Jihadis in Idlib bash Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov for role in Ukraine war

Chechen jihadis in Syria seek to join the forces defending Ukraine against Russia while condemning the participation of pro-Russian and leader of Russia's Chechnya region Ramzan Kadyrov in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin (L) speaks with Chechnya's head Ramzan Kadyrov.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin (L) speaks with Chechnya's head Ramzan Kadyrov during their meeting in the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, on April 7, 2014. - MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV/AFP via Getty Images
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Khaled al-Khateb
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ALEPPO — The participation in the Russian war on Ukraine of Chechen fighters led by Ramzan Kadyrov, leader of Russia's Chechnya region and henchman of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has sparked widespread controversy among the Syrian opposition. 

Some described him as a treacherous agent and Putin's pampered boy taking part in crimes against humanity under false and deceptive religious slogans. 

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