Chechens serving as Russian military police in Aleppo: Kadyrov
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By AFP 56 mins ago in World
Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov on Tuesday confirmed that troops from the mainly Muslim Caucasus region were serving as Russian military police in the war-torn Syrian city of Aleppo.
Kadyrov wrote on Instagram that MP Adam Delimkhanov and Chechnya's chief mufti, Salakho-Khadzhi Mezhiyev, on a trip to Syria, had visited a military police battalion "where young people from Chechnya are serving."
"The soldiers said with pride that they have been given the honour of serving to protect peace and public order in Aleppo, defending the civilian population from terrorist attacks," Kadyrov wrote on his account, which has 2.3 million followers.
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