While the rules guiding self-censorship in the Russian media are generally opaque and ever changing, there is one axiom you don’t ignore: never offend Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov. Or else.
The Moscow Times: Attack on daughter of Kadyrov critic underscores Putin’s Chechen problem
Ramzan Kadyrov takes an oath during the ceremony of his inauguration as the head of Russia's Caucasus region of Chechnya for a third term, in Grozny on October 5, 2016. (AFP)
