17 posted on 01/06/2024 1:33:19 PM PST by aMorePerfectUnion (I didn't come here to guide lambs, but to awaken lions 🦅 MAGADONIAN ⚔️)
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To: Timber Rattler
First off, clicking on your links is risky.

Second, no one cares

Third, the Ukraine Project is collapsing. The Putin has won.

18 posted on 01/06/2024 1:34:27 PM PST by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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To: JonPreston

Then stop demanding links if you don’t want to click on them for your ‘proof.’


19 posted on 01/06/2024 1:41:44 PM PST by Timber Rattler ("To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace." --George Washington)
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To: Kazan

Apparently, English is not your first language.


20 posted on 01/06/2024 1:42:27 PM PST by Mr. Lucky
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