Publicly Out Of Step With Kremlin, Chechnya's Kadyrov Rallies Around Rohingya Plight

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Publicly Out Of Step With Kremlin, Chechnya's Kadyrov Rallies Around Rohingya Plight


Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov addresses a rally in Grozny expressing support for the Rohingya Muslim minority in Burma on September 4.

MOSCOW -- Hundreds of Muslims protesting angrily outside the Burmese Embassy here in the Russian capital. Strident calls for an end to the "genocide" of Muslims in Burma. And a flash mob to #SaveRohingya on Russian websites ahead of the UN General Assembly.

A sizable Russian campaign to support the beleaguered Rohingya Muslims of Burma, also known as Myanmar, was born over the weekend.

However, the effort was spearheaded not by President Vladimir Putin, the State Duma, or even Russia's Foreign Ministry, but rather by Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov.

Continued: https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-chechnya-kadyrov-rallies-for-rohingya-illustrate-clout/28716244.html

At Least 17 Detained At Myanmar Embassy in Moscow Protesting Rohingya 'Genocide'
Sep 4, 2017 — 18:23
— Update: 18:51

 Muslims rally in Grozny's Akhmat Kadyrov Square in support of their fellow believers in Myanmar Zubair Bairakov / TASS

At least 17 people protesting the treatment of the Rohingya people have been detained near the Myanmar Embassy in Moscow, the state-run TASS news agency cited a law enforcement source as saying Monday.

Continued: https://themoscowtimes.com/articles/many-detained-at-myanmar-embassy-protesting-rohingya-genocide-58846