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“Nothing in the video suggests he is trying to do anything other than flatter his Chechen hosts and push their propaganda.”

In which case he’s likely breaking US federal law unless he is registered under FARA (and he STILL might be breaking federal law).

[freeandfreezing]

Apparently Kadyrov asked him to intercede on his behalf to have the sanctions on his family dropped. Supposedly Kadyrov offered to return some Ukrainians that he was holding as hostages in return for the US dropping the sanctions.

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